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The celebrations start at Future Coops Conference
We are delighted to be celebrating our 50th birthday this year and we are kicking the celebrations off in style with a drinks reception at Co-operative Futures annual conference A lot has changed in the 50 years since we made our first loan in 1973 but the need for co-operative working and solutions rooted in […]
WORKSHOP: Finance Introduction for co-ops and community businesses
Are you an advisor to co-ops or community businesses with no, or limited, experience of finance? Book now to join Co-op Culture for a must attend workshop on the 17th January The workshop will cover Basic Accounting Concepts and Terms and Jargon Busting, including: An introduction to finance and accounting terms The five different types […]
We lent £1 million in 2022!
What a way to start a year! We’ve totted it all up and are delighted to announce that in 2022, we lent over £1 million, to co-operatives and community-owned businesses building the Britain WE want to see. To everyone who was part of our 2022 we thank you and we can’t want to celebrate our […]
Celebrate our 50th birthday with your memories!
We are going to be 50 in 2023 – if you’ve been part of our story so far, will you join us? Where does the time go? One minute you’re a new social finance provider, lending to co-ops among the wholefood stores, in your 1970s flares, and the next it’s 2022, everyone’s talking about platform […]
The circus is coming to town – your town
Take a look at this great, inspiring, short video from our borrower Organised Kaos! Organised Kaos began as a youth outreach project in 2007, and has now grown into an innovative and award-winning social business based in Gwaun Cae Gurwen, in the heart of South West Wales. Organised KAOS is a contemporary Welsh Circus Company […]
SURVEY: How has your charity or social enterprise been affected by rising energy costs?
Social investors are developing a pilot fund to support charities and social enterprises navigating rising energy costs by improving their energy resilience. They need your help to make sure the solutions designed are effective and impactful. This includes understanding what you’re experiencing and what you think support should look like. The cost-of-living crisis has enabled […]
Property improvements set to go ahead for Co-operative Housing Association
Leaseholders of Glenkerry House have secured funds for a series of works required to maintain iconic ‘brutalist’ building in East London. A Grade II listed building, Glenkerry House situated in Poplar within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets was designed by celebrated modernist architect Ernő Goldfinger (the inspiration for the name of a villain in […]
Meet our new Trustees – Susan Connor
Meet our new Trustees! We are profiling three brilliant new Trustees, elected to our Board at our June AGM. Here we talk to Susan Connor, a Funding Manager in The National Lottery Community Fund, about her experience of working in social finance, and why she chose to join us. ‘My work now is within the […]
Community provides greater opportunity for connection as residents secure ownership of village pub
Locals look to improve the wellbeing and social glue of the community through the purchasing of their village pub with help from Co-operative & Community Finance’s ‘More Than a Pub’ finance package. Located in hamlet of Newtown in St Martin within the Lizard Peninsula of South West Cornwall, The Prince of Wales pub has served […]
Meet our new Trustees – Owen Dowsett
Meet our new Trustees! We are profiling three brilliant new Trustees, elected to our Board at our June AGM. Here we talk to Owen Dowsett, a Senior Consultant at the British Council, about his experience of working in the field of social finance, and why he chose to join us. My current job is based […]