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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Michael Beaven
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Our Community Enterprise CIC
Michael has over 25 years of experience in financial management and fundraising within the voluntary and public sectors, including company formation, business planning, building purchase, income…
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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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Catalyst Collective Limited
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Catalyst Collective Limited
Catalyst is a workers’ co-op committed to supporting the development of co-operatives, collectives and community-led housing.
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Alan Collard
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Ironmonger Community Advisors
Alan has provided advisory services to community groups and enterprises for the past 8 years on behalf of Plunkett Foundation.
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Charlotte Hollins
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Fordhall Community Land Initiative Limited
I have been working with community shares since 2005, and was one of the founding members of the Fordhall Community Land Initiative at the time.
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Martyn Johnston
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Freelance consultant
Cooperative entrepreneur, business coach, and consultant based in West Yorkshire.
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Diana Moore
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Freelance
Diana is an experienced small business advisor and facilitator specialising in communities, social enterprise and asset transfer and development. She draws on her training as a building surveyor and…
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Hannah Morris
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Cwmpas (formerly Wales Co-operative Centre)
Hannah Morris a Business advisor for the Community Shares Wales Resilience Project run by Cwmpas.
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Mudaser Ali
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Muslim Charities Forum
Mudaser has a range of experience, supporting voluntary and community sector organisations nationally with a range of topics relating to their strategy, operations and governance.
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Hannah Nadim
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241 Co-operators Limited
Hannah is a Plunkett Foundation Adviser, Community Shares Licensed Assessor, Business Support for Co-ops Adviser, Plunkett Foundation Adviser and Power to Change Peer Broker , supporting…
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Matthew Otridge
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Music Venue Trust
Matt has 6 years of experience of working with Grassroots Music Venues raising finance, including spearheading the Music Venue Trust "Own Our Venues" initiative which raised over £1m in Community…
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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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Toby Sandison
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Community Shares Scotland
Toby Sandison is a Development Officer with Community Shares Scotland, which provides fully-funded support to any Scottish communities wishing to issue community shares.