Your Future Co-operative Starts Here!

If you are interested in setting up a cooperative, Coop Alternatives have limited start up places available. Secure yours – start your own coop today. Visit www.coopalternatives.coop email tiziana@coopalternatives.coopor call… Read more


The Importance Of Community Shares – Reopening The Debate . . .

Still the only UK region without a Government supported Community Shares programme, we find the policy paper written by our colleague James Wright in Co-operatives UK, of great relevance and… Read more


Play Back – view again!

If you missed our YouTube recordings from past webinars please find links below to two of our most recent: Link to webinar outlinging Workers Co-ops:    Link to webinar for… Read more


Venture Folk Ltd discovered!

Speakers and founder members Christopher Shannon and Helen Keys introduced the story of VentureFolk Ltd, a worker co-operative, owned and managed by its members; a collective of innovators, creators and… Read more


Good to Grow Co-op

A journey through Northern Irish Co-ops… Good to Grow Co-operative 1 Why did you choose to become a co-op? Armed with a passion for horticulture and a deep concern about… Read more


Journeys through Northern Irish Co-operatives

Journeys through Northern Irish Co-operatives are blogs that we have written in collaboration with emerging co-operatives in the region. We asked them to tell us their stories. However, before we… Read more


Co-housing Connections 

A journey through Northern Irish Co-ops… Co-housing Connections 1 What is a co-housing scheme?  Co-housing schemes create intentional communities / neighbourhoods, comprising private homes (mixed tenure houses and/or apartments) clustered… Read more


Longlife Housing Co-operative Discovered!

On the 4th March 2021, we talked about housing co-ops. This was the second webinar under the series Discover Co-ops. We invited Niall Mulholland from Longlife Housing Co-operative. Niall grew… Read more