(L-R) Chloe Ferguson, Ellen Fearon, Ryan Harling, Grace Boyle from Belfast Students Housing Co-operative and Scott Jennings from SCH. Photo – Ryan Harling Co-op Alternatives recently facilitated a planning session… Read more
L-R – Co-op Alternatives founding director, Tiziana O’Hara (left) with Tatjana Simpson from Carrickfergus Community Greengrocer. Image Courtesy Carrickfergus Community Greengrocer. Carrickfergus Community Greengrocer has received funding under the Co-operative Hive Programme. As… Read more
A community group has been working hard with the help of many local volunteers to re-open a local refill shop by transferring ownership to the community. Ethical Weigh Ltd based… Read more
Launched in 2011, Co-operative Women’s Voices aims to ensure that women are fairly represented at all levels within co-operative businesses and to campaign for gender equity more broadly in… Read more
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey with members of the panel Launching the Expert Advisory Panel’s independent report, with 26 recommendations to deliver sustainable change, Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey commented that community… Read more
Image annerabbitte.ie The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment have secured Government agreement to commence drafting the Co-operative Societies Bill. Based on the General Scheme developed by the… Read more
Co-operatives UK are celebrating! The recent Government announcement that a planned move forward with crucial legislation affecting co-ops. This will enable co-operative societies to offer the option of legally guaranteeing… Read more
We are looking for an Assessor/Evaluator who can help us to measure the impacts of the participating groups and extrapolate the learning of the overall Cultivating Community Farming project. If… Read more