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Principles met

  • 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.

  • Learning

    We will capture and ‘expand’ the experience and learning from individual projects and approaches in order to encourage broader application of co-operative principles within individual member Councils and across the Network.

As the programme Advancing a Shared Economy in Preston (ASEP) extends into its second year, a culture of collaboration between anchor institutions and community and co- operative initiatives is emerging in Preston. The ASEP programme is jointly funded by Preston City Council and Power to Change and its overarching aim is to strengthen institutional capacity to underpin a more democratic and collaborative economy. The programme has three objectives focussed on decarbonisation, community development and raising awareness of the cooperative model. It fosters closer working, the sharing of insights and learning and the creation of shared resources.

Two projects are focused on raising awareness and developing the infrastructure to support co-operative development over the long term. The Preston Co-operative Education Centre is reaching out to trade unions to raise awareness and explore opportunities for union-backed worker co-ops in the city.

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