Resources

The Scottish Policy Summit brought co-operatives together to identify needs and opportunities ahead of a major government review of how to support co-operative growth.

Read a report from the North West Green Energy Task Force on potential renewable capacity and co-operative models of ownership. 

Recruitment pack and job advert for the role of Project Coordinator for the West Midlands Ownership Hub 

Read and download Co-operatives UK's latest annual report and financial statements.

To ensure transparency and enable member scrutiny we publish summaries from our board's most recent discussions and decisions.

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

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…

Raise awareness of co‑ops by being part of our annual Co‑op Fortnight campaign, taking place this year from Monday 20 June to Sunday 3 July 2022.

Co-operatives UK's strategy outlines priorities for the next three years

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…

This report highlights the success of co‑ops in helping Scots weather the Covid‑19 storm and makes six recommendations for Scottish government to act on, now and after the next…

The Impact Report  is a snapshot of what Co-operatives UK has achieved together with its members each year.

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.