Co-operative News, the world’s oldest surviving co-operative publication, was launched by the Movement for the Movement over 140 years ago in 1871. The News began as a weekly newspaper reporting on the growth of consumer co-operatives after the Movement’s seven principles were established by the Rochdale Pioneers at their first store on Toad Lane. Today, […]
Co-operative Press Ltd
Co-operative Press Ltd, established in 1871, is the publisher of the printed Co-operative News in the UK – the oldest democratically controlled paper in the world – and the Global News Hub website for a global audience. The membership of Co-operative Press is broken down by individual members (307) and organisations (93), both groups have […]
Building Communities with Cooperative Television
Central Hungarys Upper-Kiskunság is one of the country’s poorest and most under-developed regions, but community development work over the past 15 years has led to the founding of a number of cooperatives, including a community television station. The lowland plains south of Budapest, in the former flood zone of the River Danube, are plagued with […]
Raising awareness of Fairtrade at the Co-operative Academy of Leeds
Even though many people now have some sort of awareness of Fairtrade, the majority of people are not aware there is a specific fortnight from February-March, which is dedicated to the Fairtrade movement – an annual, nationwide celebration of Fairtrade, with two weeks of events and activities promoting fair and ethical trade in schools, shops, […]
CoCoThrow
It’s about co-operation. It’s about fun for all ages. It’s a game called CoCoThrow which you can play nearly anywhere, with nearly anyone. It need not cost anything at all. It’s not new but it wears well. We started playing it in 2005 when we called it ‘Co-operative Juggling’. In 2006 we took it to […]
Beit Shein Valley a rich home for kibbutznik
Olives, grapes, wheat, barley, figs, dates and pomegranates. These are the biblical seven species which were written would thrive in Israels sun-baked soil. At the Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu the only religious kibbutz in Israel to solely rely on agriculture and related businesses for its survival they cultivate six of these seven varieties. And, […]
Trade and Logistic Centre COOP – The new face of cooperative trade in Bulgaria
Establishing a national single cooperative market was the reason the Central Cooperative Union built a Trade and Logistic Center COOP. Construction began in 2010 the 120th anniversary of the cooperative movement in Bulgaria, and the Center was officially opened on the occasion of the EURO COOP General Assembly in June 2011. In attendance was […]
Member stories – Kitunda SACCO, Tanzania
Savings, loans and coaching Kitunda Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO) began in 2002 with the aim of providing financial access for people in the area of Kitunda, Tanzania. Located approximately 20 km outside the capital Dar es Salaam, residents of Kitunda have no bank and so depend on Kitunda SACCO for their banking. The SACCO […]
Lipson Community College: a co-operative Academy
Lipson Community College became a co-operative Trust school in 2009 and a Co-operative Academy in 2012, joining around 200 co-operative schools across England who have adopted a co-operative structure using a model developed by the Co-operative College. Situated in the city of Plymouth in Devon, it is a large, urban secondary school serving some of […]
Bicycle repair and renovation co-operative at Madras College
Students at Madras College in St Andrews, Scotland are involved in a co-operative enterprise that maintains and sells bicycles. Students source bikes destined for salvage for renovation and sale. The Madras Bicycle Business co-operative has been running for three years out of a workshop based in the school and is a member of the Co-operative […]