🍻 🤩 South London’s Star of Greenwich is much more than a pub! It’s a local hub creating a happier, safer community by bringing people together – with help from our Business Support for Co-ops, delivered in partnership with The Co-operative Bank UK.👍

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We're excited to announce that our director, Michaela_Cryar, will be speaking at this year's Co-operatives UK Congress🎉

She'll lead a discussion on the importance of ownership in renewables and the potential for community energy growth 🚀

Interested?👇
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Latest blog from James Wright examines - and evidences - how #coops are impacting on lives of people and communities. We're making a difference, but we can do much more (psst... you can help).
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Ahead of #LocalElections nxt Thursday we invite you to:
- read and amplify James'…

ICYMI: A new report by Reclaiming Our Regional Economies (RORE), a programme developed by NEF, (CLES) Centre for Local Economic Strategies, Co-operatives UK and
Centre for Thriving Places was released this week. It sets out how devolution can build stronger local economies.

Read it here 👇 neweconomics.org/2024/04/reclai…

Latest blog from James Wright examines - and evidences - how #coops are impacting on lives of people and communities. We're making a difference, but we can do much more (psst... you can help).
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Ahead of #LocalElections nxt Thursday we invite you to:
- read and amplify James'…

🌞 Discover #coops taking renewable energy from strength to strength! 👏

Thanks to our Business Support for Co-ops, South East London Community Energy (Selce) got expert advice to help them operate more effectively in tackling climate change & fuel poverty.

Read more 👉 buff.ly/3SF90fG 💚

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New paper from us and our friends at NEF, Co-operatives UK and Centre for Thriving Places! Some great stuff happening in our combined authorities to build inclusive economies. With more devolution and less growth for growth’s sake deal making from Westminster these areas could really fly!

Society might be broken but #coops are here to fix things! 🔧 

And no, we’re not just talking about the high street shop. Co-ops exist in every sector, created with the intention of solving problems for their members and wider society. 

If you’re a young person who wants to…

What an amazing co-operative Suma Wholefoods is. Lives #coops values. Love the net zero work and partnership with Surplus To Purpose to divert food from landfill (proof was in the eating 😋).

What needs to change (including how to unleash the power of #coops ) to enable communities to re-wire and reform their regional economies?
Delighted to team up with NEF, (CLES) Centre for Local Economic Strategies and Centre for Thriving Places on this important work 👇

Society might be broken but #coops are here to fix things! 🔧 

And no, we’re not just talking about the high street shop. Co-ops exist in every sector, created with the intention of solving problems for their members and wider society. 

If you’re a young person who wants to…

🧑‍💻 When the founder of tech biz Impact Box chose to step down, the workers started a co‑op. ✅

They enlisted the help of our Business Support for #Coops programme, delivered in partnership with The Co-operative Bank UK.🤩

Read their story ▶️ buff.ly/3QEPmiQ

The polling has been published today alongside a new report, which sets out how devolution can build stronger local economies.
In this video Tom Lloyd Goodwin introduces RORE (@nef, @clesthindo, Co-operatives UK & Centre for Thriving Places) and discusses the programme's new joint paper.
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