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Collaborative designs for life

Housing is one of the key factors driving inequality in the UK: and here's a survey…

Scrapping old business models for a mutual future

Jess Scully scours the world for good examples - from care co-ops in Lebanon to microfinance…

New appointments at Midcounties leadership team

Alison Bain is the society's first chief marketing officer and Neil Hardy has been made head…

Heart of England hails success of its new local produce scheme

The retail co-op is stocking more than 350 products through its new Local@Heart initiative

ICA Youth Network rolls out replication project

On International Youth Day we look at some of the key projects at the International Co-operative…

NCBA Clusa highlights global projects for International Youth Day

The US apex body gave updates on development projects in Senegal, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Niger

Cooperatives Europe launches collaborative learning toolkit

The toolkit is part of Cooperatives Europe’s Sharing, Collaboration, Cooperation (SCC) project

New report looks at co-operative and social responsibility in French popular banks

Popular banks carried out 3,500 co-operative and social responsibility initiatives

Bristol students hit start-up funding target for housing co-op

Having raised the cash to legally register the co-op the team will look for funding options…

WOCCU sets up Covid-19 Response Committee

The committee will provide advise around advocacy, member support, digitisation, community support and business continuity

Member-owned venue holds crowdfunder as Covid-19 hits arts sector

Hebden Bridge Trades Club has yet to reopen from lockdown and is calling for public support

French senate report highlights co-ops as responsible businesses

France is home to 23,000 co-operatives with 1.3 million employees and more than €300bn in turnover