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Italy’s right wing government threatens funding cuts for refugee co-ops

Pledges from the populist coalition are a worry for co-ops which have been working with refugees…

Government to allocate £163m to Community Housing Fund

'Community-led housing is about local people playing a leading role in solving local housing problems to…

Learning about housing co-ops in Canada, Estonia and Poland

Progress is being made – bringing key lessons for the UK sector

‘Co-ops can make New Zealand the world’s most sustainable nation’

The country celebrated the International Day of Co-operatives with a look at the sector’s environmental achievements

Co-operatives making a difference through … Sustainable Development

Co-operatives UK secretary general, Ed Mayo, on the role of co-operatives in achieving the Sustainable Development…

Central England Co-operative grants £43,000 to community groups

The co-op aims for 1% of its trading profit to be reinvested in local communities across…

Central England Co-op announces new security measures at food stores

The move follows a series of robberies and ram-raids across the society’s trading area

Making a difference: Co-ops and education

A Q&A with Dr Sarah Alldred, projects development manager at the Co-operative College

Supporters Direct to grant annual award in memory of Jacqui Forster

The award will recognise women who promote the values and principles of the trust movement

Making a difference: Community Energy Conference looks at regulation and tech

Representatives of the sector met in Manchester to plot a course for community-owned energy projects

Canadian co-op movement hands out its annual awards

Among those honoured at Co-operative Congress was Kathy Bardswick, for a lifetime of service to co-operation

How do we double the size of the UK’s co-operative economy?

An independent report from the New Economics Foundation, commissioned by the Co-op Party, has been launched…