Sector News

Co-operatives Fortnight - 25 June to 9 July 2011
Co-operatives Fortnight - 25 June to 9 July 2011
Co-operatives Fortnight is the annual campaign from the UK co-operative sector. It aims to raise awareness of how co-operatives offer...
1 Jul 2011
Great new video of Gawsworth Community Shop!
Great new video of Gawsworth Community Shop!
Gawsworth Community Shop near Manchester recently welcomed a journalist from YourNewsUKTV to spend a day with them, learning about how...
28 Jun 2011
Top awards win for Liverpool community food initiatives
Top awards win for Liverpool community food initiatives
Three Liverpool community food initiatives involved in a countrywide project to encourage people to eat more local food have been...
24 Jun 2011
Lifelong local food supporter awarded MBE
Lifelong local food supporter awarded MBE
A food producer in Taunton has been awarded an MBE for Services to Food Producing Businesses in the South West...
22 Jun 2011
Community fights for London farmland
Community fights for London farmland
A community in London is fighting to save local farmland from being turned into car storage space.Residents of Woodmansterne, near...
20 Jun 2011
The Times launches Shop Local Campaign
The Times launches Shop Local Campaign
National broadsheet The Times has launched a campaign to encourage consumers to shop locally. The Shop Local Campaign, which began...
15 Jun 2011
New report reveals rural doubts about Big Society
New report reveals rural doubts about Big Society
A landmark survey of the views of rural people has revealed major concerns about the benefits promised by the government’s...
15 Jun 2011
Sign up to the ICA UN Year of the Co-operative newsletter
Sign up to the ICA UN Year of the Co-operative newsletter
The UN Year of the Co-operative is fast approaching, and co-operatives and support organisations around the world prepare to celebrate...
14 Jun 2011
Guide highlights community assets
Guide highlights community assets
A new guide details ways of using an asset-based approach to community development.Called Appreciating Assets, the document has been published...
14 Jun 2011
Food and Farming Academy launched
Food and Farming Academy launched
Sparsholt College has launched the Central Southern Food and Farming Academy to boost continued learning in agriculture and the development...
14 Jun 2011
Subscribe