PART 1 – WHERE WE ARE TODAY By Amelia Washbourne and Christopher Morgan We feel that through query we now need to...
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New report: Co‑operatives help tackle mental health and employment issues experienced by younger people
A chronic lack of awareness is damaging the ability of co‑operatives to provide answers to social issues faced by...
Yalla: Co-operative tech careers with greater growth and opportunity
When graduates of digital bootcamps in the UK and Palestine joined forces, they created an international co-op that’s...
Village Greens: A joyous co‑op job that makes you feel better…
Surrounded by a supportive co-op team in a positive atmosphere, 29-year-old Steph found purpose and peace of mind...
South Africa: Urban Farm Brings Hope, but It’s a Daily Battle
Members of a farming cooperative in Thembisa are trying to change their impoverished circumstances by turning unused...
Reaping the benefits of cooperatives in Uganda
Abiro Joyce, a 52-year-old mother, smiles and points to her son seated on his new motorcycle, a bike that he’s bought...
From Two Wheels to Four
Lukwago Ashalaph, 25, is one of the youth members of Nabukalu Co-operative Savings & Credit Society (NCSCS) in...
Sheema Financial Service’s Road to Success
Sheema Financial Services Co-op Society Ltd, one of UCCFS’s first members, weren’t always a cooperative; they began as...
Co-operative Union trains over 25,000 dairy farmers
Meru Central Dairy Co-operative Union recently held its 7th Annual Meru Dairy Famers’ field day at Meru Gitoro ASK...
South Sudan: Graduating from subsistence to market-oriented farming
FAO is helping a women's cooperative in Wau succeed despite harsh climatic conditions and faraway markets. In the...
Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow
Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow, cooperatives strategic allies Gender equality today for a...
I owe everything to Mrs Dawson!
Community Book Exchanges – Can you create one? The opening by the Mayor of the Calderdale Book Exchange Mrs Dawson was...
Success on the horizon for Ugandan Cooperatives
In Ugandan smallholder coffee farmer communities, Farmer Organizations, also known as Cooperatives, have proven...
IT paves the way out of poverty and hopelessness for women
The social entrepreneur Barbara Mutabazi grew up in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Early on, she understood that life...
Education for Kenyan girls from poor backgrounds, focused on leadership and tolerance
Daraja means bridge in Swahili. After the violent 2008 elections in Kenya, the American couple Jason and Jenni...
A new partnership with Yunus Social Business
IKEA Social Entrepreneurship has partnered with Yunus Social Business to explore how we can together improve the...
Planting a brighter future, one seed at a time – Selemani’s story
Selemani lives in Lindi region, Tanzania. For most of his life, he has been a farmer and grows cassava, sesame, and...
How young mothers are creating new income for their families through ATTEINDRE
This success story was adapted from USAID’s “ATTEINDRE Creates Alliances to Expand Business Training and Services to...
The Future of Work
At SEUK, we believe that social enterprise is the Future of Business. We also know that it’s the people working...
Canadian government includes co-ops in fund to drive broadband inclusion
The $8.2m funding package, focusing on Quebec, includes two community telecoms co-ops serving rural municipalities The...