A Tapestry of Traditions: The Heart of Social Inclusion at St. Andrew Housing Co-op Founded in 1976, St. Andrew Housing Co-operative began as a fight to save history. In Beverley the mid-19th-century homes on St. Andrew Street had fallen into disrepair due to outdated planning policies, but the residents, supported by the Local Civic Society […]

  The Co-operative Schools in the UK case stud7 written by Linda Shaw discusses the growth of a new co-operative sector in England during the past ten years which has been one of the movement’s success stories. The development of more than 700 schools as multi stakeholder co-operatives has been aptly described as ‘a quiet […]

You’’ve lived for 25 years in a wonderful house in the Welsh countryside. Your grown children want to come back to live with you and raise their own children there. But your ex-husband wants a payout of his share of the value of your family home, which you can’’t afford. What do you do? If […]

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, […]

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, […]