🌟 We are pleased to help employees buy their businesses and convert them to democratic employee-owned enterprises. Find out more and register your interest here 👉 buff.ly/Vasbduy #EmployeeOwned

💷 Do you want to be part of building a thriving #Cooperative sector? We are actively seeking investment in ICOF Community Capital Limited.

For 50 years we have supported hundreds of co-ops and Community Owned businesses 🙌 Check out our key documents, including our annual reviews, to find out more about what we do and who we work with here ➡️ buff.ly/o6BOP14'

👏 Fantastic to see that new figures published today in Cooperative UK's latest report reveal a record-breaking year for the UK’s co-operative and mutual economy.

🍻 “We want the pub to become a genuine community venue and we are committed to making a success of it by providing what local people want. We are grateful for the support we have had from Co-operative & Community Finance.”

‘Hate divides communities, co-operation builds them’ Announced yesterday, on International Peace Day, a new campaign is looking to put co-operation at the heart of post-conflict aid, trade and investment. Read more 👉 buff.ly/Cn2pJRN

Did you know? We offer back office services to likeminded organisations 🤝 Explore more on our site here 👉 buff.ly/fClqlB9 #Coops

Book now for Practitioners Forum 2025! The event brings together those working to build a fairer economy to share ideas, get inspiration and take action. 📅 6 November, Manchester More info here 👉 buff.ly/dxHvWoP

🍻We welcome loan applications from people who want to set up and run community-owned pubs! Loan finance of between £75,000 to £150,000 is available through our More Than A Pub programme. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/RgfXN5p #MoreThanAPub #CommunityPubs

🏗️ We local economic regeneration by enabling people to create, own and democratically control the businesses in which they work, or which operate in their local community.

Interested in investing in us? 💷 Through us, you will be investing in successful businesses that trade profitably to meet the needs and aspirations of their workforce, the communities they serve and society as a whole. Check out our annual accounts and reports here 👉 buff.ly/DFgmV9c

🤝 We are always keen to work with partners and organisations that share our values to develop and deliver new finance packages and initiatives across co-operative, employee owned, social and community sector businesses. Read more about our partnerships here ➡️ buff.ly/dN5ES7o

🏘️ Calling all housing co-operatives! We can lend up to £150,000 from our own funds and we work with other lenders to provide much larger loans. Together we can offer a unique financial package to help you buy property. Register your interest today! ➡️ buff.ly/RgfXN5p

Book now for Locality Convention 2025! Join inspiring leaders, policy-makers, thinkers, and doers, whose ambitious work transforms our communities.

Check out our latest lending story! 🏘️ Ty Brethyn Housing Co-operative has obtained a loan package to refinance loan stock as members look to secure financial sustainability. Read the full story here 👉 buff.ly/TWzAHVn

🤝 All the money that we lend comes from individuals and organisations that support our mission. Invest in ICOF Community Capital Limited today and help us make a positive change for workers, communities and the environment. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/DFgmV9c

Our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan centres around seven key themes: ✅ Commitment 🤝 Collaborations 🌳 Culture 🪟 Open and transparent sharing 🙌 Equitable representation ❤️ Sustainable inclusion 📣 Advocate

Did you know? Over 250 people formed a human chain to help a long-established radical #EmployeeOwned bookshop in Southampton, October Books, to move its stock to its new premises back in 2018 📚

Did you know we've been successfully managing funds and making loans in a specialist market for 50 years? We can offer elements of our work as services to other bodies. Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/33JVufT

Are you part of a member or community owned energy business? ⚡ We welcome loan applications from community-owned wind farms, hydro units, solar farms, anaerobic digesters etc, plus co-operative consultancies that provide specialist advice to communities. buff.ly/uRSywOp

So thrilled to hear the news about this amazing cooperative! 🌟

🍻 New lending story! Located in Langton Herring, Dorset, The Elm Tree Inn has been purchased by the community with help from a creative social media campaign, a passionate community investment effort, and a loan finance package Read the full story here 👉 buff.ly/Z0kE7um

"Finally having a ground of our own, owned by members, will offer long term stability for the club and also the chance to build lasting links with the local community.” We were delighted to help Clapton CFC buy their ground ⚽ Read the full story here 👉 buff.ly/3ExH3xU #LendingStories

Do you want to be part of building a thriving #Coops future? Investing your money with us represents a positive ethical investment, enabling us to provide loan finance to a range of co-operative and community businesses that really make a difference. Find out more ➡️ buff.ly/4cVAS5T

Opening its doors in the first week of October 2025, The Catford House – officially named the Catford Social Club – marks a new chapter for one of Catford’s oldest buildings. Revitalised through a £3 million Lewisham Council investment, the community-owned pub is set to become a vibrant

We're always keen to work in partnership with organisations that share our values to develop new finance packages and initiatives across co-operative, employee owned and social business sectors. Want to talk an idea through? Get in touch 👉 buff.ly/Gjc6J1y

Thinking about running your local shop or pub as a community? 🛒 In recent years we've helped nearly 100 community-owned shops start up, expand or build new premises 🙌 Discover more ➡️ buff.ly/3zTuQlx

We were delighted to help the people of Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, to finally buy their local pub The Three Tuns - after a five-year battle to save it. Read the full #CommunityPub #Lending story here 👉 buff.ly/L9GwIlZ

As part of the Energy Resilience Fund, and with the Centre for Sustainable Energy, we're proud to be part of a new service helping charities and community businesses tackle climate change and lower their energy bills. Read more about it on our website buff.ly/5SkXkML

Great to see this! Hoot Savings and Loans, based in Bolton, has issued over £110,000 in school uniform loans - helping families who usually would struggle to afford new uniforms. Read more from ABCUL 👉 buff.ly/S3JS3Va #CreditUnions

Do you believe business can be better? Do you support #Coops and community ownership? Our investors and investments specifically help those organisations - more info on our website ➡️ buff.ly/JoyzSoI

Did you know we've been successfully managing funds and making loans in a specialist market for 50 years? We can offer elements of our work as services to other bodies. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/eDLQDU6

We're taking a short social media break for the bank holiday weekend ☀️ We hope you have a relaxing break, see you next week!

Is your organisation #EmployeeOwned or #MemberOwned, and democratically controlled by members? Looking to grow? We might be able to help More info here 👉 buff.ly/3GIeO16

🍻 Calling all community owned pubs! Do you want to grow, develop, expand your pub business? Our More Than A Pub finance might help. Find out how you could receive a loan between £75,000 to £100,000 to support your venture here buff.ly/34QNGNA

We're thrilled to have supported the local community to save The Lamarsh Lion, near Bures in Suffolk - a historic village inn that is reputed to have been frequented by two of the most famous English landscape painters. Read the lending story here ➡️ buff.ly/RgwA883 #Lending #CommunityPub

Fantastic news! Several #CreditUnions have won recognition for their work at this year’s Consumer Credit Awards, picking up top honours in categories that reflect excellence in customer service, fair treatment, and community impact. Read more from Coop News 👉 buff.ly/QDOqeUU

Our friends at Stokes Croft Land Trust are looking for a Director to join their Board! Stokes Croft Land Trust take land out of the speculative capital investment market, and into secure community ownership, thereby enabling long-term affordable and sustainable local development...

Workers Co-op? Looking to expand your range, offer or service? We've 50 years experience of lending to workers co-ops and as a co-op ourselves we understand better than most financial advisers/lenders the particular dynamics of a co-operative working environment. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/4d1jACR

Do you want to be part of building a thriving #Cooperative sector? We are actively seeking investment in ICOF Community Capital Limited. Get in touch to find out more 👉 buff.ly/3eqo5QC

Like the organisations we lend to, we are member owned - and you can be one of those members! 🙌 Find out more here buff.ly/3ib6oWT

‘Co-operatives remain a powerful vehicle for economic inclusion and social transformation’ The state government of Lagos, Nigeria, has reiterated its commitment to using co-operatives as a vehicle for an inclusive and resilient economy.

We were delighted to help Stoke Ferry Community Enterprise secure a loan package for refinancing and working capital following on from the ‘More Than a Pub’ legacy scheme. Read more here ➡️ buff.ly/45qiDna

Is your organisation #EmployeeOwned or #MemberOwned, and democratically controlled by members? Looking to grow? We might be able to help More info here 👉 buff.ly/3GIeO16

Celebrating 50 Years of Fourcorners: A Personal Reflection Lending and Relationship Manager Kevin often gets out and about around the country, meeting prospective borrowers and those we have already supported. Sometime he gets to celebrate with them… ➡️ buff.ly/WIg5ybY

We exclusively serve the #Coops and #SocEnt sector, and for 50 years we have supported hundreds of co-ops and Community Owned businesses. Find out more about our work here buff.ly/ACVUJqs

We offer a flexible portfolio of services to loan funds, micro-finance institutions and other lenders. To find out more about our fund management services please contact us for an informal discussion. buff.ly/4eizTPn

Fantastic news for Energise South Downs - their community share offer was fully funded in just 10 days, thanks to blended finance model with @ethexuk.bsky.social ! Our sister society Community Shares ICOF (CSI) has invested through the Booster Flex Programme buff.ly/FXjgexC ⬇️

Looking for an #EthicalInvestment? We are actively seeking investment in ICOF Community Capital Limited. This fund supports communities to take control of their local assets such as community pubs, shops and other facilities. Find out more here 👉 buff.ly/3H77ITa

We were glad to celebrate the success of the residents of a small village in rural Northumberland, who saved the only shop in the village by buying the freehold and taking it fully into community ownership. Read the #lending story here ➡️ buff.ly/O9rssXx