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The train co-operative is set to launch its first service in December 2011

Rail co-op aims to Go! next year

Backers of a co-operatively-run railway are on track with their plans. Go! Co-operative is aiming to bring a service organised on mutualised lines to connect train users to and from the South-West of England.
August 27 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Nathan Cutler and Rebecca Green of Winyates collect their award from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: Winyates Housing Co-operative

The co-operative housing sector was represented at the Co-operative Awards by Winyates Housing Co-operative.
August 07 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Ian Rothwell, Development Manager from Co-operative and Community Finance, Southampton, collects the award from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: whomadeyourpants?

Another winning co-operative which supports marginalised communities is whomadeyourpants?, a workers’ co-operative working with women refugees from Afghanistan, Somalia, the Sudan, Iraq, Turkey, and Kosovo.
August 06 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Patricia Alexander, Managing Director of Shared Interest, and Sally Reith, Supporter Relations Officer for the South West, collect the award from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: Shared Interest

For the past 20 years Shared Interest Society has been providing loan finance to farmers and handicraft producers in the developing world — from coffee growers in Peru to soapstone producers in Kenya.
August 05 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Mark Simmonds, of Making Local Food Work, collects the award on behalf of The Handmade Bakery from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: The Handmade Bakery

The Handmade Bakery is a community supported bakery based in Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire. It was only launched last year but has made rapid progress in establishing itself within its local community.
August 04 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Aline Clark and Edmund Potter of Delta-T Devices collect their award from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: Delta T Devices

Delta T Devices is an environmental science co-operative which will next year celebrate 40 years of trading.
August 03 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Co-operative Awards winner: Chelmsford Star

Chelmsford Star co-operative society trades across Essex and, as highlighted at the Co-operative Awards, “actively plays a part in the local community through charity events and is committed to rewarding its members”.
August 02 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

The Co-operative Challenge — seven days, seven regions, seven unique co-operatives

As part of Co-operatives Fortnight, Alicia Walker and Becky Crosweller — both graduates on the Co-operative Group’s Management Training Scheme — took some time out of their placements to visit seven unique co-operatives across seven different regions in just seven days. Discover what they got up to in their travel diary . . .
July 27 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

A Mica store in Alcester, Redditch

DIY stores build a nationwide co-op

If you’re looking for a DIY and hardware business that has all the expertise of a small, independent trader but is able to offer the sort of value and promotions you expect from a major chain, Mica might be what you’re looking for. And even better, it’s a co-operative.
July 19 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Cllr Steve Reed … ‘We’re facing cuts . . . we could cut services . . . or we could seek to find an alternative — that’s what we’re choosing to do’

Can co-operatives help cut costs for Lambeth Council?

About 25 years ago I attended a meeting of Labour councillors from various local authorities across the country. We started talking about problems with policing and a very serious councillor from the London Borough of Lambeth explained the answer: the solution, she said, was residents’ militias who would take over responsibility for law and order from the police.
June 25 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

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