£250m in profits Private equity payouts Care workers on poverty pay The care system isn't broken. It’s been hollowed out - turned into a commodity that extracts from people, not for them. There is another way: buff.ly/kakIcfA #Coops #CareCrisis #WednesdayWisdom

Get inspired by communities raising their own investment! We publish all new community share offers with our Standard Mark accreditation online and on instagram. 🕸️ www.uk.coop/share-offers 📸 www.instagram.com/comshares

Are you a young person passionate about community, collaboration and creating change? 🌍 Join our Community Calls - a monthly online meet-up bringing together young people from across the UK who share co-operative values. 📣 1/3

⏰ Less than 3 weeks until Practitioners Forum, Manchester, 6 November. Our biggest training and development day for co-operatives is packed with insight and learning focused on HR, finance and assurance, membership, governance and communications – plus lots of networking! Join us 👉 www.uk.coop/pf

📃We now publish details of all community share offers with our Standard Mark online here: uk.coop/share-offers ✅This is our gold standard awarded to community share offers based on an independent assessment against agreed good practice criteria.

🎬 A new film for you! Co-operatives: Owned by our Members showcases the values, diversity and impact of co-operatives across the UK – and beyond. It's been created in the #IYC2025 to help increase understanding of #coops 👉 youtu.be/9jddNpXI-Lw 🧵👇

Congratulations to our friends at @cooperativesuk.bsky.social and all in the UK's co-op & mutual economy 👏 ✅ 82% survive 5+ years (vs 39% of other biz) ✅ 65.7m memberships ✅ Women lead 2x more top co-ops than FTSE 100 firms ✅ 4x more likely to pay the Living Wage ✅ Community pubs up 51% in 5 years

🧵 Co-operative Network Infrastructure (CNI) has built a co-operative alternative to traditional fibre networks - putting fairness and shared ownership at the heart of the digital economy. Want to know more??? 1/3

Community raises £400k to save village's only pub www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The Save Our Ship team and the Community Shares Standard Mark makes its way onto BBC News!

👨‍💻Webinar this afternoon: Co-operatives and the Gov's plan for neighbourhoods, find out more how co-ops and #comshares could be part of the solution to neighbourhood empowered change! www.uk.coop/webinar-co-o...

🏠💡 We’re calling on government to support co‑ops to make homes more energy efficient. 👓 Read our new report: Retrofit Co‑operatives🔧🧰 🛋️ 🌡️ Millions of households want warmer, greener homes – but are put off by confusing markets, missing skills and poor advice. (1/3)

Did you know mutuals trace their roots to The Fire Office, a mutual insurer established in 1667 - the year after the Great Fire of London? It shows the enduring power of mutuals to find solutions. 1/2

🥶As it gets colder, we have grant funds still available for Energy Efficiency improvements in your community building, see our Sharematch fund with @crowdfunder.bsky.social for details: 😎https://www.uk.coop/support-your-co-op/community-shares/support/energy-efficiency-sharematch

We've got a 'Dame' good testimonial for the #CoopEconomy report... from someone who really knows! And if you want more info 👇 uk.coop/news/record-... #coops #TuesdayThoughts

We launched our Co-operative and Mutual Economy report last week. Here's a 1-minute highlight VT for a £179.2 million economic force for good, highlighting resilience, fairness, growth and more. Full report here: www.uk.coop/economy #CoopEconomy #IYC2025

Co-operatives do business better: 💷 4x more likely to be Living Wage Employers 📈 82% survive 5 years (vs 39% UK average) 👩‍💼 Women more likely to reach the top Explore the #CoopEconomy 👇 uk.coop/news/record-...

📢 New data out today: The UK’s co-operative and mutual economy is a £179bn force for change. 10,000+ businesses. 1.5 million jobs. Find out why our movement is doing business better - and share far and wide: www.uk.coop/news/record-... #CoopEconomy #Coops

📢 We’ve partnered with @dtascotland.bsky.social to bring you a free webinar about the Community Shares finance guide, aimed at organisations that have run community share offers and are based in Scotland. 🗓️ 8 Oct, 10:00–11:30 💻 Online via Zoom. Register here: buff.ly/8dY5Gxp #comshares #Scotland

🥵New community share offer from Leeds Community Sauna, with Community Shares Standard Mark. ♨️They are creating a community-oriented, affordable sauna space nestled amongst the trees and the river Aire #leeds 🌡️Invest from £25 www.leedscommunitysauna.com/share-offer @cooperativesuk.bsky.social

Hull’s first community-owned pub, The New Clarence is set to open its doors and covered in BBC news! Pleased through Booster we've been able to help them with their community share raise to help pay for this urban community owned pub. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland deserves better. A stronger, fairer, more democratic economy is possible. Co-ops already prove it – from housing to food, energy to jobs. With the right policies, they can do even more. Ahead of the 2026 elections, we’re calling on all parties to back co-ops. Get involved buff.ly/7sW7Auw

Co-operative societies can now be awarded the Community Shares Standard Mark: ✔️ ➡️https://uk.coop/blog/co-operative-societies-can-now-be-awarded-standard-mark 📝We have a new framework specifically for use with co-operative societies that have a non-user member category...

💥 2,000+ members 🎶 £1 million+ raised 🏛️ Iconic music venues saved! ⏳ Only 8 hours to go and @musicvenueprop.bsky.social has raised more than £1 million in community shares to #OwnOurVenues! 🎹 (1/2)

🌊Community Power making a big splash Read how #BramleyBaths in #Leeds used Community Shares to raise £384k from 531 investors to refurb their historic swimming pool. www.uk.coop/case-studies... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopfinance.bsky.social @locality.org.uk @crowdfunder.bsky.social

The fifth Community Share offer from Greater Manchester Community Renewables is live and complete with the Standard Mark. They are seeking £250,000 to fund solar arrays on FOUR separate sites in #salford , #trafford and #manchester 🙌 Check them out here: www.gmcr.org.uk/invest/

The govt says it wants to double the size of the UK’s co-operative economy. That won’t happen without bold, practical policy. We’ve drafted a plan — and we need your input. 📥 Read & comment by 15 Aug 🔗 buff.ly/9LD9xq2 #Coops #Policy #Mutuals #BetterBusiness #CoopGrowth

The #Headingley Investment Fund 2025 closes soon. Raising community shares investment for their community owned greengrocers, arts centre and more in #Leeds 👇 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hif25 @locality.org.uk @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @crowdfunder.bsky.social @access-si.bsky.social

Read reflections from our recent Community Shares roundtable Success factors discussed included: -Access to technical input from practitioners -Peer support -Flexible grants to prepare share offers www.uk.coop/blog/communi...

🧵 In Kobe, Japan 🇯🇵, you’ll find a replica of the Rochdale Pioneers’ original 1844 co-op shop. A tiny monument to a big idea: that businesses should be owned and run by the people closest to them. That idea changed the world 🌍 1of2 #FromRochdaleToTheWorld @rosemarley.bsky.social

Listen to Alice, from our Member Services Team, talking #comshares and have a read of the blog 👇

🚀 Where next for community shares? We recently brought together people & organisations working to grow this unique form of democratic finance – at a roundtable exploring the future of community shares & launched a review of standards. 🎥Check out the video & read our blog summary below

Did you know... we offer our members unique access to market-leading support and advice on co‑operative HR. How can we help your co-operative or community business? 👇 uk.coop/support-your... #HRsupport #PeopleFirst #Coops

Steve Coogan and our CEO @rosemarley.bsky.social are leading a major regeneration in Middleton – driven by co-operative values to empower local people (as featured in today's Manchester Evening News). 💪🌍 www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater... #coops

🌳New share offer from Wylderne Community Benefit Society with the community shares standard mark. 🧗Raising £50k+ to bring this outdoor activities centre in the Forest of Dean into community ownership. 🍃See more on www.wylderne.com @coopfutures.bsky.social @crowdfunder.bsky.social

That's a wrap! #CoopCongress has come to a close at Rochdale Town Hall (but lots more content to come). Huge thanks to all our speakers, exhibitors and of course The Co-operative Bank - whose sponsorship is invaluable. We'll leave (today's) last word to @rosemarley.bsky.social. .

👚 Great opening address from Patrick Grant grant about creating quality clothing ethically, affordably & successfully. Now to hear from the rest of the panel in our ‘Communities reclaiming control through co‑operation’ session! 🤙 💻 Live streaming at www.uk.coop/congress thanks to @Cooperative Bank

🎉 Co-operative sustainability in action! Introducing a team of Co-op Heroes – the owner members of Trinity Wholefoods in Hastings, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year!

Championing community ownership to save grassroots music! Meet Matt Otridge, a Co-op Hero and CEO of Music Venue Properties (MVP) – a community benefit society set up to save local music venues from the hands of corporate developers.🎶

🥳 Happy #CoopFortnight! For the next two weeks we will celebrate just *some* of our movements' #CoopHeroes 🫶 👋 WHAT CAN YOU DO? ⬇️ Download graphics and our fab We Can Be Heroes storytelling guide buff.ly/GXXJRmu 🦸‍♂️ 🦸‍♀️ Post about and tag your #CoopHeroes and share others' posts #IYC2025

Countdown time (not the gameshow) 2️⃣ days to go! #CoopFortnight begins on Monday! The theme is #CoopHeroes & we’ll be sharing inspiring stories of people powering co-ops in their communities. 📲 Join using #CoopHeroes #IYC2025 🎉 Use graphics/guides to highlight your CoopHeroes: uk.coop/get-involved...

🍰The Community Shares Standard mark is ten years old. Instead of a party, we are taking a look at how it works, what it does and how it could work in future to protect the special form of (unregulated) capital that is Community Shares. Find out more and see our survey here: www.uk.coop/standards

🔋Planning energy efficiency measures for a community building? Why not use community shares and receive match grant funding to pay for things like solar, insulation, heat pumps, double glazing etc. 🔅We even have guidance and support to help: www.uk.coop/support-your...

Upcoming free webinar on Thursday this week from @locality.org.uk on 'Securing funding for your capital project' mycommunity.org.uk/securing-fun...

Delighted to be supporting @musicvenueprop.bsky.social with their latest share offer to raise more investment to save more grass roots music venues under new community ownership! @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopfinance.bsky.social @access-si.bsky.social

We're delighted and thankful to have been offered £20,000 matched equity investment from the Booster Fund! Delivered by Co-Op UK in partnership with Locality, Plunkett Foundation, Community Shares ICOF, Co-Op Finance. Funded by @peoplesbiz and @si_acc.

Read about Otley Common's ambitious plans to take over and transform a disused Methodist Church in the outskirts of #Leeds with backing from @cooperativesuk.bsky.social and a great write up by @ethexuk.bsky.social www.ethex.org.uk/news/a-bluep...

We're calling for bold co-operative investment in the 2025 Spending Review, delivered on Wednesday. #Coops boost productivity, build resilience & keep wealth local — but need support to have even more impact. 📝 Read a blog from our Policy Lead covering our asks of government. 🔗 buff.ly/xCg3CxV

What happens once you have used community shares to fund your community asset project? Join our webinar at 10.30am on Tue 10 June & learn how to manage your members, track investment, and strengthen community involvement for the long term mycommunity.org.uk/succession-p...

Congrats! We are pleased to be supporting Community Energy Newham here bringing more energy into community ownership!