Practitioners directory
This directory lists co-op practitioners offering a range of expert services for new-start co-ops, existing co-ops and businesses looking to convert to co-ops. Use the 'programmes' filter to find practitioners for the Business Support for Co-ops programme and Community Shares programmes.
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Aaron Hirtenstein
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Aaron Hirtenstein
Aaron is an experienced worker co-operator and one of the founder members of Agile Collective, a worker co-operative that designs, builds and supports web applications for purpose-driven…
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Alice Hemming
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Co-operative Futures Ltd
I have founded and worked in many place-based co-operatives and community businesses in Oxford and have firsthand experience of business and organisational development.
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Jim Brown
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Freelance
I am the strategic adviser to the Community Shares Unit, now partly retired, but still working in a freelance capacity a couple of days a month.
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Co-operative Assistance Network CAN)
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Co-operative Assistance Network (CAN)
CAN is a workers co-operative of specialist trainers and consultants. Established in 1989, CAN draws on a wide range of experience in developing the social economy sector and is now recognised as a…
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Community First in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
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Community First in Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Community First is at the forefront of sustainable, robust community development in Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We specialise in providing high quality advice and support to community groups and…
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Coventry and Warwickshire Co-op Development Agency Ltd
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Coventry and Warwickshire Co-op Development Agency Ltd
Established in 1982, we are one of the largest co-operative development agencies in the country offering free, high quality and professional support to help people create and sustain all types of…
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Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC
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Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC
Hackney Co-operative Developments (HCD) is a local community economic development agency with a membership open to all those who subscribe to its co-operative goals and values.
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Mark Johnson
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Elderflower Legal & Secretarial Services
Mark Johnson is a commercial solicitor and ICSA-qualified Company Secretary with over 21 years’ experience of developing successful new business models, social and community enterprises.
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Outlandish Co-operative Limited
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Outlandish Co-operative Limited
Outlandish is a worker-owned cooperative and tech-for-good digital agency passionate about growing the democratic business movement. We are made up of around 15 co-owners and collaborators working on…
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Andre Pinho
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Say Watt Ltd
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Claire Pritchard
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Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency
GCDA has been supporting communities to be healthy and sustainable since 1982.
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SCVO
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SCVO
Supporting and representing voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in Sandwell
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Siôn Whellens
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Principle Six LLP
Support and advice on cooperative enterprise, developing and promoting cooperation in London and elsewhere.