Resources

Watch this online panel discussion on Black History Month and the co-operative movement – how it started and what it means for us trying to tell the co-op story fairly.

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.

Alice Wharton, Booster Fund Senior Manager at Co-operatives UK, and Tim Coomer, Co-operative and Community Finance (CCF), ran this webinar for advisors about the 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.

This document invites institutions to join Co‑operatives UK and our partnership of anchor institutional investors, to grow the thriving community shares market via investment in…

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…

An initial report from Amanah Advisors on the potential for community share offers to be recognised as Shariah compliant. 

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

Housing co-ops have so much to offer. They deliver affordable housing in a climate where both house prices and rents are rising.  They help to control and build powerful…

Incredibly, some 3,000 people, from across the Scottish Highlands and beyond, raised an incredible £2.6 million which enabled the planning and development of GlenWyivs distillery –…

Bristol Wood Recycling Project collects tonnes of good quality timber from construction yards and other businesses around the city that would otherwise be wasted.

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.

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

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…