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Over £1m in loans for village shops

Co-operative & Community Finance has now loaned over £1 million to support more than 60 community-owned shops throughout the UK in the past two years.
September 02 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Prisoners bank on a secure future

A scheme to provide bank accounts for prisoners has reached the 1,000 mark at Forest Bank prison, Greater Manchester.
September 02 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Follow the web's co-operative.connections — September

What are co-ops doing on the web? Find out here.
September 01 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Hugh Davies of Myddfai at the Royal Welsh Show

Co-operative centre helps prop up local legend

For a village of just four hundred people, Myddfai in the Brecon Beacons, has an incredible story to tell. It’s a story of decline and of rebirth, of myth and of historical significance — a village with a prince for a neighbour, but no amenities for its residents — and it’s no surprise that a BBC television team is keeping a very close eye on developments.
September 01 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Student Amber O'Sullivan gained ten A*s and eight As in a total of 22 outstanding GCSE passes at Sutherland Co-operative Business & Enterprise College, Telfor

Record results at co-op schools

A number of co-operative schools have reported significant progress in achievement following the recent publication of the GCSE results.
September 01 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Summer camp helps youngsters with their film careers

A five-week summer camp for aspiring film-makers, sponsored by the Co-operative Group, has led to a full-length feature film being made.
August 31 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Community trusts plan a sustainable future

Two Yorkshire community-led trusts are pioneering a novel way of ensuring high standards of sustainability in building design and management by committing to the become Sustainable Transport Buildings.
August 26 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

Co-op summit in bid to save 82 community pubs

The Plunkett Foundation is planning to organise a Co-operative Pub Summit next month after the Government pulled the plug on Labour’s plans to provide £3.3 million financial support to communities battling to keep their pubs going as co-ops.
August 19 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

New Plunkett Chair elected

The Plunkett Foundation has announced that its former Vice-Chair, Peter Cleasby (pictured) has been elected as the organisation’s new Chair to succeed Susan Knox.
August 19 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

A sign of the times? ... How the BBC logo could look in future

Miliband proposes turning BBC into a mutual

The call by Labour leadership candidate David Miliband for the BBC to be turned into a co-operative has been welcomed by Co-operatives UK Secretary General Ed Mayo.
August 17 2010
Category: Wider Co-op Movement

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