As a recent convert to loving cricket and a co-op fan, this campaign resonates. Private equity has taken over so many of our services for monetary gain and caused risk and reduced quality. As for our fun being stripped away... less independent festivals... and now this... It is just not cricket!

Co-operative Party@coopparty.party.coop · 2mo ago

Yorkshire County Cricket Club has been member-owned since 1863, with 33 county championships to its name in that time. The argument that private ownership is needed to compete is contradicted by its proud record. Howzat for a case against demutualisation?

Smaller deaf organisations are under threat or have already closed, volunteered for any? send in news here www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Volunteers in the UK: what happened when your local charity shut down?

We’d like to hear from volunteers who have experienced a charity closing

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What a night out! Comedy tickets via Stir to Action / Centre for Democratic Business for 21st Century Clubs at the Mildmay Club... what a venue, what history, what comedy acts! Never a more important time to support ways to rebuild our society as a people-powered force for good. lnkd.in/eZxn32Ak

Fantastic event by Empowering Deaf Society for #signlanguageweek and attended by lots of great professionals. Speakers were brilliant! Some progress but we’re still talking about language deprivation through to problems in schools and university. It is time for change. Language is a human right.

We’re seeing this across so many areas… Deaf community services / interpreting also gone this way, a sure fire way to increase risk, erode the economy and fail people

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Private equity is buying hospices. What happens in the US will arrive here. Palliative care and impending death is seen as a profit opportunity. PE destroyed care homes and vets. Patient deaths have risen in PE owned hospitals and nursing homes. UK handing more of the NHS to PE. archive.ph/uO3aF

An absolute pleasure to be part of another School for Social Entrepreneurs programme: NHS London Accelerator. I pitched yesterday. Incredibly inspiring to be with other founders: Dads Kids Club Everyone's A Singer @synappro.bsky.social @talkinghands.bsky.social The Bridge. Good luck to everyone!

What a relief to get my account back... no idea why it was suspended (hopefully no false reports and just an over enthusiastic bot mistake), but I really did not want to go back on X/Twitter! 😅

Huge congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the #socentawards25 this evening! Too many to mention but here’s a couple! @littlegreenchange.bsky.social @zatoun.bsky.social

🚨 NEW: As announced today in the Budget, the Government has published its call for evidence for co-op growth. Launching this investigation on the day of the Budget sends a clear message: this government is committed to growing the co-operative economy.

Great news to get the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social manifesto pledge moving @signalisecoop.bsky.social #coops

Co-operative Party@coopparty.party.coop · 8mo ago

💼 IN THE BUDGET: Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms a call for evidence on support for co-op growth, as part of our shared mission to double the size of the co-operative sector.

❓What is a social enterprise? A social enterprise is a business for good. Signalise... ... gives customers value ... increases access for the Deaf community ...and supports interpreters! 😍 🤘🏻 #SocialEnterpriseDay

Happy #SocialEnterpriseDay! Did you know💡 📈There are 131,000 social enterprises across the country, representing almost 1 in 42 of all UK businesses. 💰£1b in profits has been re-invested to drive social change in the last year 🤝Social enterprises employ 2.3 million people in the UK! (1/3)

Congrats to the @coopparty.party.coop on a successful campaign for music fans!

Co-operative Party@coopparty.party.coop · 9mo ago

🎟️ Your new all-access consumer protection just dropped ✨ The Government is announcing today that ticket resellers will be BANNED from selling tickets above face value. We've been backing music fans and we'll see you on the barrier for these brand new protections 🫶

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VyYXBKY... Donate now! #BackOurSocialClubs @localtrust.org.uk

@signalisecoop.bsky.social is on two national frameworks for in-person and video interpreting - NHS Shared Business Services and HealthTrust Europe. Proud of our achievements in tech, reducing missed appointments and inequalities... led by coop members 💪 🔗 Blog: signalise.coop/p/blog-25110...

Signalise joins more public sector frameworks for interpreting and translation

We’re proud to announce that Signalise is now approved on two national NHS frameworks and one local framework...

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Surely this has to stop, sign petition please!

We Own It@weownit.org.uk · 10mo ago

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040. 🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage. ✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Mandate Festivals to Tackle Abandoned Camping Gear chng.it/Yk8DM25W via @UKChange

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Mandate Festivals to Tackle Abandoned Camping Gear

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First experience of chatGPT editing out something political... Wrote a round-up of the Labour Party and included Reform critising DWP for spending so much on interpreters (think return on investment people). Asked for a quick edit and it dropped it! 😲 www.linkedin.com/posts/jenbir...

Reflections from Labour Party Conference: For the third year running, Signalise Co-op supported the Labour Party (UK) conference. It was a privilege to work with our brilliant BSL/English… | Jennifer...

Reflections from Labour Party Conference: For the third year running, Signalise Co-op supported the Labour Party (UK) conference. It was a privilege to work with our brilliant BSL/English interpreter...

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Mutual and Co-operatives Sector Business Council reception … importance of #coops for the economy, for Places and the aims to double the size of the sector #labourconference @rosemarley.bsky.social

While everyone is getting hyped for the Labour Deputy Leadership The Co-op Party is holding a by-election for its NEC in England North (NW, NE, Y&H) I’m delighted to announce I’m standing as someone active our movement I know that Co-op values are only way Labour can defeat reform

Lisa Nandy MP at the diverse communities reception… diversity was part of growing up in the UK and we need to fight for the country we believe in

Diversity reception at #labourconference Baroness Jacqui Smith … other parties do not want equalities but Labour does, it is part of our mission

What an end to #dovasdag2025 #dövasdag in Sweden 🇸🇪 with the supremely talented SignMark 🤩🤩🤩 Tell me someone in the UK has booked him for his final tour in 2026… #deafdayuk anyone? #deaf #signlanguage

Kids are involved in #dovasdag #dovasdag2025 and I can see #deafpride #deafidentity and #signlangage… I imagine there are hearing parents here too mingling and absorbing #deafculture 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪 this is community 🤩 2/2

THIS is how you do #deaf day #dövasdag #dovasdag2025 exhibition stands, performances, culture, information and debates… and the kids are right there, included and part of the community, art, #deafidentity and #signlanguage 1/2

Onto Stockholm and a busy day on Thursday meeting Sveriges Dovas Riksforbund (Swedish #deaf association) and 2 interpreters… everyone has been so welcoming! The global stories of what we’ve achieved are to be celebrated but even in #sweden so much more to do for #signlanguage and #accessibility

My colleagues are losing funding left and right: and its not just research it is to train specialists teachers. It was a quick Friday afternoon dump that got my field on fire, here is a mainstream article #Disability #DEI #TeacherPreparation #Academia #Blind #LowVision #TSVI #COMS #Braille #Deaf

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next?

More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

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Chatting to an American couple in Stockholm. He was a pastor and his wife used to sign in church for a 5 year old deaf girl who’d tell her sometimes that she was using the wrong signs… The next sentence was no surprise… the girl came from a #deaf family #languageacquisition

If the NHS is going further down the privatisation route (please no) then this is what we should aspire to… co-operatively owned services that do not take remove money from local economies

MONDRAGON@en.mondragon.coop · 10mo ago

🩺 The cooperatives that make up the #MondragonHealth alliance offer all kinds of solutions and products, such as the design and implementation of emergency plans tailored to the customer. Want to know more? l.mndrgn.com/rz6q2

I’m in Sweden… just been asked for age verification on Blue Sky and thought this was a great initiative. Turns out it’s in the UK too! bsky.social/about/blog/0... so good being on an ethical platform 🙌