Resources

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

Co-operatives UK has signed up to a bold new way to address equity, equality, diversity and inclusion in the social investment sector – primarily through the Booster Fund.

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

The governance wheel depicts the key areas of governance that should be in place within a thriving co-operative business. 

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…

Read our policy paper setting out why city regions should include measures to support the creation of employee and worker owned businesses.

This paper sets out why and how co‑operative and community benefit societies (‘societies’) should be included in the reforms of UK insolvency law announced by government on 28…

Our early analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on co-operatives alongside an identification of gaps in support and asks of government.

Published in February 2019, this report outlines the conditions necessary for platform co‑operatives to become viable alternatives to Big Tech corporations.

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…

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