Co-operative Education – the crucial role of embedding the spirit of co-operation in all that we do

August 7, 2021 by David Smith

About David Smith

A lifelong co-operative activist at all levels of the movement, including the Co-op Group Main Board. Public service includes Government Food Adviser; UK Healthcare Regulator. David founded the first Community Law Centre in Wales and directed the first EC funded Wales Anti-Poverty Programme: pioneering co-operative & place making community initiatives: including local Co-op Development Agencies, Care & Repair, and multipurpose Social Care Co-operatives. Founded Cardiff Student Community Action, Welsh Food Alliance & Wales Progressive Co-operators. Robert Owen Memorial Museum Trustee. Director, Sheffield Co-op Development Group. Former Lecturer, Gwent Tertiary College. Graduate Ruskin College, Oxford and UC Cardiff + PGCE, MA (European Human Resource Management) Keele; Professional Food & Management qualifications.
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One Response to Co-operative Education – the crucial role of embedding the spirit of co-operation in all that we do

  1. David Smith says:
    August 7, 2021 at 9:25 am

    Crucially, the Co-operative Movement is an economic way of tackling wide ranging issues. In this extract, from the first of five C&MW events in 2016, Peter Couchman explains why creating co-operators is central to our purpose. When we forget who we are the movement is diminished but when we learn who are, we are refreshed and become stronger.

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