Resources

We are looking to recruit new members for the Community Shares Booster Fund assessment process. Think this could be for you? Read on...

An overview of the Community Shares Practitioner Training Programme 2021. Includes details on the workshops and follow up accreditation and assessment process. 

Our guidance for societies facing financial strife clearly outlines the steps societies should take when experiencing financial difficulty.

So it's your first day at a co-op and there's so much to learn.  But what even is a co-op?  

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

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

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…

This guide will help your co-op navigate GDPR regulations around data protection with regards to member and customer data.  

This framework helps co‑operatives report more effectively - providing members with the information that matters to them. 

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.

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…