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People we've helped

To date, around 700 new and existing co-operatives have received free advice and training from The Co-operative Enterprise Hub.

Whether it’s a chalet park or a social research company, co-operatives from Cumbria to Cornwall have all benefitted from the tailored support that the Enterprise Hub offers. We are working together to grow the co-operative economy in the UK.

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Local Food (& More!)

An innovative community co-operative has become the heart of a small village near Stansted Airport.

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Leicester Community Music Project

Advice and a grant from the Hub helped this music and arts co-operative to move premises and provide training.Arts and media

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Success

Schools and former local authority employees have set up a co-operative to continue to provide popular services for children, young people and families in one town in North East England.

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Other

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Saith Seren

This community co-operative in Wales has succeeded in making the local pub a viable enterprise where a commercial brewer failed.

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Leisure

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Members clean up after music festival

Belfast Cleaning Society

The first co-operative in Northern Ireland set up with our help brings together women from across the sectarian divide.

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Other

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Cultivate members

Cultivate

Cultivate grows fruit and vegetables and runs a mobile green grocery to deliver direct from country fields to city dwellers

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Other

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Clevedon Community Bookshop

With advice and PR support from the Hub the book lovers in a small Somerset town saved the last book shop from closing.

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Retail

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Members of AfriCo-operative

AfriCo-operative

Providing African food and goods, some sourced directly from producers, and with 750 local members, AfriCo-operative is set to become a hub for Nottingham’s African community.

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Retail

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Gill Hodgson and daughter, founders of Flowers from the Farm

Flowers from the Farm

A unique marketing co-operative for flower growers blooms across the UK.

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Marketing

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Bristol Energy Co-operative

With a little help from the Hub, the share issue to raise money to install solar panels on community buildings in Bristol far exceeded its target.

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Environment

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