Young Gamechangers Fund now open
The Young Gamechangers Fund is a £4.5m partnership between the Co-op Foundation, Co-op and the #iwill Fund that’s putting young people in charge of change. They are looking for… Read more
Funding News for Regenerative Agriculture in NI
Farmers in Northern Ireland (age 25-35) interested in regenerative agriculture are invited to apply for a trailblazing three-year leadership development programme, NextGen-ReGen 2024, launching this week. Helping farmers to develop… 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
A Co-operative category at the 2022 SENI AWARD!
Still time to apply for 2022 SENI Award to Co-operatives! Open to Cooperatives that can truly demonstrate and communicate their impact with their stakeholders and members. Application from https://www.socialenterpriseni.org/ .NEW Deadline:2nd… Read more
An overview of co-operative development from UK based practitioners
Tiziana O’Hara has recently contributed to an article in Co-op News highlighting the challenges faced by small co-ops in NI. The article was written by Rebecca Harvey in Co-op News… Read more
‘Rebuilding Better Together’ with Co-ops in 2021
The conference ‘Rebuilding Better Together’ was held on the 1st of July 2021 online to celebrate Co-operative International Day. The event showcased a great number of co-operatives across North and… Read more
Huddle together for Co-op Fortnight & celebrate cooperation!
Over this year’s Co-op Fortnight – (21 June – 4 July) we celebrated all existing & emerging local co-ops – and the ones yet to start! Co-ops have shown resilience… Read more
Community Energy and the new DfE Strategy
NICE and Drumlin, the two energy co-operatives in NI, have jointly promoted community energy since 2020. The joint-committee prepared a position paper on the growth of community energy at the… Read more