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We are looking to recruit new members for the Community Shares Booster Fund assessment process. Think this could be for you? Read on...

The Co-op Economy Report 2021 reveals that co-op businesses are more resilient to the economic devastation caused by Covid prompting a call for more government investment led by…

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

Understanding a maturing community shares market is the most comprehensive report ever published on the community shares sector – funded by Power to Change and Community Shares…

The purpose of this guidance is to support societies to use community shares to improve their solvency as part of their response and recovery to the current Covid-19 crisis. 

Presented by BBC broadcaster Elizabeth Alker, More Than a Shop welcomes guests with something new and radical to say about the big issues of our day and doing business the right…

During the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve seen some inspirational stories of co‑operation. For Co-op Fortnight 2020, we collected just a few of those inspiring stories from co‑operatives…

Speaking up for our planet: turning talk into action explores climate change and climate justice. 

Published annually, the Co‑operative Economy Report reveals turnover, membership and employee figures for thousands of co‑op businesses across the UK. 

Co-ops across the world are based on shared values and principles. These colourful posters are a great reminder.

This More Than a Shop podcast explores the changing landscape of UK high streets.  

Food, glorious food is the focus of the sixth More Than a Shop podcast episode.   

The fifth episode in the More Than a Shop podcast series explores something we all, sadly, will inevitably face in our lives.  

This episode of podcast More Than a Shop explores the need for new conversations, support networks and funding focused on mental health across the UK.  

More Than a Shop presenter Elizabeth Alker chats to two people convinced that the UK economy would be transformed if more businesses were worker and employee owned.

Ch-ch-ch-changes: Disrupting the music industry explores some of the challenges facing musicians and ways to challenge the ‘norms’ that have emerged in recent years and decades…