Resources

An opportunity for freelancers in any sector to discover how joining forces as a co-operative makes good business sense.

Discover how people are coming together to create spaces and organisations that enable the arts – and those who work in the arts – to flourish. 

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

Discover how platform co-ops can put power and profits in the hands of service providers, rather than tech giants.

Hear from our a panel of young people who have been involved in or founded a range of co‑ops. Discover how co‑ops can empower young people and provide opportunities to help them…

An opportunity for groups and individuals across the UK to discover the power of co‑ops to strengthen communities.

Discover what co-operatives are doing to tackle the climate crisis and how people are working to save the planet by coming together to form co-ops. 

This resource relates to the government energy survey which closes on 23.55pm on 30 October (2022).

New report ‘Offering Hope to New Generations’ outlines ways how a chronic lack of awareness is damaging the ability of co-operatives to provide answers to social issues faced by…

An opportunity for groups across the Lancaster district and beyond to discover the power of co-ops to strengthen communities.

An opportunity to discover how platform co‑ops can put power and profits in the hands of service providers, rather than tech giants.

Discover co-ops – their purpose and benefits. And find out if your business idea suits the co-op model…

Discover co-ops – their purpose and benefits. And find out if your business idea suits the co-op model…

Ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Co-operatives UK commissioned research into the climate activity of co-ops in the UK and what support was needed.

Masters student in Creative Advertising Strategy at Manchester Metropolitan University, Rachael Radford undertook a research project to determine how co-operatives can engage more…

Empowering Places aims to build more resilient communities by supporting community businesses to provide benefits and opportunities for local people.