Resources

Community Economic Development (CED) gives people the opportunity to meaningfully shape the economy where they live. It enables those living, working and doing business in an area to work together to…

This code is a tool to help chart what good practice can look like. It focuses on best practice around democracy and quality of leadership that emerges through good governance.

Co‑operatives UK welcomes the proposal to establish a National Co‑operative Development Agency (NCDA).

What is branding? A lot of people think it’s your logo but that is only part of it.

In this short policy paper we recommend that Scottish government should consider earmarking around 20 per cent of the Shared Prosperity Fund for community-led economy development (CED).

A board must be made up of directors with the right mix of expertise, experience and perspectives to ensure it does not become homogenous. This short guide runs through the process of recruiting…

If your co-op has the Co-operatives UK Contact Package, you'll need to read our Fair Usage Policy

Alex Lawrie, of Somerset Co‑operative Services CIC, provides ‘an exploration of trust, networking and professional practice amongst social movement activists in the solidarity economy.’

Read our response to government's consultation on the future definition of public service mutuals

We made a series of policy recommendations in our response to government's call for evidence on Social Investment Tax Relief (SITR) in 2019.

Spread the word about co-ops in your workplace or community, using our What is a Co-op slides

A comprehensive toolkit of finance resources for co‑ops.

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 Alliance can define…

Our response to UK government's consultation on how it should take account of social value in the award of central government contracts.

This is the second edition, comprehensively revised, of a research study which has been widely recognised as the first comprehensive research study into how co-operative businesses worldwide operate…

Why the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund must include a significant role for community economic development