Monthly Archives: December 2021

Best wishes / New Year Greetings from Co-ops & Mutuals Wales with our favourite quote from Joe Reeves

December 23, 2021 by David Smith

Joseph (Joe) Reeves was born on 28 January 1888 in Camberwell, London. His childhood was impoverished and he left school at 13. He was a conscientious objector during World War I.  Joe was Education Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative … Continue reading →

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Civic society ambition for a Community Bank in Wales supported by Monmouthshire BS & Welsh Government

December 14, 2021 by David Smith

https://gov.wales/economy-minister-sets-out-plans-banc-cambria-wales-new-community-bank Welsh Government statement issued today. Excellent cross-party support for Monmouthshire Building Society backing a civic society mutual intiative for a community bank – long in the making in Wales. Many more miles to travel. Mutuals are member controlled. If … Continue reading →

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Coop identity, culture & heritage session International Co-operative Alliance, Seoul, World Co-op Congress, 1 December 2021

December 9, 2021 by David Smith

As part of Congress’s first key theme, Examining Our Co-operative Identity, delegates gathered on the afternoon of 1 December in Seoul and online to discuss cooperative and cultural heritage. In 2016, UNESCO formally recognised cooperatives as an Intangible Cultural Heritage … Continue reading →

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Robert Owen – One of Wales’s greatest political icons

December 9, 2021 by David Smith

https://www.thenational.wales/news/19737010.robert-owen—one-waless-greatest-political-icons/ 

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