Resources

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…

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

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

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

The From Conflict to Co-operation series aims to help co-operatives not only to deal with conflict when it arises but also to avoid unnecessary conflict.

This report summarises the lessons learned from a two year nationwide action research programme of Community Economic Development (CED). It will be of practical interest to…

With input from 550 co-ops, the National Co-operative Development Strategy was an ambitious strategy to create a more participative economy, published in 2017. 

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