South East London Community Energy (SELCE) is a not-for-profit co-operative that is aiming to raise £250,000 to install solar panels on four primary schools in SE London. But they can’t achieve this goal without your help. They have just launched a ‘community share offer’ that enables SE Londoners to become investors in the project and help to make it become a reality. The … [Read more...]
Banister House Solar Launch Party
12 May / 19:00 - 21:00pm Dalston Curve Garden, 13 Dalston Lane, London, E8 3DF RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY Click here to RSVP Repowering invites you to the launch of Banister House Solar - Hackney's first community owned renewable energy project. Join us at The Dalston Curve Garden for: talks - solar panel making - food - music - and the chance to get involved in … [Read more...]
Free co-ops event-GCDA annual gathering invite April 30th
GCDA is having an annual gathering! Join them to get a flavour of last year's work & help them develop our next steps in co-operative development. GCDA is celebrating 33 years of supporting communities in Greenwich and wider London. Come and share with them their successes and challenges from the last year, and help them plan their next steps! The event includes a … [Read more...]
Gaining contracts through good contacts-breakfast coops networking
Co-operatives London would like to you invite you to a high-energy ‘Principle Six’ business breakfast networking on April 29th 2015. If you did not get to attend our highly succesful "Gaining Contracts Through Good Contacts”in January here is another oppurtunity to experience the high energy, principle six networking event. This event will be a breakfast, business generating … [Read more...]
LONDON CO-OPERATIVE SKILLS SEMINAR PROGRAMME UPDATE
On 12th March 2015 Kate Whittle delivered an excellent seminar on Being a Good Co-op Member where we explored co-operative attitudes, behaviour, culture and values. We assessed aspects of rank and power in a group context with regard to contextual, spiritual and psychological issues. We examined the blocks to co-operative culture and tensions within the work force and … [Read more...]
Co-operatives and the Cultural Industries
5-7pm, Wednesday 1st April [no joke] 2015 Room A130, College Building, City University London Speakers: Rhiannon Colvin, Tara Mulqueen, Robin Murray, Sion Whellens The lives of cultural workers are complex and contradictory; often combining work satisfaction, pleasure and autonomy with job insecurity, low pay, long hours, anxiety and inequality. This roundtable aims to … [Read more...]