Dear members and visitors of our our website, Cooperatives London is renewing its activity and membership base. To find out more about your opinions we have designed a survey. This questionnaire asks you questions about your involvement in coops, and your views about the need for a network of coops and cooperators in London. It also asks you a few questions about yourself, so … [Read more...]
Social Enterprise in the City – 1st November 2017
On Wednesday 1st November 2017 Hackney Co-operative Developments CIC, in partnership with Hackney Council, will host the ‘Social Enterprise in the Inner City’ conference at Hackney House. Using Hackney as a case study, the conference will explore how to develop a vibrant local social enterprise ecosystem in which social enterprises can address inner city challenges such as … [Read more...]
Review of Ed Mayo’s VALUES How to Bring Values to Life in your Business
By Mervyn Eastman This short practical guide, from the pen of Ed Mayo attempts to re-enforce the “power and benefit” of values which have a significant “influence on our attitudes and behaviours within a business environment” Given Mayo’s background and present position as Co-operatives UK’s General Secretary it is not surprising he has primarily focussed on what he calls, … [Read more...]
Reimagine the economy – the UK cooperative economy 2017
There’s a point at which we need to say that enough is enough. People’s working lives are more precarious than ever. Local communities feel out of control. Home ownership is at 1980s levels. A growing split between the have and have nots is dividing Britain. This report and open data set shows that there are nearly 7,000 organisations across the UK that are trying to … [Read more...]
Housing Co-ops for London Report Launch
UPDATE: download the Co-operate Not Speculate: A Report by The London Co-operative Housing Group (.pdf) report now Let's Keep Housing Social! Come to the launch of our report and find out how the humble co-operative can keep housing social AND affordable. Speakers on co-operatives in relation to the key issues facing housing today including: Generation Rent to … [Read more...]
Community Controlled Housing in London
Summary by Greg Robbins, Secretary of the London Federation of Housing Co-operatives London Federation of Housing Co-operatives (LFHC) has 267 co-ops on its database. Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) has done some excellent research and found 775 community managed housing organisations nationally, of which 289 in London. Of these, according to the data we have … [Read more...]