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  • Enterprise and social economy

    We will promote community-based approaches to economic development that focus on supporting the creation of jobs, social enterprises and other businesses and providing an environment for co-operative and mutual enterprises to thrive.

As the voice of the UK’s co-operative movement, we empower and support co-ops with specialist knowledge and expertise. By giving our members a stronger voice, delivering effective support services, and demonstrating that co-ops do business better and improve lives, we will grow the co-operative economy and create a fairer society.

We know co-ops. Our expert advice team support co-ops with incorporation, governance, HR, membership strategy and much more. In 2021 we helped bring 113 co-ops into existence, a 33% increase from the previous 12 months.

We also work with partners and funders to deliver co-op development programmes covering general co-operative business support, while also focusing on priorities such as worker co-ops, community shares and the platform economy. Our innovative work is externally funded and in 2021 we secured £1.68 million to advance the sector.

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