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Scottish Policy Summit Briefing
This briefing is intended to inform discussion and debate at the forthcoming Scottish Policy Summit (1 pm – 4.30 pm, 19 April at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh). This summit brings together representatives…
Policy campaigns
Webinar
Webinar: Freelancers unite! The power of co‑ops and joint working
Content by Business Support for Co-ops
An opportunity for freelancers in any sector to discover how joining forces as a co-operative makes good business sense.
Business planning
Webinar
Webinar: Co-ops – empowering arts and culture
Content by Business Support for Co-ops
Discover how people are coming together to create spaces and organisations that enable the arts – and those who work in the arts – to flourish.
Business planning
Policy briefing
Dormant Assets consultation
Content by Community Shares
A response from the Community Shares Unit, led by Co-operatives UK in partnership with Locality and Plunkett Foundation, on the Consultation on the English portion of dormant assets funding.
Co-op development
Graphics
Download your 'Certified Member of Co-operatives UK' marque
Download a 'certified member of Co-operatives UK' logo to display on your website and other collateral.
Co-operatives UK
Graphics
Co-operatives UK logos
Here you'll find a selection of Co-operatives UK logos, in a range of formats.
Co-operatives UK
Report
Community shares report 2023: Communities doing it for themselves
Content 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.
Business planning
Webinar
Platform co-ops – your route to an ethical digital business (webinar)
Content by Business Support for Co-ops
Discover how platform co-ops can put power and profits in the hands of service providers, rather than tech giants.
Co-op development
Business Support – help for your co-op: Application guidance
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Introduction Help for your co-op is a business support programme for existing co-ops that have been incorporated and trading for more than 18 months and submitted financial accounts.If you have not…
Business Support – convert to a co-op: Application guidance
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Introduction
This support is for organisations aiming to convert to co-op within the next 12 months.
To be eligible for this programme you must be an organisation that has started trading and has…
Business Support – start your co-op: Application guidance
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IntroductionStart a co-op is a business support programme for people wanting to launch their own co-op. To be eligible for this programme you must fall into one of the following categories:A group of…
Business planning
Leaflet / Guide
Shariah Compliant Community Shares Guidance
Content by Community Shares
Community shares
UnFound Accelerator – application guidance
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Turn your pioneering idea into a successful platform co-op business
Introduction
The UnFound Accelerator is a business support programme for platform co-ops.
The UnFound Accelerator is made…
Webinar
Co-ops: Giving young people a fairer future (webinar)
Content by Business Support for Co-ops
Hear from our a panel of young people who have been involved in or founded a range of co‑ops. Discover how co‑ops can empower young people and provide opportunities to help them build successful,…
Business planning
Webinar
Webinar: How co-ops can empower communities
Content by Business Support for Co-ops
An opportunity for groups and individuals across the UK to discover the power of co‑ops to strengthen communities.
Co-op development
Webinar
Webinar: Co-ops and climate action
Content by Business Support for Co-ops
Discover what co-operatives are doing to tackle the climate crisis and how people are working to save the planet by coming together to form co-ops.
Co-op development