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Early Summer news update
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We shared this video at our recent AGM, showcasing the work of ICOF and Co-op & Community Finance over its 50 year history. This is a great storyline of our journey so far, and how we look to meet the needs of the co-op sector in the next 50. We hope you enjoy it!
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Co-op & Community Finance Strategy – 2023 and Beyond
We are proud to be able to launch our new Co-op & Community Finance Strategy in Co-ops Fortnight of our 50th year.
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Finance secured as “Painters Pub” continues to develop and grow as a vital community asset
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We are thrilled to be providing further support for The Lamarsh Lion on the Essex/Suffolk border
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This historic village inn, frequented by two of the most famous English landscape painters and now owned by its residents has received a long-term finance boost.
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Ruth Allison, Treasurer at The Lamarsh Lion Community Pub Ltd said "Having a supportive lender who knows what you are going through, understands and is willing to help is much needed and appreciated. It is a refreshing approach to accessing community finance.”
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Long-established relationship celebrated as loan secured for East End’s radical print and design co-op
We are thrilled to welcome back Calverts printing cooperative as a returning borrower, 44 years after being the first co-op to fully repay its loan to Co-operative & Community Finance, back in 1979.
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Read more about this here
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – our progress so far
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In April 2022, we signed The Diversity Forum’s Manifesto.
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We’ve now created a new page on our website which we will update, so it charts the key steps we take on our journey.
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It's Coop Fortnight and we're proud to say that we've been doing finance differently for a whopping fifty years!
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Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey so far, who has spoken to us to look back over our first half century and shared their memories.
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Want to build a new economy? Support Stir To Action as they share the ABCs
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Stir to Action is crowdfunding to fund the mass circulation of a special, free publication – ABCs of the New Economy – to support for community-led organisations to build their own local movements.
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They’re looking to raise at least £15,000 to print thousands of copies and distribute them across the UK. Find out how you can get involved here
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NEW: Business Support for Co‑ops
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If you’re curious about setting up a new business as a co-op, are keen to grow your existing cooperative, or looking to convert to one, Business Support for Co-ops is designed for you. The programme helps build better co-operative businesses by offering up to six days expert support.
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Hot off the press
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🗞 Here are a few news stories that have caught our eye recently
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🇮🇪 Ireland’s Enterprise Committee publishes pre-legislative report on co-ops bill
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☀️ 💨 Community Energy Fortnight celebrates Britain’s 300+ power co-operatives
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🏴 Co-op Fortnight hits the news in Wales
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📅 Events round up
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🎊 Community Shares Practitioner Meet-up AND International Day of Co-operatives Festival. Hebden Bridge, 30 June and 1 July.
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🌟 National Youth Summit - a free event bringing together young people, leaders, change-makers and creators to empower the younger generation through the principles of co‑operation. Birmingham, 5 July
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🎟️ Plunkett Foundation Conference 2023 - Facing the Future: Together. Birmingham, 6 July
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💻 Free webinar about the Community Shares and the £150m Community Ownership Fund. Online, 10 July
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