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A year of co-op success
On Friday 30 June come along to our presentation of our three campaign focuses this year, and be a part of our AGM at Co-operatives Congress 2017!
We are an Access Point
We are helping to roll out a major initiative to support charities and social enterprises to access the investment they need to grow and diversify their income streams. Co-operative & Community Finance is one of just 10 organisations in England to be approved as an Access Point for the two-year, £4m Reach Fund which will […]
Will you be our next treasurer?
Help us build a thriving co-operative sector Co-operative & Community Finance is looking for a Treasurer to support the Industrial Common Ownership Finance Ltd (ICOF) board and small staff team. Our well established organisation, which supports a range of co-operative businesses with loan finance is looking for a confident ‘numbers’ person to help us grow […]
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Another Co-op Pub in the Essex/Suffolk Cluster
A 400-year-old village inn that had been closed since September 2016 has become the seventh co-operative pub in a cluster of community ownership in the counties of Essex and Suffolk. On 29 June 2017 The Kings Head at Pebmarsh near Halstead was bought by a community benefit society of 320 members. There are now over […]
50th Co-op Pub Opens
A rare example of an ungentrified local in the affluent Royal Borough of Windsor has become the 50th co-operative pub in the UK. On 26 June 2017, the Craufurd Arms in Maidenhead, a pub known for its good beer, darts teams, and sports TV, was bought by a community benefit society of 226 members. The […]
Another co-op pub opens
A charming 200-year-old red brick building on a village green in rural Kent has become the latest co-operative pub in England. On 22 June 2017 The Harrow in Stockbury near Sittingbourne was bought from the brewery by a community benefit society of nearly 150 members. The people of Stockbury moved quickly when they learned last […]
Refurbishing community-run leisure centres
Co-operative & Community Finance is working with other funders to finance refurbishment at two community-managed leisure centres in Kent. Sencio Community Leisure is a community benefit society set up in 2003 to run three leisure centres and a golf course on behalf of Sevenoaks District Council. The transfer from local authority control has allowed access […]
The Cow That Changed Its Spots
A village pub in Derbyshire has re-opened after two years of closure, with new facilities and new owners – the local community. The Spotted Cow is now owned by a community benefit society with 225 members from the village of Holbrook and the surrounding area. They raised over £170,000 to finance the purchase, and Co-operative […]
First loan from new co-op pub support scheme
An ancient village inn, dating back to 1250, that had closed in December 2014, has become the first to benefit from a loan from a new scheme to support community ownership of pubs. On 28 February 2017 the Duke of Marlborough at Somersham near Ipswich was bought by a community benefit society with more than 230 […]
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A year of co-op success
On Friday 30 June come along to our presentation of our three campaign focuses this year, and be a part of our AGM at Co-operatives Congress 2017!
Just Growth keeps growing
Just two weeks after winning the Citi Microentrepreneurship Award for Effective Partnership in recognition of its work with the Just Growth Fund, Co-operative & Community Finance has released another loan under this innovative programme for community-based food and farming projects. Sacred Earth, a community land project that is reclaiming and nurturing a 40-acre site of […]
We are an Access Point
We are helping to roll out a major initiative to support charities and social enterprises to access the investment they need to grow and diversify their income streams. Co-operative & Community Finance is one of just 10 organisations in England to be approved as an Access Point for the two-year, £4m Reach Fund which will […]
Award recognises Just Growth Fund
For the second time Co-operative & Community Finance has won an award at the Responsible Finance conference. On 28 March 2017, it won the Citi Microentrepreneurship Award for Effective Partnership for its work with the Just Growth Fund. The Just Growth Fund, launched in 2015, focuses on supporting businesses in community food and farming work. […]
Will you be our next treasurer?
Help us build a thriving co-operative sector Co-operative & Community Finance is looking for a Treasurer to support the Industrial Common Ownership Finance Ltd (ICOF) board and small staff team. Our well established organisation, which supports a range of co-operative businesses with loan finance is looking for a confident ‘numbers’ person to help us grow […]
Post Carbon Co-ops – Future Co-ops 2017
We’re excited to let you know about another fantastic event that we will be sponsoring in 2017. ‘Post Carbon Co-ops – Future Co-ops 2017’ will address the Post Carbon landscape and explore co-operative solutions to post carbon challenges. We’re looking forward to working with Co-operative Futures again for what proves to be a great event. […]