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Retrofit co-operatives: A report for policymakers
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: ReportWith housing accounting for 18% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, the need for policymakers to realise the value of retrofit hubs has never been more crucial.
Green jobs: A case for co-operative growth
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: ReportWe're calling on the next government to implement a strategy to unlock rapid co-operative growth, with the potential to create at least 70,000 good green jobs.
Webinar: Black History Month through a co-operative lens
Related topic: Co-operatives UK | Resource type: WebinarWatch 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.
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.
Scottish Policy Summit - the results
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: ReportThe 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.
Booster Fund – practitioner session
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: WebinarContent by Booster Fund
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…
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.
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…
Revive and thrive: Why co‑ops are pivotal to a fairer, stronger Scotland
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: ReportThis 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…
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.
Shared Space: How Scottish housing co-ops build communities
Related topic: Policy campaigns | Resource type: ReportHousing 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…
Impact 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…