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New European award for education in co-operative entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Cooperative Experience brings together several organisations, including the Co-operative College and Euricse

Desjardins celebrates Co-op Week with massive volunteering effort for youth groups

The credit union association has used the week to help organisations such as Auberges du cœur…

Alliance Africa hosts co-operative youth conference

The event looked at how co-ops could harness the potential of the continent’s huge young population…

Sustain: Meet the student co-ops embracing real food

The not-for-profit organisation is working across the country to help young people set up food co-ops…

Co-op Group extends its Farming Pioneers programme

The scheme offers business skills and a support network to farmers aged 18-34, in a bid…

Midcounties Co-op helps school pupils go green on Outward Bound course

Through its Green Pioneers programme, the society has helped youngsters save energy at Bishop’s Castle Community…

Meet … Nathan Bower-Bir, student, researcher and housing co-op co-founder

'I think we’ve all come to recognise that co-operation is not an inherent skill, but a…

Support, empower and influence: What youth are looking for in ethical business

The ethical expectations of the millennial generation can make a valuable selling point of the co-operative…

Putting young people at the centre of international co-operative development

'We're empowering them to challenge the perception that they have no viable voice. Young people can…

Rule changes: How are co-ops working with junior members?

UK co-ops are now allowed to have members under the age of 16... But which retail…

Youth updates… Co-op Young Members Board and Students for Co-operation

Ahead of International Youth Day, we catch up with Lois McClure, chair of the Co-op Young…

How does Woodcraft Folk impact lives?

Ahead of International Youth Day (12 August 2017), we spoke with three former Woodies whose lives were…