Building Co-operation in the Capital
The Worker Co-operative Solidarity Fund has started accepting subscriptions. Already, 150 members are putting in £1 per week each. We expect that number to double by Spring 2014 - a great start. The purpose of the Fund is to underwrite co-learning activity and networks, strengthen worker co-operative organisation and culture. Subscribe to the Fund! - Solidarity Fund exists … [Read more...]
Huge congratulations to Organiclea a workers' cooperative growing food on London's edge in the Lea Valley who have won Best Producer is Sustain's inaugural Urban Food Awards 2014. They were also a runner up in the Best Retailer category. The good news was reported in national newspaper The Guardian, the local Guardian, in the Chingford Times and on the Transition Walthamstow … [Read more...]
London Capital Credit Union has had a record year, with more and more people turning to them for help with low cost loans and secure savings. The credit union has seen a 47% increase in membership in the year ending September 2014 to 10,062 members. It has also seen a 62% increase in loans to members to £5.6 million, but at the same time has seen members’ savings increase by … [Read more...]
Key Labour and Co-operative figures have launched a collection of essays exploring a co-operative alternative for London’s problems. It is hoped the book, “Co-operative Capital: creating a city that works for Londoners”, will shape the policy debate in London ahead of the 2016 mayoral election. The 15 essays propose co-operative solutions to issues such as the lack of … [Read more...]
An event about starting new Housing Co-ops is happening next week... (copied from an event on facebook go there to RSVP) WANT TO LIVE IN A HOUSING CO-OP? Our housing options in London are rapidly shrinking but we believe that housing co-ops can offer one solution to meeting our housing needs. Housing co-operatives can be a long-term answer to the question of how to control … [Read more...]
Principle Six and Co-operatives London are organising an event on co-operative democracy on 8 February. Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green E2 6HG Saturday, 8 February 2014 from 13:00 to 16:30 The crisis at the Co-operative Bank and Co-operative Group is a wake-up call for the traditional co-operative movement and its supporters. Rather than raking over the coals, … [Read more...]