It’s #CoopsDay - and here's something a bit different 😵‍💫 How are co-operatives, quantum science, peace, trust, and glacier preservation all connected? Intrigued? Read this blog from Dom Mills 👇 buff.ly/3zwVSSz #QuantumCoops #TrustInCoops #SaveOurGlaciers International Cooperative Alliance

So these days I write about quantum theory and glaciers - as well as #coops 🥸. Happy #CoopsDay!

So my phone has been pinging away 😂

🧵Fantastic to see Co-op's new campaign - focusing on member ownership & control and also #coops values and principles. We're not extractive businesses, owned by distant shareholders with shareholder dividend a top priority. Member ownership and control is a major point of

🧵 New research from Co-op reveals that over 50% of people don't understands what it means to be a co-operative or mutual business. We can flip this and talk about how 4 in 10 people DO KNOW what it means to be a #coops or #mutual (1 of 3)

...so we can view this as an encouraging basepoint - especially with increased visibility from Co-op's great new campaign & Labour's #manifesto commitment to double the size of the #coops & mutual economy (2 of 3)

🚨 #ThrowbackThursday 🚨 Six years ago, we collaborated with the super talented Isaiah Hull and Blake House to create something special for #CoopFortnight 🎥 Watch this powerful poem that speaks to the heart of the #coops movement. youtu.be/UKtHJP7Qfio?si… #CoopFortnight

Here's a #ThrowbackThursday nod to the Co-operative & Mutual Economy Report. Last year we saw #coops contribute £40.9 billion to the #economy, 300,000+ more memberships & impressive resilience stats. Excited to see progress? Watch this space for #CoopEconomy 2024.

⚡Out Now⚡ Record-breaking Co-operative and Mutual Economy 2024 report sets baseline for govt ambition to double the size of the #coops and #mutual sector! The baseline? 9,300+ co-operatives and mutuals driving a £165.7 billion economy! Here it is: buff.ly/4e8QynZ

Leaky leadership? A crisis of management and culture? This #blog from Rose Marley looks at the water companies and explores links between ownership, values and culture: uk.coop/blog/leaky-lea… #coops

So Labour's first budget since 2010 has been delivered... but what does it men for #coops? Here's our quick #Budget24 thread. 1/5

Super powerful short animation this. Massive congrats to mediaco-op on the #SocEntScotAwards24 win 👏👏👏

It is great news... it really is. If you're interested in #coops and mutuals and growing the sector this is a must read 👇 uk.coop/news/chancello…

Did you know The Co-operative Bank UK has invested more tham £3.2M in strengthening the co-operative sector since 2016? Exciting new chapter ahead as Coventry Building Society completes its acquisition of the Bank - bring it back into mutual ownership. Read more: uk.coop/news/coventry-…

Imagine being told to fire all your staff and use contractors instead... just to save a few £££s. It's what happened to The Developer Society - but the Birmingham creative agency took a different route. Read their story 👇 uk.coop/case-studies/d… #coops

🧵: Today's Manchester News MEN front page leads on how we're trying to build - through co-operation - a fairer future for younger people. 1 of 4.

🥁 BA DUM TSS 🥁 A life transformed through music! The first of our #CoopHeroes is Ria Robinson – a drummer, music teacher and proud member of The Forum Music Studios in Darlington – a community-owned gig venue and much-loved local hub using music to enrich lives. 🎶 Ria’s life was

Failing sight had "eroded the life choices" of Clare, aged 67, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. But support from GLL has helped Clare to "feel good about the world again.” In our latest guest blog, GLL's Alison Westworth (one of our partner members), the worker co-op's commitment to

📢 New data out today: The UK’s co-operative and mutual economy is a £179bn force for change. 10,000+ businesses. 1.5 million jobs. Find out why our movement is doing business better - and share far and wide: uk.coop/news/record-br… #CoopEconomy #Coops

Whoop whoop! Co-op Congress 2025 has been shortlisted for the Trade Association Forum 'Event of the Year'. What did the President of the International Cooperative Alliance think of the event? See the thread 👇