From the 19th March to the 14th of May, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Social Investment Business are hosting a series of webinars introducing the Energy Resilience Fund to organisations operating in key market sectors. The Energy Resilience Fund is a blended funding package of loan (60%) and grant (40%) to bolster the energy […]

We are delighted to announce that our ICOF Community Capital (ICC) 2026 share offer is open from today until the 31st May 2026 on the UK’s leading direct impact investing platform Ethex. As the Government works towards it’s pledge to double the size of the co-operative sector, communities are coming together to save the village […]

Social enterprises, CICs and charities based in Leicestershire! Find out about social finance at the Social Investment Funding Fair on Wednesday February the 18th in Leicester! Attendees will have the opportunity to meet a wide range of social investors, funders and support providers , all under one roof. We’ll be there with a stall, so […]

Will you be heading to Glasgow for the Co-op Retail Conference 2026 in March? If you are, come and find us! We’ll be exhibiting at this busy annual event, built around the needs of consumer-owned retail societies. From the 19th to the 21st of March, senior leaders, boards and management teams will share insight, tackle common […]

We’re delighted to be sponsoring this year’s Future Co-ops conference! Taking place in Birmingham from Friday 27th February to Saturday 28th February, the two-day gathering will examine how collective action and co-operation can rebuild trust and deliver real power at a local level. It will bring together co-operative activists, policy thinkers, campaigners and community business leaders to explore […]

Workers.coop is launching Own The Future, its first co-op support programme for workers leading the transition to a new economy. Own the Future will recruit five groups across the country for a one-year accelerator programme of training, mentoring, specialist advice and peer support. Workers.coop is looking for groups with a fully formed idea for an economic activity addressing […]

Co-operative development specialist, our Board member and Glasgow resident Jaye Martin has been busy lately! “As a proud Glasgow resident, I was so happy that not one, but two, major events in the co-op sector’s calendar were held in the dear green place this month. The Democratic Business Summit, organised by the Centre for Democratic Business, […]

We’re delighted to welcome Gareth Nash to our Board of Directors. We spoke to him recently about his three plus decades of experience in co-operative development and finance, and why the time was right to join us. “I’ve always been interested in democratic forms of organisation. I remember walking past a co-operative development agency when […]

We’re pleased to announce, during trustees Week, that experienced co-operator Mark Simmonds, founder of Co-op Culture, has joined our Board of Directors. We spoke to Mark recently about his co-operative journey, and why he’s joined us. “While I’m involved in a number of organisations, at the moment, I mainly deliver my work through Co-op Culture.  […]