Co-operative Futures
@coopfutures.bsky.social
Bespoke business consultancy and support for co-operative, mutual and community led start-up and existing businesses. Our Mission? More #Coops THE best option for people and planet.
https://linktr.ee/coopfutures
https://linktr.ee/coopfutures
Strong words from #SaveBirmingham in this letter to BCC. They are going public with their growing concerns re the disposal of public assets and are seeking clarity, consistency and fairness for Brummies. savebirmingham.org/news/save-bi...
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Strong words from #SaveBirmingham in this letter to BCC. They are going public with their growing concerns re the disposal of public assets and are seeking clarity, consistency and fairness for Brummies. savebirmingham.org/news/save-bi...
Future Co-ops 2026 is officially in the planning stage. We still need to book a venue & decide on the theme, BUT we have nailed down a date: Fri 27th & Sat 28th Feb 2026
Have an idea for a brilliant & topical theme? Or suitable venue (potentially in Swindon or Worcester)? We'd love to hear it!
Have an idea for a brilliant & topical theme? Or suitable venue (potentially in Swindon or Worcester)? We'd love to hear it!
October 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Future Co-ops 2026 is officially in the planning stage. We still need to book a venue & decide on the theme, BUT we have nailed down a date: Fri 27th & Sat 28th Feb 2026
Have an idea for a brilliant & topical theme? Or suitable venue (potentially in Swindon or Worcester)? We'd love to hear it!
Have an idea for a brilliant & topical theme? Or suitable venue (potentially in Swindon or Worcester)? We'd love to hear it!
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What an inspiring story about @giroscope-hull.bsky.social.
#Co-ops
#Cooperatives
#WorkersCo-ops
#SocialEnterprise
#Housing
#Renewal
Read more here
giroscope.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#Co-ops
#Cooperatives
#WorkersCo-ops
#SocialEnterprise
#Housing
#Renewal
Read more here
giroscope.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Why not work the system’? How punks inspired by Thatcher built a Hull housing cooperative
Set up in the 1980s, Giroscope has morphed into a social agency running neighbourhood services and creating jobs
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What an inspiring story about @giroscope-hull.bsky.social.
#Co-ops
#Cooperatives
#WorkersCo-ops
#SocialEnterprise
#Housing
#Renewal
Read more here
giroscope.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#Co-ops
#Cooperatives
#WorkersCo-ops
#SocialEnterprise
#Housing
#Renewal
Read more here
giroscope.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The long build up to Future Co-ops 2026 is officially starting. We need to book a venue, plan a marketing campaign, and most importantly decide on the theme. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Drop us a comment below.
October 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The long build up to Future Co-ops 2026 is officially starting. We need to book a venue, plan a marketing campaign, and most importantly decide on the theme. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Drop us a comment below.
Government wants to double the size of the co-op economy. At today’s pace, it will take decades.
Read @cooperativesuk.bsky.social new report: www.uk.coop/economy on growth that keeps money local, creates good jobs & builds resilient communities.
#coops #cooperatives #economy #CoopEconomy
Read @cooperativesuk.bsky.social new report: www.uk.coop/economy on growth that keeps money local, creates good jobs & builds resilient communities.
#coops #cooperatives #economy #CoopEconomy
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Government wants to double the size of the co-op economy. At today’s pace, it will take decades.
Read @cooperativesuk.bsky.social new report: www.uk.coop/economy on growth that keeps money local, creates good jobs & builds resilient communities.
#coops #cooperatives #economy #CoopEconomy
Read @cooperativesuk.bsky.social new report: www.uk.coop/economy on growth that keeps money local, creates good jobs & builds resilient communities.
#coops #cooperatives #economy #CoopEconomy
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1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning
Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.
www.forbes.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
Still time to invest in community shares and breathe life back into the wilderness! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/thewildern... The Wilderness Centre - a Community crowdfunding project in Mitcheldean by The Wilderness Centre
July 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Still time to invest in community shares and breathe life back into the wilderness! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/thewildern... The Wilderness Centre - a Community crowdfunding project in Mitcheldean by The Wilderness Centre
‘For our community, by our community’ embodies exactly what co-ops are about! Well done everyone at Wolvercote Mill for creating a vibrant community space that enhances the well being of local people 💚 Find them here: www.thewolvercotemill.org
#CoopFortnight #IYC2025
#CoopFortnight #IYC2025
July 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
‘For our community, by our community’ embodies exactly what co-ops are about! Well done everyone at Wolvercote Mill for creating a vibrant community space that enhances the well being of local people 💚 Find them here: www.thewolvercotemill.org
#CoopFortnight #IYC2025
#CoopFortnight #IYC2025
Join Co-operatives West Midlands, for an evening of networking & a celebration of the region's thriving #coops sector at their International Year of Co-operatives 2025 Celebration Event!
📍 25th June 2025, 4pm to 7pm @ BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse, Birmingham www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
📍 25th June 2025, 4pm to 7pm @ BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse, Birmingham www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
International Year of Co-operatives Celebration
Join Co-operatives West Midlands for an evening of networking and a celebration of the region's thriving co-operative sector!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Join Co-operatives West Midlands, for an evening of networking & a celebration of the region's thriving #coops sector at their International Year of Co-operatives 2025 Celebration Event!
📍 25th June 2025, 4pm to 7pm @ BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse, Birmingham www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
📍 25th June 2025, 4pm to 7pm @ BRIG Cafe at the Warehouse, Birmingham www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/internatio...
We launched a refreshed version of our website (futures.coop) earlier this year & we’d love your thoughts!
Can you spare some time to visit the website & take a 2-3 minute anonymous survey?
Please respond before Monday 7th July 2025.
Complete survey ➡️ forms.gle/NfipyoM5f3rR...
Can you spare some time to visit the website & take a 2-3 minute anonymous survey?
Please respond before Monday 7th July 2025.
Complete survey ➡️ forms.gle/NfipyoM5f3rR...
June 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We launched a refreshed version of our website (futures.coop) earlier this year & we’d love your thoughts!
Can you spare some time to visit the website & take a 2-3 minute anonymous survey?
Please respond before Monday 7th July 2025.
Complete survey ➡️ forms.gle/NfipyoM5f3rR...
Can you spare some time to visit the website & take a 2-3 minute anonymous survey?
Please respond before Monday 7th July 2025.
Complete survey ➡️ forms.gle/NfipyoM5f3rR...
As we reach the midway point of the year we’re reflecting on what has been a busy time for us. Check out our year at a glance…
June 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As we reach the midway point of the year we’re reflecting on what has been a busy time for us. Check out our year at a glance…
First workshop as part of the #Oxfordshire Care Co-op Project Pilot. Learn about #cooperative models of care provision, how to get involved in our new project & share your experiences of care. £20 voucher for participants/Dinner/Play space for kids
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...
How can we build new models of care?
Lunch for care-workers and care-users and participatory research workshop
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May 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
First workshop as part of the #Oxfordshire Care Co-op Project Pilot. Learn about #cooperative models of care provision, how to get involved in our new project & share your experiences of care. £20 voucher for participants/Dinner/Play space for kids
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-can-we...
Working together, local housing can be different…. come along and find out more! Community First Oxfordshire is hosting two events around housing:
📍 20th May, 7.30pm, Didcot Civic Hall, OX11 7JN
📍 10th June 2025, 7.30pm, Chesterton Village Hall, OX26 1UN
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/together-w...
📍 20th May, 7.30pm, Didcot Civic Hall, OX11 7JN
📍 10th June 2025, 7.30pm, Chesterton Village Hall, OX26 1UN
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/together-w...
April 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Working together, local housing can be different…. come along and find out more! Community First Oxfordshire is hosting two events around housing:
📍 20th May, 7.30pm, Didcot Civic Hall, OX11 7JN
📍 10th June 2025, 7.30pm, Chesterton Village Hall, OX26 1UN
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/together-w...
📍 20th May, 7.30pm, Didcot Civic Hall, OX11 7JN
📍 10th June 2025, 7.30pm, Chesterton Village Hall, OX26 1UN
🎟 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/together-w...
This year's Future Co-ops conference featured a series of practical workshops, to explore and agree on outcomes and asks across four different areas. Read more about 'The Trouble with Double' here > futures.coop/future-co-op...
April 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This year's Future Co-ops conference featured a series of practical workshops, to explore and agree on outcomes and asks across four different areas. Read more about 'The Trouble with Double' here > futures.coop/future-co-op...
If you missed our Future Co-ops Conference at the start of the year there was a write up of the event by @coopnews.bsky.social > www.thenews.coop/what-does-do...
What does 'doubling' the co-op economy mean – and how do we do it?
Report from the Future Co-ops conference where co-op development workers met to discuss the agenda for the sector's growth
www.thenews.coop
April 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
If you missed our Future Co-ops Conference at the start of the year there was a write up of the event by @coopnews.bsky.social > www.thenews.coop/what-does-do...
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👋 We represent the UK’s co-operative sector. Our aim is for anyone in the UK to form or join thriving and sustainable co-operatives. Expect:
🫶 Inspiring content
📆 Brilliant events and training
🪧 Opportunities to engage with our campaigns and lobbying
🖱️ Read about out work at www.uk.coop #coops
🫶 Inspiring content
📆 Brilliant events and training
🪧 Opportunities to engage with our campaigns and lobbying
🖱️ Read about out work at www.uk.coop #coops
January 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
👋 We represent the UK’s co-operative sector. Our aim is for anyone in the UK to form or join thriving and sustainable co-operatives. Expect:
🫶 Inspiring content
📆 Brilliant events and training
🪧 Opportunities to engage with our campaigns and lobbying
🖱️ Read about out work at www.uk.coop #coops
🫶 Inspiring content
📆 Brilliant events and training
🪧 Opportunities to engage with our campaigns and lobbying
🖱️ Read about out work at www.uk.coop #coops
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You can raise FREE money for your #Combiz!
Over 8,000 online retailers will donate to your #Combiz when your volunteers/supporters shop with them.
+ you will raise money for us!🤩
Find out more by signing up with @easyfundraising.bsky.social 👇 http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community-business/
Over 8,000 online retailers will donate to your #Combiz when your volunteers/supporters shop with them.
+ you will raise money for us!🤩
Find out more by signing up with @easyfundraising.bsky.social 👇 http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community-business/
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
You can raise FREE money for your #Combiz!
Over 8,000 online retailers will donate to your #Combiz when your volunteers/supporters shop with them.
+ you will raise money for us!🤩
Find out more by signing up with @easyfundraising.bsky.social 👇 http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community-business/
Over 8,000 online retailers will donate to your #Combiz when your volunteers/supporters shop with them.
+ you will raise money for us!🤩
Find out more by signing up with @easyfundraising.bsky.social 👇 http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community-business/
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I was gutted to not be able to attend the @coopfutures.bsky.social event due to my poor health. So thanks @coopnews for this excellent report. @coopnews.bsky.social https://www.thenews.coop/what-does-doubling-the-co-op-economy-mean-and-how-do-we-do-it/
What does 'doubling' the co-op economy mean – and how do we do it? - Co-operative News
Report from the Future Co-ops conference where co-op development workers met to discuss the agenda for the sector's growth
www.thenews.coop
March 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I was gutted to not be able to attend the @coopfutures.bsky.social event due to my poor health. So thanks @coopnews for this excellent report. @coopnews.bsky.social https://www.thenews.coop/what-does-doubling-the-co-op-economy-mean-and-how-do-we-do-it/
Come along to the Black County Living Museum to learn about the co-operative way of doing things!
Co-ops for Creative Freelancers and Social Enterprise | Tuesday 11th March | 5:30 - 7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-ops-for...
#coops #blackcountry #creativeindustries
Co-ops for Creative Freelancers and Social Enterprise | Tuesday 11th March | 5:30 - 7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-ops-for...
#coops #blackcountry #creativeindustries
February 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Come along to the Black County Living Museum to learn about the co-operative way of doing things!
Co-ops for Creative Freelancers and Social Enterprise | Tuesday 11th March | 5:30 - 7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-ops-for...
#coops #blackcountry #creativeindustries
Co-ops for Creative Freelancers and Social Enterprise | Tuesday 11th March | 5:30 - 7pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/co-ops-for...
#coops #blackcountry #creativeindustries
Very interesting read. Includes example of a social co-op located in Camini, a village in Southern Italy, where they initiated & manage a widespread migrants’ welcoming, reception and integration system with the project “Jungi Mundu” (“Unite the world”).
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised
How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Very interesting read. Includes example of a social co-op located in Camini, a village in Southern Italy, where they initiated & manage a widespread migrants’ welcoming, reception and integration system with the project “Jungi Mundu” (“Unite the world”).
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
As they say in the Basque Country: “Life is cooperatized here.” Can the UK ever get anywhere close to this level of co-operation? thealternative.org.uk/dailyalterna...
Mondragon as the new City-State—this cooperative could be its own country [The Elysian] — THE ALTERNATIVE
Excerpt from Elle Griffin’s Substack The Elysian, here : Mondragon is the largest group of worker cooperatives in the world. With 92 cooperatives in the industrial, financial, retail, and educa...
thealternative.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
As they say in the Basque Country: “Life is cooperatized here.” Can the UK ever get anywhere close to this level of co-operation? thealternative.org.uk/dailyalterna...
Managing your books doesn’t have to be a headache! Join this 2-hour session designed to demystify bookkeeping. Suitable for early stage businesses and startups in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. See link for more info and to book a FREE space.
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-mor...
Coffee Morning Bookkeeping: Taking the Confusion Out of Managing Your Books
Managing your books doesn’t have to be a headache! Join this informative 2-hour session designed to demystify bookkeeping.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Managing your books doesn’t have to be a headache! Join this 2-hour session designed to demystify bookkeeping. Suitable for early stage businesses and startups in South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. See link for more info and to book a FREE space.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-mor...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/coffee-mor...
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New Community Share Offer with the Community Shares Standard Mark.
@babbinswoodfarmcbs.bsky.social raising £1.5m to buy and save an organic farm and run it as a community owned farm and hub.
See their @crowdfunder.bsky.social page here for full details:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-babbi...
@babbinswoodfarmcbs.bsky.social raising £1.5m to buy and save an organic farm and run it as a community owned farm and hub.
See their @crowdfunder.bsky.social page here for full details:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-babbi...
February 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
New Community Share Offer with the Community Shares Standard Mark.
@babbinswoodfarmcbs.bsky.social raising £1.5m to buy and save an organic farm and run it as a community owned farm and hub.
See their @crowdfunder.bsky.social page here for full details:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-babbi...
@babbinswoodfarmcbs.bsky.social raising £1.5m to buy and save an organic farm and run it as a community owned farm and hub.
See their @crowdfunder.bsky.social page here for full details:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-babbi...
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The #CoopInsider has always wanted to attend the Co-operative Futures conference but hasn’t managed to. Their work supporting new and innovative co-ops is vital for the movement. Honest conversations like ‘The Trouble with the Double’ are exactly what’s needed.
February 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The #CoopInsider has always wanted to attend the Co-operative Futures conference but hasn’t managed to. Their work supporting new and innovative co-ops is vital for the movement. Honest conversations like ‘The Trouble with the Double’ are exactly what’s needed.