Gareth Wright
@garethcoops.bsky.social
Former Membership bod at the UK National / Apex body. Dissolutioned by greed and the cult of personality.
It's easier to cooperate, than it is to compete.
Blackpool, Lancashire.
NB. Not a Scottish golfer.
It's easier to cooperate, than it is to compete.
Blackpool, Lancashire.
NB. Not a Scottish golfer.
Pinned
It’s been a month since I left Co-operatives UK after 13 years in the membership team. Not by choice. I was treated unfairly and left with no real option but to go.
Let's be straight with each other. Following the IYC in 2012, many of us sought to applify #coops via the hastag. Like the Coop marque, it wasn't widely adopted and fell short of achieving what it should have.
If we don't wear the badge and speak with one voice we miss the opportunity. #cooperativa
If we don't wear the badge and speak with one voice we miss the opportunity. #cooperativa
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Let's be straight with each other. Following the IYC in 2012, many of us sought to applify #coops via the hastag. Like the Coop marque, it wasn't widely adopted and fell short of achieving what it should have.
If we don't wear the badge and speak with one voice we miss the opportunity. #cooperativa
If we don't wear the badge and speak with one voice we miss the opportunity. #cooperativa
Now is the time. A dictator should be pushed back against. #coops
Mississippi-based worker #coops and solidarity economy network Cooperation Jackson calls for support as #Trump policies hit finances
Cooperation Jackson calls for support as Trump policies hit finances
Worker co-op organisation Cooperation Jackson makes plea for funding after Trump policies cut off its supply of donors
www.thenews.coop
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Now is the time. A dictator should be pushed back against. #coops
To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. I've withdrawn all but a pound and refuse to save with a society that acts in this manner. #buildingsociety
#coops #mutual #CreditUnion
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#coops #mutual #CreditUnion
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pro-Palestine activist couple have UK bank account closed without explanation
John Nicholson and Norma Turner’s joint retirement savings account was shut by Yorkshire Building Society
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. I've withdrawn all but a pound and refuse to save with a society that acts in this manner. #buildingsociety
#coops #mutual #CreditUnion
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#coops #mutual #CreditUnion
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Housing and the greed that is associated with it requires action. #coops
Grenfell residents gather for last anniversary before tower is taken down
Grenfell residents gather for last anniversary before tower is taken down
People came to ‘say goodbye to their homes’ before the two-year process of dismantling the building begins
Grenfell residents gathered in London to “say goodbye to their homes” on what is likely to be the last anniversary of the tragedy before the tower is dismantled.
The 72 people who died in the tower block fire in west London in June 2017 were commemorated with a silent walk through the streets of north Kensington on Saturday evening – just months before the two-year process of dismantling what remains of the building is expected to begin. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Housing and the greed that is associated with it requires action. #coops
It’s been a month since I left Co-operatives UK after 13 years in the membership team. Not by choice. I was treated unfairly and left with no real option but to go.
May 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It’s been a month since I left Co-operatives UK after 13 years in the membership team. Not by choice. I was treated unfairly and left with no real option but to go.
Oh the irony. I left Cooperatives UK last week as I feel its leadership are not currently living up to the values the organisation asks of members and the movement. #coops
March 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Oh the irony. I left Cooperatives UK last week as I feel its leadership are not currently living up to the values the organisation asks of members and the movement. #coops