Social Economy Incentive Fund Now Open!

The Belfast City Council Social Economy Incentive Fund is now open. With funding up to £10,000 available the fund is for applications for social enterprises or co-operative businesses based in… Read more

A Co-operative category at the 2022 SENI AWARD!

Still time to apply for 2022 SENI Award to Co-operatives! Open to Cooperatives that can truly demonstrate and communicate their impact with their stakeholders and members. Application from https://www.socialenterpriseni.org/ .NEW Deadline:2nd… Read more

Climate Clever!

  Co-op Alternatives attended the Climate Clever Communities Summit at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall on 15 June. It was a great day of networking. Pictured at the event is Tebibu Solomon… Read more

Natural Building Techniques – New Book

Tom Wooley has recently published a new book entitled, Natural Building Techniques. This comprehensive book will be of interest to self-builders, home owners, architects, builders, housing developers and specifiers as… Read more

Co-operating in Construction

      John McBride of Northern Construction Co-op recently met Tom Wooley to discuss the new co-ops progress. Northern Construction Co-op will bring together all the expertise of the… Read more

Co-operative Congress

Tiziana O’Hara attended Co-op Congress 2022. This year theme was ‘Empowering Co-operation’ and took place in Birmingham on 17thand 18thJune. Tiziana took part in a session on co-op development and… Read more

Celebrate Co-op Fortnight with the Big Reveal!

Co-op Fortnight runs this year from 20 June until 4 July. Co-op Alternatives is showcasing just some of Northern Ireland’s Co-ops – check out the series of mini animated posts… Read more

Ballymacash Share Offer: Invitation to Invest – Community-Owned Sports Academy Reveals Expansion Goal to Net £750,000!

With share packages starting at £50, Ballymacash Sports Academy (The Academy), hopes to net £750,000 during phase 2 of its development through a current share offer running until Monday 20… Read more