The organisations have signed an MOU to open more business opportunities for the agri co-op sectors in both countries Angkasa, the national body for Malaysia’s co-op sector, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative...
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In 1997 the Robert Owen Group launched a co-operative school centred initial teacher training project through the Marches Consortium and in partnership with the University of Gloucester. The scheme rapidly grew and became the largest of its type in the United Kingdom , successfully training over 3,700 post graduates who now work in our schools and colleges with many at senior leadership levels. Alongside this we launched a Master’s level programme for trainers in schools and for former trainees and teachers to access as career progression.
It became clear that the absence of an institute of higher education in the Marches sub region posed a real impediment to developing research, seminal thinking and platonic discourse. We often ignore the valuable infrastructure that comes with a quality centre of higher education. The Directors of the Marches Consortium developed a Robert Owen Learning Academy in Leominster and encouraged many ‘hub’ schools to have satellite post graduate libraries for their ‘clusters’.
This is all now background history but our 1998 creation of “query” as a radical journal of left field thinking has now in 2021 led to the addition of this section to the Marches Hive website. We want to stimulate thinking, discussion and the sharing of relevant news and knowledge.
We called the original 1990’s journal query because our minds turned to the creation in the 1870’s of the Tredegar Medical Aid Society which started life as as ‘Health and Education Fund’. In 1920 Walter Conway , Aneurin Bevan and others formed the radical Query Club as a new development. The Club was a cross between a debating society, a mutual support group , a focus for sharing contemporary knowledge and a body set on advancing radical thinking to address the issues of the day. In those times adult education was very much in cells following on the model of the early Methodist house groups.
We believe the challenges of today in many ways mirror those of one hundred years ago and we do encourage everyone’s to engage with query and to share your thoughts, views, knowledge and understanding so that we can all grow together . Thank you
News Articles
Bringing people back to the land
written by Luciana Edwards, illustration by Seb Westcott, StirtoAction.com The way we use land in the UK must change if we are to protect the environment and strengthen our rural communities. Although the large-scale intensification of farming has contributed...
Scottish seed potato farmers form co-op to overcome Brexit export problems
The Seed Potato Organisation says it will support research and development and look for new markets Nine seed potato growers in Scotland have formed a co-op to protect the future of the sector after being shut out of the lucrative European market after Brexit....
Major UK energy network operator pledges support for energy co-ops
Western Power Distribution, which serves 8 million households, is hiring four community energy engineers to help co-ops in its area Britain’s biggest distribution network operator (DNO) has become the first in the country to pledge operational support for local energy...
Youth football league gets funds for new headquarters from CCF
The facilities will provide youth football for hundreds of children in North Derbyshire By Alice Toomer-McAlpine, thenews.coop North Derbyshire Youth Football League (NDYFL), which has more than 300 teams and 3,500 youth players, has secured funds for land...
Farmers’ buying co-op AF warns of ‘eye-watering’ inflation of input costs
'These numbers reveal that the whole supply chain web needs to reset to secure affordable food in the UK and beyond.' By Miles Hadfield, Thenews.coop UK farmers face “eye-watering” inflation in input costs, the country’s biggest farmer-owned buying group says in...
The Robert Owen Annual Lecture 2022
This lecture was the second in an annual series and took place on the 100th International Co-operatives Day. Its aim was to address relevant and topic issues facing local, regional, national and global communities. With participants from France, Uganda, England, Wakes...
Brighton and Hove housing co-op is raising funds to build affordable housing
The member owned co-op is halfway to reaching its first target By Alice Toomer-McAlpine, Thenews.coop A housing co-op in Brighton and Hove is fundraising money to build its next two affordable homes. Bunker Housing Co-op is running the campaign on ethical investment...
IT’S HERE TODAY! – BOOK STRAIGHT AWAY!
The Big Society and the co-operative contribution to Sustainable Communities A FREE virtual event via Zoom on 2nd July 2022 from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm. Following the considerable success of the Inaugural Lecture in 2021 we would like to invite you to join us at the...
TOMORROW! – BOOK NOW!
The Big Society and the co-operative contribution to Sustainable Communities A FREE virtual event via Zoom on 2nd July 2022 from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm. Following the considerable success of the Inaugural Lecture in 2021 we would like to invite you to join us at the...
