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Co-op College project shortlisted for the RBS Skills and Opportunities Fund

The project aims to enable 25 young people between 16 and 24 in the community of…

ICA launches international co-op think tank

The group of co-ops will serve as a strategic hub for the co-op movement

USAID awards US$60m for co-operative development

The five-year programme enables US co-operatives and their members to collaborate on various projects with co-operatives…

How a human chain made world news of a small co-op bookstore

When Southampton's October Books invited volunteers to help the move to its new home, it hit…

Community finance co-op seeks investors to support local enterprise

The pioneering share offer promises both a social and financial return

Manchester MBA students join RBH co-operative to examine Rochdale’s economy

The initiative forms part of the Rochdale Stronger Together project developed by the Rochdale Borough Social…

Taunton co-op issues community shares offer to create more affordable housing

Investors needed to help turn two additional sites into homes and workspaces for local social enterprises

Co-operative Summit of the Americas adopts declaration to protect the planet

'We say no to the commercial war, we say no to the walls ... we say…

East of England Co-operative nominated for 2018 Dementia Care Awards

Around 50,000 people in East of England Co-op’s trading area live with dementia

Frank Norris to retire from the Co-op Academies Trust

A former senior inspector at Ofsted, Mr Norris has led the trust in becoming one of…

Former refugee hostel in Athens re-opens as sustainable tourism hostel

The hostel stopped housing refugees after the UNHCR cut funding

Co-op Group re-opens three former Waitrose stores in Birmingham and Manchester

'We want customers to know that they can become a co-owner and member of their Co-op'