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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 […]
Meet our new Trustees – Maggie Rodriguez-Piza
Meet our new Trustees! We are profiling three brilliant new Trustees, elected to our Board at our June AGM. Here we talk to Maggie Rodriguez-Piza, Chief Executive, Funding London, about her experience and interest in social finance, and why she chose to join us. ‘My experience of social finance started when I came to Funding […]
WEBINAR: Energy – Tackling the Price Crisis
Our friends at Plunkett Foundation are running what will be an incredibly useful webinar on the 20th October Hosted by Plunkett, the webinar will include input from energy saving solutions company Gaeltel, who have worked with Plunkett to do detailed energy surveys of two community businesses. The session will share their findings and recommendations for […]
British Food Fortnight with Scotland The Bread
As part of our series exploring co-ops and community business and their links with British Food for British Food Fortnight, We spoke to Andrew Whitley, Chairman of Bread For Good CIC – better known as Scotland The Bread – who was previously a baker of 25+ years standing and saw first hand the effects of […]
British Food Fortnight with Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency
As part of our series exploring the British Food stories of some of our borrowers for British Food Fortnight, we spoke to Claire Pritchard CEO of the Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency – the GCDA – about what British Food means to them. Co-op & Community Finance (CCF) has been a supporter of GCDA since its beginnings in 1982. GCDA, […]
British Food Fortnight with Bishopwearmouth Co-operative Garden Centre and Tea Room
As part of our series exploring the British Food stories of some of our borrowers for British Food Fortnight, we spoke to Shaun Donnelly, Managing Director of Bishopwearmouth Co-operative Garden Centre and Tea Room in Sunderland. The co-op provides employment and voluntary opportunities for adults with disabilities in catering and horticulture and we were proud […]
British Food Fortnight with Co-op Finance
British Food Fortnight starts today and runs to the 2nd October. It is an annual celebration of the diverse and delicious food that Britain produces. British Food is central to many of our borrowers work. We all need to eat, and food is used in ingenious ways by those working to build a better world. Whether […]