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- Our International Co-operatives Day event on July 6th 2024 has been postponed
- Review of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 presents a significant opportunity
- Building a Collaborative Future: Law Commission Review: Radical Perspectives: Have your say!
- A Co-op visionary – Mark Drakeford is a rare politician who has sought to advance co-operative solutions
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Our International Co-operatives Day event on July 6th 2024 has been postponed
This is due to the General Election. Most likely this will held on Saturday 31st August 2024. You can still register for the new date using the existing eventbrite link 2024.
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Review of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 presents a significant opportunity
The Law Commission is the official law reform body for England and Wales. It has been asked by Government to “review the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 to see if any reform is needed to ensure that the … Continue reading
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Building a Collaborative Future: Law Commission Review: Radical Perspectives: Have your say!
Robert Owen Day online event Building a Collaborative Future: Law Commission Review: Radical Perspectives Saturday, 11 May 2024 10 am – 12.10 pm Organised by Co-ops & Mutuals Wales. For more details, + to register, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-a-co-operative-futurelaw-commission-review-radical-perspectives-tickets-869609022997 or contact david@cooperatives-wales.coop … Continue reading
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A Co-op visionary – Mark Drakeford is a rare politician who has sought to advance co-operative solutions
Mark is a rare politician who has sought to advance co-operative solutions – and made his actions speak louder than his words. He also understood the importance of co-operative learning in informing and sustaining co-operative action. Mark advocated a cultural … Continue reading
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Here’s to Eliza Brierley, spinster of Oldham, weaver. The first female member of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society.
On International Women’s Day, we are thinking of Eliza Brierley. A woman of great importance …a woman we know little about. In 1846 she paid her £1 membership and joined the Cooperative movement. She is acknowledged as the first female … Continue reading
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Co-ops & Mutuals Wales speak with Llandridnod Wells U3A members 12 February 2024
Very pleased to have been invited to speak with Llandridnod Wells U3A on the emergence, philosophy & achievements of British Co-operative movement @MetropoleHotel. Self-organised adult education at its best. Thanks to Co-op Heritage Trust for their support.
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Updated Co-operative Statistics
We’ve just updated our Facts & Figures page with the latest stats, which are from 2022. (For comparison we’ve kept the 2012 stats at the bottom of the page) See also the latest World … Continue reading
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’The Co-operative Movement Needs Women and Women Need the Co-operative Movement’
Sat, 1 Jul 2023 09:45 – 11:40 a.m. BST Pat Juby: Co-ops & Mutuals Wales introduces ’The Co-operative Movement Needs Women and Women Need the Co-operative Movement’ Session 1 – 10.00 – 10.45 a.m. Speaker: Debbie Robinson, Chief Executive of Central England … Continue reading
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Funding Our Future – Robert Owen Day 2023 contribution by Richard M Murphy
Funding Our Future The left must create a sustainable economy by putting all the resources available within society to best use, including those that the market fails to use to best effect. Robert Owen Day – and the need for … Continue reading
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How big things get done! Robert Owen Day / Sut y cyflawnir pethau mawr! Diwrnod Robert Owen
How big things get done! Robert Owen Day Saturday 13th May 2023 10 am -12.30 pm online Session One 10.00 – 11.10 am Key Note contribution, Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister, Welsh Government ‘A new economic narrative for the left’ with … Continue reading
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Pioneer Robert Owen’s Impact: Co-operation & Education – Saturday 12th November 2022 – Zoom
We now have a new date. Thanks for your patience.
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Robert Owen’s Coop Legacy: Community Wealth Building – slides used by Neil McInroy on 14 May 2022
You can download the presentation here Robert Owen – Neil McInroy
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Explore the roots of Community Wealth Building / Foundational Economy a quarter of a millennium after his birth. Free online event ‘Robert Owen’s Impact: Learning lessons for co-operation and education’
Explore the roots of Community Wealth Building / Foundational Economy a quarter of a millennium after his birth. Free online event ‘Robert Owen’s Impact: Learning lessons for co-operation and education’ with Prof. Chris Williams, University College Cork, Cork. Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pioneer-robert-owens-impact-learning-lessons-for-co-operation-education-tickets-318910819847 A … Continue reading
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Pioneer Robert Owen’s Impact: Learning Lessons for Co-operation & Education
FREE ONLINE EVENT: Saturday, July 2nd, 2022 Download the event programme (English, pdf) | Lawrlwythwch rhaglen y digwyddiad (Cymraeg, pdf) Register for your FREE ticket on Eventbrite. Lecture: ‘Robert Owen & co-operation’ by Prof Chris Williams with audience’s contributions to … Continue reading
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Those who opt to make history and change the course of events
“Those who opt to make history and change the course of events themselves have an advantage over those who decide to wait passively for the results of the change.” – Father José María Arizmendiarrieta
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Building on Robert Owen’s Co-operative Legacy
FREE ONLINE EVENT: Saturday 14th May 2022: 9.55-12.05 Download the Programme (English, pdf) | Lawrlwythwch y Rhaglen (Cymraeg, pdf) To reserve your FREE ticket to this Zoom Online event, please register here
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A CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR A CO-OPERATIVE WALES? A Community of Enquiry Report April 8, 2017
A CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR A CO-OPERATIVE WALES? Summary The Welsh word ‘dysgu’ means both teaching and learning. This underlines the fact that learning should not be something handed down from teacher to pupil. It should be a collaborative effort … Continue reading
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Best wishes / New Year Greetings from Co-ops & Mutuals Wales with our favourite quote from Joe Reeves
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
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
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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