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Site last updated on July 30, 2010, 1:45 pm

Rochdale's Toad Lane museum receives £2.3m makeover

Rochdale’s Pioneers Museum — the birthplace of the Co-operative Movement — is set to be redeveloped following £1.5 million of funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
July 20 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

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Big Society is not a 'public service cuts' smokescreen

A failure of the traditional left and of free markets calls for the Co-operative Movement to step up and change the economy for the 21st century, according to Phillip Blond of think-tank ResPublica.
July 30 2010
Category: Politics

Government need to consider mutual housing

A fringe meeting hosted by the Commission on Co-operative and Mutual Housing briefed delegates on its report on the co-operative and mutual housing sector across England.
July 30 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

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Adrian Bailey, new Chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee, is well-placed to help co-operatives

Co-op's are not to be used for public service cuts

Adrian Bailey is one of the co-operative and mutual sector’s strongest friends in Parliament, though Adrian himself is careful not to over-stretch any claim of seniority. “It is equal with Andy Love,” he laughs. “He was also a Co-operative Party organiser before he became an MP.”
July 28 2010
Category: Politics

The Co-operative Challenge — seven days, seven regions, seven unique co-operatives

As part of Co-operatives Fortnight, Alicia Walker and Becky Crosweller — both graduates on the Co-operative Group’s Management Training Scheme — took some time out of their placements to visit seven unique co-operatives across seven different regions in just seven days. Discover what they got up to in their travel diary . . .
July 27 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement