Co-operative Futures
@coopfutures.bsky.social
Bespoke business consultancy and support for co-operative, mutual and community led start-up and existing businesses. Our Mission? More #Coops THE best option for people and planet. https://linktr.ee/coopfutures
Tickets are live! Power to the People tackles far-right populism, the mainstreaming of extremist ideologies, and narratives of division. Join us for practical ideas and political imagination rooted firmly in co-operative values. www.tickettailor.com/events/coope...
Thanks to @coopnews.bsky.social for sharing this. Tickets available now for the next Future Co-ops Conference: Power to the People. www.tickettailor.com/events/coope...
Buy tickets – Power to the People - Future Co-ops 2026 – The Priory Rooms
Power to the People - Future Co-ops 2026 – The Priory Rooms, Fri 27 Feb 2026 - Sat 28 Feb 2026 - Across the UK society is divided. The rise of the far-right has unleashed violence against asylum seek...
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Co-op News@coopnews.bsky.social · 9mo agoUK Future #Coops conference, 27-28 February, will focus on how collective action and #cooperatives can “deliver real power at a local level” against the backdrop of the rising #farright
Debbie Robinson to take the CEO role after Central and Midcounties #coops merger
Debbie Robinson to take the helm after Central and Midcounties merger
A transitional board has chosen the leadership team for the new co-op formed from the Central and Midcounties merger
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Strong words from #SaveBirmingham in this letter to BCC. They are going public with their growing concerns re the disposal of public assets and are seeking clarity, consistency and fairness for Brummies. savebirmingham.org/news/save-bi...
Future Co-ops 2026 is officially in the planning stage. We still need to book a venue & decide on the theme, BUT we have nailed down a date: Fri 27th & Sat 28th Feb 2026 Have an idea for a brilliant & topical theme? Or suitable venue (potentially in Swindon or Worcester)? We'd love to hear it!
What an inspiring story about @giroscope-hull.bsky.social. #Co-ops #Cooperatives #WorkersCo-ops #SocialEnterprise #Housing #Renewal Read more here giroscope.org.uk www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Why not work the system’? How punks inspired by Thatcher built a Hull housing cooperative
Set up in the 1980s, Giroscope has morphed into a social agency running neighbourhood services and creating jobs
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The long build up to Future Co-ops 2026 is officially starting. We need to book a venue, plan a marketing campaign, and most importantly decide on the theme. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Drop us a comment below.
Government wants to double the size of the co-op economy. At today’s pace, it will take decades. Read @cooperativesuk.bsky.social new report: www.uk.coop/economy on growth that keeps money local, creates good jobs & builds resilient communities. #coops #cooperatives #economy #CoopEconomy
1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵 www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning
Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.
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Still time to invest in community shares and breathe life back into the wilderness! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/thewildern... The Wilderness Centre - a Community crowdfunding project in Mitcheldean by The Wilderness Centre
The Wilderness Centre
Wylderne are breathing life back into the Wilderness to create a place where people of all ages can feel they belong.
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Community Shares Unit@comshares.bsky.social · last yr.🌳New share offer from Wylderne Community Benefit Society with the community shares standard mark. 🧗Raising £50k+ to bring this outdoor activities centre in the Forest of Dean into community ownership. 🍃See more on www.wylderne.com @coopfutures.bsky.social @crowdfunder.bsky.social
‘For our community, by our community’ embodies exactly what co-ops are about! Well done everyone at Wolvercote Mill for creating a vibrant community space that enhances the well being of local people 💚 Find them here: www.thewolvercotemill.org #CoopFortnight #IYC2025
Wolvercote Mill
Community space in Wolvercote, Oxford for groups, events and room hire.
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Co-operatives UK@cooperativesuk.bsky.social · last yr.🤝 Co-ops helping co-ops! This lovely pair of Co-op Heroes are Lorna and Roger Smalley from The Wolvercote Mill in Oxfordshire. 📍 It’s a local hub offering co-working spaces and rooms for hire 📝– and hosting everything from wellbeing sessions and fitness classes 🏋️ to arts, crafts and local events.🎭
Join Co-operatives West Midlands, for an evening of networking & a celebration of the region's thriving #coops sector at their International Year of Co-operatives 2025 Celebration Event! 📍 25th June 2025, 4pm to 7pm @ BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse, Birmingham www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
International Year of Co-operatives Celebration
Join Co-operatives West Midlands for an evening of networking and a celebration of the region's thriving co-operative sector!
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We launched a refreshed version of our website (futures.coop) earlier this year & we’d love your thoughts! Can you spare some time to visit the website & take a 2-3 minute anonymous survey? Please respond before Monday 7th July 2025. Complete survey ➡️ forms.gle/NfipyoM5f3rR...
As we reach the midway point of the year we’re reflecting on what has been a busy time for us. Check out our year at a glance…
First workshop as part of the #Oxfordshire Care Co-op Project Pilot. Learn about #cooperative models of care provision, how to get involved in our new project & share your experiences of care. £20 voucher for participants/Dinner/Play space for kids www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...
How can we build new models of care?
Lunch for care-workers and care-users and participatory research workshop
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Working together, local housing can be different…. come along and find out more! Community First Oxfordshire is hosting two events around housing: 📍 20th May, 7.30pm, Didcot Civic Hall, OX11 7JN 📍 10th June 2025, 7.30pm, Chesterton Village Hall, OX26 1UN 🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/together-w...
Together we can do housing differently. Come along to find out more!
Join our events where communities involved in community-led housing will share their experience, providing practical advice and inspiration
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Community First Oxfordshire@communityfirstoxon.bsky.social · last yr.Interested in Community Led Housing? Join our events where communities involved in community-led housing will share their experience, providing practical advice and inspiration More info & free booking here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/together-w... #communityledhousing #AffordableHousing #oxfordshire
This year's Future Co-ops conference featured a series of practical workshops, to explore and agree on outcomes and asks across four different areas. Read more about 'The Trouble with Double' here > futures.coop/future-co-op...
If you missed our Future Co-ops Conference at the start of the year there was a write up of the event by @coopnews.bsky.social > www.thenews.coop/what-does-do...
What does 'doubling' the co-op economy mean – and how do we do it?
Report from the Future Co-ops conference where co-op development workers met to discuss the agenda for the sector's growth
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👋 We represent the UK’s co-operative sector. Our aim is for anyone in the UK to form or join thriving and sustainable co-operatives. Expect: 🫶 Inspiring content 📆 Brilliant events and training 🪧 Opportunities to engage with our campaigns and lobbying 🖱️ Read about out work at www.uk.coop #coops
You can raise FREE money for your #Combiz! Over 8,000 online retailers will donate to your #Combiz when your volunteers/supporters shop with them. + you will raise money for us!🤩 Find out more by signing up with @easyfundraising.bsky.social 👇 http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community-business/
I was gutted to not be able to attend the @coopfutures.bsky.social event due to my poor health. So thanks @coopnews for this excellent report. @coopnews.bsky.social https://www.thenews.coop/what-does-doubling-the-co-op-economy-mean-and-how-do-we-do-it/
What does 'doubling' the co-op economy mean – and how do we do it? - Co-operative News
Report from the Future Co-ops conference where co-op development workers met to discuss the agenda for the sector's growth
thenews.coop
Come along to the Black County Living Museum to learn about the co-operative way of doing things! Co-ops for Creative Freelancers and Social Enterprise | Tuesday 11th March | 5:30 - 7pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-ops-for... #coops #blackcountry #creativeindustries
Very interesting read. Includes example of a social co-op located in Camini, a village in Southern Italy, where they initiated & manage a widespread migrants’ welcoming, reception and integration system with the project “Jungi Mundu” (“Unite the world”). www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised
How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality
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Co-op says it is holding firm on DEI having seen the benefits www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rollback on diversity policies ‘risks undoing decades of progress’, says Co-op
As Donald Trump reverses discrimination initiatives in the US, Co-op says it is holding firm on DEI having seen the benefits
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As they say in the Basque Country: “Life is cooperatized here.” Can the UK ever get anywhere close to this level of co-operation? thealternative.org.uk/dailyalterna...
Mondragon as the new City-State—this cooperative could be its own country [The Elysian] — THE ALTERNATIVE
Excerpt from Elle Griffin’s Substack The Elysian, here : Mondragon is the largest group of worker cooperatives in the world. With 92 cooperatives in the industrial, financial, retail, and educa...
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Managing your books doesn’t have to be a headache! Join this 2-hour session designed to demystify bookkeeping. Suitable for early stage businesses and startups in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. See link for more info and to book a FREE space. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-mor...
Coffee Morning Bookkeeping: Taking the Confusion Out of Managing Your Books
Managing your books doesn’t have to be a headache! Join this informative 2-hour session designed to demystify bookkeeping.
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New Community Share Offer with the Community Shares Standard Mark. @babbinswoodfarmcbs.bsky.social raising £1.5m to buy and save an organic farm and run it as a community owned farm and hub. See their @crowdfunder.bsky.social page here for full details: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-babbi...
The #CoopInsider has always wanted to attend the Co-operative Futures conference but hasn’t managed to. Their work supporting new and innovative co-ops is vital for the movement. Honest conversations like ‘The Trouble with the Double’ are exactly what’s needed.
Doubling the size of the co-op economy sounds ambitious, but with so many ghost co-ops and a movement struggling to support its own, is it realistic? Growth needs solid foundations and leadership, not just kind words. Does the UK cooperative movement have them? #CoopInsider #GhostCoops
Co-operative Futures@coopfutures.bsky.social · 2y agoMorning session at #FC2025 - imagining the future & learning from the past. Sparked questions and discussion to be picked up in workshops throughout the day.
