This page contains information links rather than commercial links. For courses, products & services, see the icons to the right. If you'd like to suggest a commercial link, see our network page.
Organisations & advice |
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| Acorn Co-op Support | small workers co-op, that exists to support co-ops, businesses, community groups and campaigns which encourage co-operative working and practices |
| Baxendale | support for social enterprises; transition to employee-ownership |
| Catalyst Collective | co-operative registration and development |
| CECOP | European confederation of industrial and service cooperatives |
| CICOPA | International organisation of industrial and service cooperatives |
| Co-operantics | support organisation; lots of useful articles |
| Co-operative & Community Finance | exclusively serving the co-operative and social enterprise sector |
| Co-operative Business Consutants |
co-operative consortium of co-op advisors across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England
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| the Co-operative College | educational charity dedicated to the promotion of co-operative values, ideas and principles within co-operatives, communities and society |
| the Co-operative Group | ‘the Co-op’ – stores, funeralcare, travel etc. |
| Co-operative Heritage Trust | engaging and encouraging different groups, faiths, cultures and nationalities from across the globe to be inspired by the breadth and achievements of co-operation |
| Co-operative News | connecting, championing and challenging the global co-operative movement, through fair and objective journalism and open and honest comment and debate |
| Co-operatives Europe | European region of the International Co-operative Alliance |
| Co-operatives UK | national trade body that campaigns for co-operation and works to promote, develop and unite co-operative enterprises |
| Employee Ownership Association | representing organisations that are employee-owned or transitioning to employee ownership across the UK |
| the Hive | business support for co-ops |
| International Co-operative Alliance | international non-governmental organisation which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide |
| Loomio | tool developed by a co-operative for collective decision-making |
| Plunkett Foundation | helping rural communities to take control of their challenges and overcome them through co-operation |
| Radical Routes | network of co-operatives; loans; advice |
| Rhizome | facilitators, mediators, capacity-builders |
| Rochdale Pioneers Museum | museum at the site of the first modern co-operative |
| Seeds for Change | raining, meeting facilitation and online resources on collective organising and consensus decision making, developing your strategy, campaign and action skills, setting up groups and co-ops, co-operative governance and training for trainers |
| Social Centres Network |
network of independent social centres and autonomous spaces aiming to link up to share experiences, resources, ideas and information
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| Solidarity Economy Association | working for ‘a thriving Solidarity Economy for the UK – an economy that embodies the values of economic and social justice, diversity and pluralism, co-operation, self-management, and ecological sustainability’ |
| Somerset Co-operative Services | briefings and resources on various aspects of setting up co-ops; a good starting point |
| Stories.coop | world’s first global, digital campaign to spread the benefits of cooperation through the tradition of story-telling |
| Student.coop | federation of UK student co-ops, organising for social change |
| UKSCS | UK Society for Co-operative Studies |
| World Co-operative Monitor | multi-dimensional database reporting on the socio-economic value and impact of co-operatives globally |
| Worker Co-op Solidarity Fund | help the co-op sector by investing £1 a week |
Information |
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| Conflict resolution and consensus decision-making | see our ‘personal & interpersonal development’ links page |
| Cooperativism | fantastic resource put together under creative commons by Nathan Schneider |
| Co-opoly | board game for co-operatives; like Monopoly only better |
| Cultivate.coop | library of information about co-ops |
| Grow a Grocery | information on how to start a co-operative grocery business in your town |
| History of the Rochdale Pioneers | pdf of book from 1893 |
| Jo Freeman | the Tyranny of Structurelessness – an essay about the importance of organisation and structure in groups such as co-operatives |
| National Co-operative Archive | archive of the history of all things co-operative |
| Shareable | US site with hundreds of articles / news on sharing / co-operation |
| the Take | feature-length documentary about Argentinian workers taking over businesses after the economic crash of 2001 in Argentina |
| United Diversity | huge reading list put together by Josef Davies-Coates |
| Wikipedia | Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers |
| Worker Co-operative Code |
how to use the co-operative principles to create good co-operative businesses
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Directories / listings |
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| CDS Co-operatives | A-Z listing of co-ops |
| Co-operatives UK | UK co-operatives directory |
Potential funders |
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| Co-operative and Community Finance | lend to organisations that are owned and democratically controlled by their members |
| Ecology Building Society | building society that ‘puts people and planet first’ – experience of housing co-ops |
| Triodos Bank | understand co-operative values |
| Unity Trust Bank | specialists in the social economy |
