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Find out about the annual Accountants' Forum: information and guest speakers for accountants working in co‑operatives. Find out about previous and future forums.
Download copies of Co‑operativesUK's most recent Annual Reports and Interim Statements, along with copies of past reports and statements dating back to 2003.
If you are or you know an individual or co‑operative business in the UK that deserves greater recognition for the work that they do to promote co‑operatives and the values of co‑operation, now is your opportunity to put them forward for a Co‑operative Excellence award.
Does your co-operative strive to keep co-operative values a part of its business planning? If so, this is your chance to gain international recognition among the business and co-operative community for your focus and to use that recognition to promote your co-op and co-operative principles to potential members and the general community.
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All the information you need on intellectual property from the British Library.
Regular information about business issues affecting or of interest to co‑operatives, emailed out on the 15th of each month. Read previous issues and sign up for our publications.
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Information for community owned enterprises about an exciting new Government-backed initiative which aims to stimulate investment through community share and bond issues.
By harnessing the collective investment powers of
whole communities, large amounts of capital can be
raised in small sums from members of the
community.
For more information, visit the community shares website here.
The Co‑operative Business Development Panel, formerly known as The New Ventures Panel (NVP), aims to promote and aid the development and growth of co‑operatives in new fields and in new areas of the economy, as well as new co‑operative solutions in more established areas of the economy.
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The Co‑operative College is an educational charity, founded in 1919, serving the co‑operative sector in the UK and globally. Today the College works with all the major co‑operative societies in the UK and delivers programmes around the world.
The annual co‑operative and education forum: find out information about previous and future Co‑operative Congresses where co‑operators get to interact with each other, experts and politicians to discuss the co‑operative movement and its future.
Contact your local Co‑operative Development Body for help and advice on any aspect of starting up a new co‑operative enterprise.
Co‑operative Diversity Action is a website providing strategies, resources and guidance to encourage more people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to get involved in co‑operative enterprise.
If you are or you know an individual or co‑operative business in the UK that deserves greater recognition for the work that they do to promote co‑operatives and the values of co‑operation, now is your opportunity to put them forward for a Co‑operative Excellence award. Visit the mini-site for more information.
Measuring the co‑operative social responsibility activities of co‑operative societies, and the work done in producing the Co‑operatives UK Co‑operative, Environmental and Social Performance Indicators (CESPIs).
Co‑operatives Fortnight, 19 June to 3 July 2010, is a groundbreaking new initiative to promote co‑operation. Click here to find out what's happening and how to get involved.
Co‑operatives magazine was first published in 2003. It aims to build a greater awareness and understanding of the co‑operative sector and the potential for co‑operative solutions.
With a circulation of 7000 it is distributed widely to co‑operative enterprises and to a wider audience comprising decision makers and opinion formers in national regional and local government.
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Wales Co‑op Centre is the largest Co‑op Development Body in the UK. Established over 27 years ago with the support of the Wales TUC, it delivers support to all types of Co‑operative and Social Enterprise across Wales with financial support from the Welsh Assembly Government.
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Co‑operative Diversity Action provides strategies, resources and guidance to encourage more people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to get involved in co‑operative enterprise.
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Co‑operativesUK has teamed up with co‑operatives and other business organisations across Europe to launch an exciting pilot project which will enable 800 new entrepreneurs to spend up to six months in another EU country to learn about culture and business there.
'Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs' is a groundbreaking project, financed by the European Commission, involving all 27 EU Member States. It will provide new entrepreneurs of any age with the opportunity to work with an experienced entrepreneur in another EU country for one to six months, to acquire relevant skills for managing and growing a small or medium-size enterprise.
Visit this mini-web for more information.
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Co‑operativesUK aims to maintain its website to the highest standard. If you have had any problems finding what you are looking for - or if you've had a positive experience you'd like to share - you can complete a brief website feedback form here.
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Does your co-operative strive to keep co-operative values a part of its business planning? If so, this is your chance to gain international recognition among the business and co-operative community for your focus and to use that recognition to promote your co-op and co-operative principles to potential members and the general community.
Greener Together is a new two year Defra funded project as part of Greener Living Fund which aims to change individual greener behaviour
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A blog keeping you up to date with small and medium sized co‑operatives across the UK - their news, innovations, stories and developments.
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Find out how to join one of the hundreds of co‑operatives that provide any number of services throughout the UK.
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Find out how to access the range of services provided by the Co‑operatives UK Legal Services Team; help setting up co‑operatives and charitable bodies, information about the variety of legal forms available and examples of model rules for societies.
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Mini-web for the Good Food, Good Governance work of the Making Local Food Work project.
Renew your membership of Co‑operativesUK through our new online renewal system.
Model employment contracts, maternity leave guidance and disciplinary and grievance policies for co‑operatives. These can downloaded, amended and used. This mini-web and its contents are part of our Members' Only section.
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The NRCC is a well-established forum for those co‑operators involved in the consumer co‑operative sector. Whether they are members that own the business or managers that run the business the event aims to help them understand the current issues facing the sector. The forum has successfully brought together those co‑operators involved in the governance of consumer societies and those responsible for the trading success. The result is increased understanding on both sides and a determination to see the consumer sector grow and flourish.
This year's event is taking place at Alexandra House, Swindon. The programme of speakers promises to continue the success of the weekend.
The Co‑operative Business Development Panel, formerly known as The New Ventures Panel (NVP), aims to promote and aid the development and growth of co‑operatives in new fields and in new areas of the economy, as well as new co‑operative solutions in more established areas of the economy.
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Renew your membership of Co‑operativesUK through our new online renewal system.
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Co‑operativesUK has been running an annual event for the secretaries of Industrial and Provident Societies for the last seven years. This year, due to the success of those previous events, we are extending the event and making it available to secretaries of all co‑operatives.
The opportunity to meet and network with key individuals from other societies and the co‑operative movement is one that should not be missed.
Officers of Co‑operativesUK are often called upon to attend various events and talk about specific subjects. This section of our website is where you will be able to find copies of those speeches, and see how we are working on your behalf to spread the word about co‑operatives and co‑operation.
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Wales Co‑op Centre is the largest Co‑op Development Body in the UK. Established over 27 years ago with the support of the Wales TUC, it delivers support to all types of Co‑operative and Social Enterprise across Wales with financial support from the Welsh Assembly Government.
Co‑operativesUK aims to maintain its website to the highest standard. If you have had any problems finding what you are looking for - or if you've had a positive experience you'd like to share - you can complete a brief website feedback form here.
What is a co‑operative? Find out about the unique legal structures, governance, ethos and history of co‑operatives throughout the UK and beyond.
Women in co‑operatives are making a real difference when it comes to businesses tackling environmental issues and, in celebration of International Women's Day on 8 March 2009, we have interviewed a number of female co‑operators to highlight the leading role that women are playing in environmentally driven co‑operatives.
Information about Worker Co‑operatives and the Worker Co‑operative Code of Governance.
