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Co-ops plug in for a new wave of music venues

A look at current projects – from the Co-op Group's plans for UK's biggest indoor arena…

Youth football league gets funds for new headquarters from CCF

The facilities will provide youth football for hundreds of children in North Derbyshire

Co-op venue Bread + Roses crowdfunds £20,000 in a week to save community space

The co-op’s stretch target of £30,000 would further secure the future of the member-owned cafe and…

Taskforce launched to bring Oldham Athletic FC into community ownership

“The club’s future should be secured for the next 100 years and beyond”, says Greater Manchester…

Alberta co-ops take centre stage as Canadian movement begins annual congress

Report from the opening session of the event in Calgary, organised by apex body Co-operatives and…

Co-op Group links up with Microsoft to launch food waste platform

Caboodle, a non-profit digital service, will link shops and hospitalities with community groups to redistribute surplus…

Stronger community rights ‘could boost urban co-op pub sector’

'Community ownership of a pub can restore a feeling of pride in place, and allow people…

Just Film Festival: Preview of this year’s celebration from the cinema co-op

The event, supported by Central England Co-op and Co-op Press, runs from 24 June - 3…

Shrub low-carbon co-op launches £8,000 crowdfunder

The Edinburgh community organisation needs match-funding to secure a lottery grant to support its sustainability projects

Co-op movement makes its mark on festival season

From Knockengorroch to Glastonbury, co-operators are set for a summer of music

Playground for the New Economy: Stir to Action gets ready for its festival

Preview of 'a three-day residential setting for people to build and form relationships, make connections, and…

Radstock Co-operative sponsors free family arts festival

'The arts can often seem out of reach for many from less privileged backgrounds. A free…