Happy Fat Cat Tuesday! What an indictment of the system that a tiny group of CEOs can make everything most of us make in a year by Jan 6 - seems like a good time to start building bottom up, community led alternatives doesn’t it?

Keep your eyes peeled for this 👀

We've had a massive 2025 & we want to keep the movement growing in 2026! Want to lend a hand? Head over to Open Collective (link in the bio) and become a supporter! Whether it's a one-time donation or a monthly contribution, your gift will help us to keep organising, growing and cooperating!

Happy birthday to anarchist Santa, Mr Mutual Aid himself, Peter Kropotkin!

Another new co-op hits the scene! Welcome Cooperation Big Penny, the latest addition to our network of over 60 autonomous food co-ops! Want to join them saving money on food bills & organising in your community? Ask us how! P.s shout out to Big Penny Social for hosting!

Over in Plymouth, a bunch of Cooperation Town Food Co-ops took part in the @feedingbritain.org Spring Survey - and look at those numbers! Want to feel more connected to your community, improve your wellbeing and eat more balanced meals? Get in touch with us about starting your very own food co-op...

Do you think that 'hard work' is enough to beat the rich at their own game? You can try if you like, but we say that organising in your community and building power from the bottom up is *always* a better choice.

This year, our Gospel Oak Community Hub will once again be hosting events as part of the Antiuniversity Festival! We'll be kicking things off with a session on Why & How to Set up a Housing Co-op on October 13 - all Antiuni events are free, so come along! festival.antiuniversity.org/event/$RVOqZ...

Organiser, inspiration and revolutionary- many happy returns to Red Emma! “Ask for work. If they will not give you work, ask for bread. If they will give you neither work nor bread, take the bread! It is your right!”

There are viable alternatives to capitalism. Cooperative and participatory economics emphasize democratic decision-making, self-management, and social ownership for the common good. The profit motive is left behind in favor of a society where wealth is shared and no one is left behind.

We’re excited to be hosting Cooperation Day 2025! Ever thought about starting a coop? Or perhaps you’re interested in having more control over your daily life? Come meet workers, housing, food and financial cooperatives and learn more about the movement from the people doing the good work!

We have *new dates* for a series of in-person workshops for folks who want to improve their cooperation skills and get their food co-ops running at max capacity! They're all free to join and will be held at the Cooperation Town Hub in Gospel Oak - we can provide childcare and snacks too!

🌳 Have you read 'Share The Land' yet? Our report models several scenarios for an agroecological #LandSharing approach to land use. Our conclusion? W/ the right trade policy, dietary changes & approach to land use, we can source the majority of our food via domestic agroecological local food webs.

Since the Guardian article last weekend, we've had loads of messages from people wanting to start new food co-ops! To help as many people as possible get up to speed as quickly as possible, we're hosting an online Introduction to Cooperation Town on June 25th! Register for free here: lu.ma/t37xhfbb

Hey look, we’re in the paper! Tom Duggins wrote up his experience with Cooperation West Green, organising with neighbours and saving money on food bills - you can do it too! www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...

Kneecap's Mo Chara is the latest example of how terrorism arrests no longer bear any relationship whatsoever to any actual threat to the British public (and certainly not the audience at the O2 Forum in Kentish Town). Instead they've become the end product of contrived rightwing outrage

Well done Coop Group members for voting to cease trading with Israel. Want to do one better? Start your own neighbourhood food co-op! Cooperation Town has never traded with Israel and has used its solidarity fund to support a Palestinian women’s co-op. See www.cooperation.town to find out more!

Housing co-ops can offer an alternative to the exploitative housing market, making housing for people not profit! Join our friends from MAJ and The Drive housing co-ops on the 15th at Pulse & Pickle in Walthamstow to find out how (and why) to set one up!

This month the Gospel Oak Menopause Cafe goes to the @vaginamuseum.bsky.social in Bethnal Green! If you live in Gospel Oak or are a member of a Cooperation Town food co-op, the Menopause Cafe or the GO Living Room, join us for a free visit to the world's first and only Vagina Museum. (1/2)

Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the ‘biological’ definition of sex is an attempt to push trans people, particularly trans women, out of public life. (1/5)

We're setting up new co-ops in Hackney! Here's a short write-up of one of the projects on of our organisers has been working on with @vchackney.bsky.social If you want to get involved, or set up your own food co-op in Hackney (or anywhere else) get in touch with us! vchackney.org/news/coopera...

And another co-op joins the network! Congrats to Cooperation St Peter’s in Plymouth for getting organised and taking control of your food system! Want to start your own food co-op and save money on your shopping bills? You can! Get it touch and we’ll help you do it!

Another new co-op founded this week! Say hello to Kings Crescent Food Co-op in Hackney! Look what they got for £5 each on their first order!

Welcome Cooperation Edmonton Green! On Tuesday they had their first distribution day and become the newest co-op to join the movement. Each member chips in £5 a week to bulk buy food for way less than retail price! Want to set up your own co-op? Get in touch with us and we’ll show you how! #coops

Tomorrow is a day of action against proposed welfare cuts that will massively impact the lives of disabled and chronically ill people in the UK. Cutting PIP is a pointless and cruel attack - don't let it go unchallenged! Check DPAC for local demos or take part in the online action #WelfareNotWarfare

#WelfareNotWarfare Stop the press 📢 Updated local actions map for the National Day of Action on Wednesday 26th March 2025

5 years ago today, the first Cooperation Town co-op packed and shared their first delivery. 5 years later, we’re now a network of 40 co-ops with hundreds of members who organise each week to source and share affordable food! And we’re not done yet - join (or start) your local food co-op today!

This Saturday, March 8th, is International Women's Day! Cooperation Town supports the call for an international feminist strike - if you're in London, we encourage all our supporters, sisters and comrades to take to the streets. Meet at 3pm at Gandal's Corner near Hyde Park.

Did you hear us on the Food & Climate Justice Podcast? Check out our chat on community action and how to challenge the food system!

Have you read our latest blog post on food co-ops yet? We interviewed organisers from co-ops in Shadwell, Limehouse, and @cooperationtown.bsky.social to learn more about sustainable and just food systems. 🥦✨ Full blog here: www.wen.org.uk/2025/...

Imagine a network of worker-owned cooperatives that ensures all their workers are safe from the perils of unemployment. If a worker has to be laid off for whatever reason, the co-ops cooperate to find a position within another co-op. If no position is available, they provide unemployment benefits.

Part 2 of our explainer series on how our food co-ops work! How many people do you need? What kind of stuff can you get? Is there such thing as free supermarket food?? Read on and find out!

Tackling poverty across London (and elsewhere) is going to require tackling the root causes of poverty. By building community power from below, we can create stronger communities that resist economic shocks through mutual aid. Building a local food co-op is a great way to start.

We work with the excellent Felix project to get surplus food to our co-ops all across London - they do amazing work saving surplus from landfill and getting it into the hands of people who can use it!

Five years ago today, we gathered delegates from all over London, as well as Bristol and Edinburgh for our first ever Cooperation Town Initiators Workshop! It was amazing to see the support and enthusiasm for the Coop Town model, and its been incredible to see it grow into the network it is today!

It's #WarmWelcomeWeek! From January 20th to 26th, the spotlight is on the UK's network of over 4600 Warm Welcome Spaces and the difference they make to people's lives. If you're looking for a space to chat to your neighbours and a hot cup of tea, check out warmwelcome.uk to find your nearest space.

So what are food co-ops anyway? Here’s a quick handy guide to get you started on understanding the what, how and why of what we do! #cooperatives

We've been on the @justfact_th podcast! You can listen to our very own shiri talking about food systems, community organising and how co-ops can be a tool to fight food poverty. Thanks to our friends @wen_uk for joining us and making it happen! justfact.co.uk/uncategorise...

We had over 300 people come through the doors today for our All the Trimmings festive food giveaway- so many sprouts, potatoes, parsnips and all kinds of food distributed absolutely free!

The doors are open for All the Trimmings! Neighbours are queuing up to come and get all the essentials to keep the family fed over the holidays. Best of all, it’s all free!

Don’t forget the roasties! If you need potatoes, we’ve got you covered - come get ‘em at the Cooperation Town Hub today!

All the Trimmings! We’re having a HUGE food giveaway today - skip the shops and do your holiday food shop for free from all this surplus!

Today we’re hosting the Gospel Oak Community Living Room Festive Lunch! The Living Room project was set up local residents and food co-op members and is such a great example of neighbours getting together to self organise and look out for each other. Beautiful to see mutual aid in action ❤️

Hello to our first 100 followers! A small milestone, but you gotta celebrate the little victories along the way :)

It’s getting festive at the Gospel Oak Community Hub! We host the community living room twice a week, with a free cooked meal, good company and hot drinks - now our neighbours can get in the holiday spirit while they hang out!

We can now officially say (in sticker form) that Cooperation Town is a Living Wage Employer! Everyone should be able to get a decent, liveable wage no matter what they do.

All kinds of things can be run as a co-op! From housing to cafes, factories to food buying clubs - if the members control it, the possibilities are endless.

Happy birthday Cooperation Girdlestone! 3 years ago, this group of neighbours got together to organise collectively and save money on their food bills - hundreds of orders (and hundreds of pounds saved) later, and they’re still going strong 💪

Community solidarity initiatives like this make our neighbourhoods stronger and better places to live. If you can, chip a few quid into the fund or go and give a few hours volunteering. From each according to ability, to each according to need!

I’m a member of a local food cooperative. Not only has it saved me a fortune, but I am cooking healthier meals from scratch & I get to be part of a community. The latter, in an ever more isolating London, is refreshing & encouraging. Especially as I am often housebound due to chronic health issue.