In some cases it may be appropriate for the council or another anchor organisation to encourage local individuals or businesses to form a cooperative for the purposes of delivering a service commissioned by them. Evergreen Cooperatives in Cleveland, Ohio formed in order to provide cleaning services to a local hospital and in the process create good jobs for marginalised people. You may also consider the creation of cooperatives as an approach to spinning out services from the council.
Plymouth’s CATERed is a co-operative trading company which is jointly owned by 67 local schools and Plymouth City Council.
Leading Lives is a worker coop that provides a range of adult social care services. It resulted from the externalisation of services from Suffolk County Council.
