Resources

This practical guide will further understanding of your co-op's boardroom behaviours with five top tips for working with your board to improve its dynamic.

The Community Shares Unit is working with Big Society Capital (BSC) to direct co‑operative and community enterprises towards a range of SITR support resources.

This guide will help your co-op navigate GDPR regulations around data protection with regards to member and customer data.  

A guide to the responsibilities of a co-operative chair - and the skills required to be effective in the role.

This report summarises the lessons learned from a two year nationwide action research programme of Community Economic Development (CED). It will be of practical interest to…

Simply Legal is a guide with all you need to know about legal forms and organisational types for co‑operatives and community owned enterprises.

A guide to employee buyouts and becoming an employee owned business.

View the final report of the largest ever UK survey of co‑operatives. 

Investing in community shares is a simple, direct and engaging way of supporting businesses that serve your community.

A comprehensive guide to the different options for financing a community enterprise.

A comprehensive guide to understanding the systems and processes concerned with the running of a sustainable community enterprise.

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…

Community Shares: Inside the Market Report 2015