The paper is based of responses from 24 British credit unions and support organisations
Covid-19
All Covid-19 news articles
Show filtersWoodcraft Folk goes online for lockdown activities
The charity wants to help children feel a continued sense of community and connection
Fairtrade International launches producer relief and resilience funds
The funds will address short-term Covid-19 immediate needs as well as long-term recovery efforts
Pandemic means it’s time to bring co-ops together
Balu Iyer, regional director of International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific, writes in a personal…
Argentinian worker co-ops affected by Covid-19 ask government for more help
While co-ops can access certain streams of funding, some government programmes are not available for them
US electric co-ops fear $10bn lost revenue from Covid-19 crisis
'Electric co-ops are being challenged like never before to keep the lights on'
Co-op Group to launch free school meal scheme for eligible pupils
The scheme will allow schools to top up the Group's free school meal gift cards remotely
Central England Co-op to provide face visors to all colleagues
The decision is part of a series of measures taken by the retailer to protect its…
Annual general meetings: What are UK retail societies doing?
Societies are either postponing their meetings or hosting them online, in accordance with the Covid-19 lockdown
European co-operative banks respond to EU Covid-19 package
The Commission is encouraging banks and supervisory authorities to make use of the flexibility in the…
£5m lockdown fund announced for community businesses
Co‑operatives UK helped to develop the Covid‑19 Emergency Trading Income Support Scheme, run by Power to…
How are co-ops, community businesses and employee-owned firms weathering lockdown?
Many organisations are struggling financially during lockdown - even while the sector is demonstrating its flexibility…