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 opportunity for groups across the Lancaster district and beyond to discover the power of co-ops to strengthen communities.

An opportunity to discover how platform co‑ops can put power and profits in the hands of service providers, rather than tech giants.

Discover co-ops – their purpose and benefits. And find out if your business idea suits the co-op model…

Discover co-ops – their purpose and benefits. And find out if your business idea suits the co-op model…

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…

This document invites institutions to join Co‑operatives UK and our partnership of anchor institutional investors, to grow the thriving community shares market via investment in…

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

Empowering Places aims to build more resilient communities by supporting community businesses to provide benefits and opportunities for local people.  

Understanding a maturing community shares market is the most comprehensive report ever published on the community shares sector – funded by Power to Change and Community Shares…

An initial report from Amanah Advisors on the potential for community share offers to be recognised as Shariah compliant. 

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

The purpose of this guidance is to support societies to use community shares to improve their solvency as part of their response and recovery to the current Covid-19 crisis. 

Co-operatives UK's membership team hosted a discussion about the key concepts of membership, how to get to know them and how to keep them engaged with you. 

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

The Ownership Hub raises awareness of the benefits of employee and worker ownership at a national level.