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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
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Down Memory Lane –
Grafton Crescent Housing Co-op
In 1984, thirty families moved into their new homes in Grafton Crescent from Caryl Gardens, a Liverpool City Council tenement block scheduled for demolition. It had been a long road for those families since the Co-op was first formed in 1979. The story of Grafton...
Community farm in South London launches £50k crowdfunder to beat cost of living crisis
The seven-acre Sutton Community Farm partners with local food banks and charities to offer healthy, environmentally sustainable produce Sutton Community Farm in south London is running a six-week Crowdfunder to raise £50,000 to “secure the future of our farm and...
Hey Girls celebrates 30 million donations milestone ahead of 5th birthday
A multi-award winning social enterprise aiming to eradicate period poverty is celebrating after donating 30 million products to vulnerable people. The team at Musselburgh-based Hey Girls reached the major milestone this month after just five years of trading. The...
Senior Cooperative Housing
In senior cooperative housing, active 55 and older residents own a share of the community with an equal voice in how it's run. The tax benefits of home ownership are there but without the hassle of home upkeep. This makes an ideal transition from long-time home...
Co-ops and Native Nations, ‘A Joint Effort’
Co-ops, Native American Nations use commonalities to navigate a complex relationship Rick Campos, Mojave Electric Cooperative One of the most isolated villages in the United States is found deep in the heart of the Grand Canyon. Supai is the home of the Havasupai...
NOT YOUR AVERAGE CO-OPS: NATIVE AMERICANS SHARE COOPERATIVE INSIGHTS
Photo: Ohe-láku, or Among the Cornstalks, located in Oneida, Wisconsin, was started because members of the community wanted to be more self-sufficient. Fifteen families grow corn together, like their ancestors. What do we think of when we say cooperative? Is it the...
Our Story Working Towards a Better Future Dealing with the challenges of today requires problem-solvers who bring new perspectives and are willing to take risks. Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd emerged out of a pursuit to inspire and support the community and a...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander co-ops
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander co-operatives deliver a wide range of services holistically. They variously provide medical services, community services, housing, arts and cultural services, child care, aged care, education and financial assistance. By...
‘Barefoot’ programme relaunches to support a new surge in co-operative and community businesses across the UK
Stir to Action to expand UK’s only advisor training programme for democratic businesses to tackle shortfall in specialist advice National co-operative infrastructure bodies Stir to Action and Co-op Culture are teaming up to relaunch ‘barefoot’ – a six-month programme...
