Resources

Simply Start-up shows how ordinary people have worked together to successfully build businesses which are both part of, and also strengthen, their communities.

This short report highlights new evidence of people’s discontentment with the amount of control they have over the economy, their workplaces and their local communities.

Our guide to forming a music teachers' co-operative references various booklets and fact sheets published by Co-operatives UK and the Musicians’ Union and draws upon David Barnard's personal…

With legal firm Mills and Reeve, we have developed a briefing and checklist to ensure you know what to do to be sure your employees are safe to drive.

A guide to creating member value by aligning co-operative strategy, performance measurement and reporting

A comprehensive guide to the different options for financing a community enterprise.

A comprehensive guide to understanding the systems and processes concerned with the running of a sustainable community enterprise.

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 success of peer…

So what exactly is a co-op? Watch our short animation and share with your friends!

Community Shares: Inside the Market Report 2015

Law firm Mills & Reeve have allowed us to share this briefing paper on equality, diversity and discrimination within employment.

This document makes the case for bringing co-operative structures and business models to the media sector.

Introduction This guidance is to help co-operatives deliver good practice when it comes to elections for board positions. There is no legislation specifically governing elections to the board in a…

About this document This guidance is for individuals and organisations that deliver support on behalf of The Hive programme, managed by Co‐operatives UK in partnership with The Co-operative…