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Features >> Wider Co-op Movement

Outside the community’s shop is Helen Coxan, local food co-ordinator and shop assistant

Locals help grow grocer to success

The shelves at the Green Valley Grocer are crammed with seasonal fruit and vegetables, local honeys and home made preserves. There is proper bread, still warm from the oven, dairy products from Longley Farm, less than nine miles down the road, dry goods from the Suma workers’ co-op 12 miles away, and fresh British fish. It’s amazing how much this tiny retailer fits into a shop the size of a shed.
November 19 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Wearing orange sweaters are Lisa Curran, Clare Sillery, Richard Sternberg and Anne O’Leary with Martin Saunders and Phil Etheridge from The Twang. Picture: Rob Rowlands.

Inner-city dwellers find a taste of the countryside

A community initiative to bring a taste of the countryside to inner city Birmingham is becoming a co-operative with the help of Co-operative Futures.
October 14 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

A swift exit from independent advisers is the right move for CFS

It’s been a good few weeks for Co-operative Financial Services. The highlight has been winning the prestigious FT Sustainable Bank of the Year award, against stiff competition from 110 established banks.
September 24 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

The Marsh Farm estate, Luton

Social project left in limbo by Coalition’s funding freeze

Plans to create seven new social enterprises, providing jobs for around 70 people, are currently on hold while a review of government funding is carried out.
September 17 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Peter Speckhahn-Hass of the di.hako Group, Germany presents the award to Richard Snow, Chief Executive of Oxford Wood Recycling; Kim Styles of OWR; and Sally Reynolds Chief Executive of Social Firms UK

Social firms help more workers

A comprehensive mapping report by Social Firms UK has identified a 32 per cent growth in the sector over the past four years.
September 04 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Ian’s Co-op instincts and analysis will be missed

Just a few months after his retirement from the University of Ulster, Ian Pyper, Chair of the UK Society for Co-operative Studies, has died.
September 03 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

The train co-operative is set to launch its first service in December 2011

Rail co-op aims to Go! next year

Backers of a co-operatively-run railway are on track with their plans. Go! Co-operative is aiming to bring a service organised on mutualised lines to connect train users to and from the South-West of England.
August 27 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Nathan Cutler and Rebecca Green of Winyates collect their award from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: Winyates Housing Co-operative

The co-operative housing sector was represented at the Co-operative Awards by Winyates Housing Co-operative.
August 07 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Ian Rothwell, Development Manager from Co-operative and Community Finance, Southampton, collects the award from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: whomadeyourpants?

Another winning co-operative which supports marginalised communities is whomadeyourpants?, a workers’ co-operative working with women refugees from Afghanistan, Somalia, the Sudan, Iraq, Turkey, and Kosovo.
August 06 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Patricia Alexander, Managing Director of Shared Interest, and Sally Reith, Supporter Relations Officer for the South West, collect the award from David Button, Chair of Co-operatives UK

Co-operative Awards winner: Shared Interest

For the past 20 years Shared Interest Society has been providing loan finance to farmers and handicraft producers in the developing world — from coffee growers in Peru to soapstone producers in Kenya.
August 05 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

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