Resources

To ensure transparency and enable member scrutiny we publish summaries from our board's most recent discussions and decisions.

It has been a decade since the Community Shares Unit launched in 2012 with over £210 million raised using this unique form of finance.

Guidance for co-operatives to ensure elections are fair for all candidates and the members of a co-operative.

As part of the Sociocracy in co‑operative organisations resource, you can access these editable templates.

An overview of the Community Shares Practitioner Training Programme 2021. Includes details on the workshops and follow up accreditation and assessment process. 

When registering a new co‑op you need governing documents. These are different depending on the legal form your co-op takes. We have a range of model rules available which you can…

Download and complete this financial projections template, which acts as the second 'half' of your business plan.

Download the reports and templates from the Members' Money project which reviewed how withdrawable share capital (WSC) is being used as a form of funding by Retail Societies and…

The Worker Co-op Code sets out anyone should expect and work together to achieve, as a member of a worker co-operative.

This report, released in 2015, summarises the views of the groups involved in the Energy Mentoring Programme run by Co-operatives UK's Community Shares Unit. It and highlights the…