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Community Shares Practitioner Training Manual 2024
Related topic: Finance | Resource type: Application guidanceFind out more about our upcoming community shares practitioner training programme before you apply.
Co-operative and Mutual Economy 2023
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: ReportOur ground-breaking Co-operative and Mutual Economy 2023 report presents a compelling case for harnessing the full potential of co-operatives and mutuals in the UK.
Report: Can the North West be a Green Energy Superpower?
Related topic: Climate action | Resource type: ReportRead a report from the North West Green Energy Task Force on potential renewable capacity and co-operative models of ownership.
Latest updates from our board
Related topic: Co-operatives UK | Resource type: MinutesTo ensure transparency and enable member scrutiny we publish summaries from our board's most recent discussions and decisions.
Community shares report 2023: Communities doing it for themselves
Related topic: Business planning | Resource type: ReportContent by Community Shares
It has been a decade since the Community Shares Unit launched in 2012 with over £210 million raised using this unique form of finance.
Community Shares Practitioner Training Guide 2021
Related topic: Finance | Resource type: Application guidanceContent by Community Shares
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
Related topic: Fundraising | Resource type: ReportContent by Community Shares
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…
Recovery Share Offers Guidance
Related topic: Fundraising | Resource type: Application guidanceContent by 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 a crisis.
The Co-op Economy: Previous reports
Related topic: Research | Resource type: ReportPublished annually, the Co‑operative Economy Report reveals turnover, membership and employee figures for thousands of co‑op businesses across the UK.
Platform Co-operatives – solving the Capital Conundrum
Related topic: Fundraising | Resource type: ReportContent by Unfound
Published in February 2019, this report outlines the conditions necessary for platform co‑operatives to become viable alternatives to Big Tech corporations.
Digital democracy? Options for the International Co‑operative Alliance to advance Platform Co-ops
Related topic: IT & Technology | Resource type: ReportContent by Unfound
This paper aims to locate platform co‑ops – or co‑operative platforms – within the co‑operative sector and the wider digital economy, and explore how the International Co‑operative…
Community Shares Booster Programme - Equity Match Request Form
Related topic: Fundraising | Resource type: Application guidanceContent by Booster Fund
The Equity Match Request Form associated with the Community Shares Booster Programme.
Community Economic Development Lessons from two years’ action research
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: ReportThis 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…
Co-operatives UK Consolidation Project
Related topic: Governance | Resource type: ReportImpact Report 2015: Peer Power – Energy Mentoring Programme
Related topic: Finance | Resource type: ReportContent by Community Shares
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…