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Business for Good Growth & Resilience Programme Application Guidance
Related topic: Business planning | Resource type: Application guidanceThis is the application guidance document for the Business for Good Growth & Resilience programme.
Community Shares Practitioner Training Manual 2024
Related topic: Finance | Resource type: Application guidanceFind out more about our upcoming community shares practitioner training programme before you apply.
Co-operatives UK Board elections
Related topic: Co-operatives UK | Resource type: Leaflet / GuideOn this page you'll find a range of useful resources for prospective Board members ahead of the 2024 elections.
Report: Director fees in agricultural co-operatives 2023
Related topic: Business planningMember content
A report on director fees and good governance in agricultural co-operatives.
The Purpose of Mutual and Co-operative Business in Society
Related topic: Co-op development | Resource type: Policy briefingRead our joint prospectus calling on the next government to create a meaningful covenant between mutuals and co-operatives.
Innovation in Business: Learnings and support models from Empowering Places
Related topic: Business planningContent by Empowering Places
A series of reports on the history, current practice and proposed model of place-based support for businesses with social purpose.
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.
Report: Can the North West be a Green Energy Superpower?
Related topic: Climate action | Resource type: ReportRead a report from the North West Green Energy Task Force on potential renewable capacity and co-operative models of ownership.
Recruitment pack – Project Coordinator for the West Midlands Ownership Hub
Related topic: Co-operatives UK | Resource type: Application guidanceRecruitment pack and job advert for the role of Project Coordinator for the West Midlands Ownership Hub
Member consultation: Help decide our policy priorities
Related topic: Membership | Resource type: Policy briefingAhead of Co-op Congress and Co-op Fortnight, Co-operatives UK is inviting members to consult on policy priorities as we look ahead to the next general election.
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…
Annual reports
Related topic: Co-operatives UK | Resource type: ReportRead and download Co-operatives UK's latest annual report and financial statements.
Charities SORP Information Sheet for Community Benefit Societies
Related topic: Community sharesContent by Community Shares
This Information Sheet is designed to assist practitioners in implementing the Charities SORP (FRS 102) in relation to the preparation of accounts for Charitable Community Benefit…
Webinar: Freelancers unite! The power of co‑ops and joint working
Related topic: Business planning | Resource type: WebinarContent 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.
Webinar: Co-ops – empowering arts and culture
Related topic: Business planning | Resource type: WebinarContent 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.