End of year review 2016: Housing

  February: First leasehold housing co-op opens in Wales  The Welsh co-operative housing sector continues to grow…

End of the Year Review 2016: Agriculture

DAIRY… February: Dairy co-op restructures following sale at Dairy Crest Farmer co-op and dairy producer organisation…

Co-op Party chair calls for mutualisation of Royal Bank of Scotland

The Royal Bank of Scotland should be mutualised to overhaul the culture of the bank and bolster…

Nine steps to create your social impact report

Do you want to measure your organisation’s social impact? Here is our step-by-step guide to creating your…

Providing life changing opportunities through SENse to Aspire

A scheme that changes the lives of students with special educational needs has created a social…

Developing sustainable organisations through the Community Dividend

For every pound spent on the community dividend scheme, Central England Co-operative generates a social return…

Improving lives through member groups

Over £20 of social value is returned for every £1 spent on Central England Co-operative member…

What social reporting is – and why it matters

Social return on investment (SROI) is a methodology for calculating the monetary value of the impact…

Co-ops make a difference. But how do we know they do?

It is simple to measure the economic impact of a co-op, just like we can do…

End of Year Review – 2017: time to do things differently

Last year was momentous for Britain. The vote to leave the European Union not only cast…

End of the Year Review 2016: Credit Unions and Finance

CO-OP BANK… January: Former Bank executives banned from finance roles Two former executives of the Co-operative Bank…

Co-op Group members pull a £15m Christmas cracker

An estimated £15m is expected to be distributed to members this month, following the launch of…