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Co-op Group scores twice at the Grocer Gold Awards

The Group won for its campaign on food poverty and its GRO vegan range

UN secretary general report looks at the role of co-ops in social development

The report will act as a point of reference for UN member states

New community ventures from Midcounties Co-op

The society has opened a community space in one of its stores and has continued its…

Global co-operation between co-operatives matters more than ever, says Peter Hunt

'We want every country to have a world class environment for co-ops and mutuals'

Village creates community store in response to closures and pandemic

Locals in Whitley and Shaw banded together after the local store and cafe closed at the…

Co-ops launch community share offer to give homes low-carbon retrofits

Carbon Co-op and Urbed want to raise £550,000 to eco-refurbish 1,150 homes and train 3,500 contractors…

Meet … Om Devi Malla, vice chair of Nepal’s co-op federation

'The lesson we have learnt for fostering an enabling environment for co-ops is to continuously lobby…

Lord Adebowale: Co-ops should work more closely with social enterprise

'The form that we choose is largely a matter of choice. We need to spend less…

New bid to scale up the community pub model

The People's Pub Partnership would operate a chain of pubs as a social enterprise, using a…

How a co-op past helped a journey to Olympic gold

'There’s an African proverb that says it takes a village to raise a child, and in…

US co-ops apex NCBA CLUSA makes a push for Principle 6

'Co-ops and credit unions should work together to press the advantages of their reputation as “honesty…

Midcounties Co-op works with local councils to fight school holiday hunger

The society is working with Dudley, Walsall and Shropshire councils to help feed more than 7,000…