Co-op Women’s Voice in the Co-op Movement
Launched in 2011, Co-operative Women’s Voices aims to ensure that women are fairly represented at all levels within co-operative businesses and to campaign for gender equity more broadly in… Read more
Community Wealth Building More Important than Ever – The Community Wealth Building Report
Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey with members of the panel Launching the Expert Advisory Panel’s independent report, with 26 recommendations to deliver sustainable change, Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey commented that community… Read more
Ground-breaking legislation for the Co-operative sector in Ireland
Image annerabbitte.ie The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment have secured Government agreement to commence drafting the Co-operative Societies Bill. Based on the General Scheme developed by the… Read more
Landmark reform on cards for co-operatives
Co-operatives UK are celebrating! The recent Government announcement that a planned move forward with crucial legislation affecting co-ops. This will enable co-operative societies to offer the option of legally guaranteeing… Read more
Cultivating Community Farming – Invitation to tender
We are looking for an Assessor/Evaluator who can help us to measure the impacts of the participating groups and extrapolate the learning of the overall Cultivating Community Farming project. If… Read more
Energy for Edenderry
Founder members of the community co-operative Edenderry Village Energy Ltd, a newly established community co-operative by local residents, in a public meeting, discussed how they could provide long-term reliable heating… Read more
Green Shoots for Carrick Community Greengrocer
Pictured at the community engagement event with Co-op Alternatives founding director, Tiziana O’Hara (left) is Tatjana Simpson from Carrickfergus Community Greengrocer. Image Courtesy Carrickfergus Community Greengrocer. #coopalts #positivecarrick Carrickfergus Community Greengrocer is an… Read more
Co-op Alternatives 2022 – 9th Annual General Meeting
Co-operative Alternatives will hold its 9th AGM between 3.30pm and 4.30pm on Friday 11 November 2022. The online meeting will update and highlight a very interesting year which brought about new… Read more