Co-op News (August 2019)
What is co-operative culture - and why does it matter? This issue looks at how co-op values intersect with the values in organisations, across movements and between countries. Plus 100 years of the Channel Islands Co-operative – and how the new Coop Exchange app is tackling the capital conundrum.
What is co-operative culture - and why does it matter? This issue looks at how co-op values intersect with the values in organisations, across movements and between countries. Plus 100 years of the Channel Islands Co-operative – and how the new Coop Exchange app is tackling the capital conundrum.
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DIARY<br />
Radical Routes<br />
FROM FAR LEFT CLOCKWISE:<br />
Radical Routes’ Summer Gathering takes<br />
place in Derbyshire on from 9-11 Aug;<br />
Energy4All holds its AGM and <strong>Co</strong>nference<br />
in Lancaster, 20-21 Sept; Rochdale Town<br />
Hall hosts the <strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong>erative <strong>Co</strong>llege<br />
centenary event on 26-28 Nov; and Ariel<br />
Guarco of the International <strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong>erative<br />
Alliance will welcome delegates to its<br />
global conference in Rwanda on 14-17 Oct<br />
9-11 Aug: Radical Routes<br />
Summer Gathering<br />
Radical Routes is a network of radical<br />
co-<strong>op</strong>s whose members are committed<br />
to working for positive social change.<br />
Anyone interested in finding out<br />
how worker co-<strong>op</strong>s and housing<br />
co-<strong>op</strong>s can work for positive social<br />
change is welcome to attend.<br />
WHERE: Belper, Derbyshire<br />
INFO: radicalroutes.org.uk<br />
20-21 Sep: Energy4All AGM<br />
& <strong>Co</strong>nference – Lancaster<br />
This annual event is a chance to share<br />
learning and <strong>op</strong>portunities and help<br />
set Energy4All’s direction as a group<br />
of co-<strong>op</strong>s. The formal AGM takes place<br />
in the morning, hosted by chair Mike<br />
Smyth, followed by keynote speakers<br />
Vivian Woodell (founder and former<br />
CEO of the Phone <strong>Co</strong><strong>op</strong>) and Natasha<br />
Hoare (a masters student at the<br />
University of Lancaster looking at how<br />
E4A can understand and support the<br />
devel<strong>op</strong>ment of its co-<strong>op</strong>s). There will<br />
be three worksh<strong>op</strong> activities in the<br />
afternoon. Energy4All will cover the cost<br />
of accommodation and food.<br />
WHERE: Lancaster University<br />
INFO: s.co<strong>op</strong>/23g4n<br />
11-13 Oct: <strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong>erative Party <strong>Co</strong>nference<br />
The annual event will include debates on<br />
policy; Q&As with elected representatives<br />
from the UK, Scottish and Wales<br />
parliaments and councils across the UK;<br />
a series of informative and constructive<br />
worksh<strong>op</strong>s and examples of best practice<br />
from local co-<strong>op</strong>s. There are networking<br />
<strong>op</strong>portunities, and members can take<br />
part in the Party’s diversity networks<br />
(including BAME, disability, LGBT+,<br />
women and youth).<br />
WHERE: Doubletree, Glasgow<br />
INFO: s.co<strong>op</strong>/22h9f<br />
14-17 Oct: ICA <strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong>eratives for<br />
Devel<strong>op</strong>ment Global <strong>Co</strong>nference<br />
The conference will be structured around<br />
plenary sessions, sectoral and thematic<br />
seminars and discussion panels. It is<br />
<strong>op</strong>en to co-<strong>op</strong>erators worldwide and also<br />
to other civil society actors, devel<strong>op</strong>ment<br />
agencies, policy makers, institutional<br />
partners, government representatives,<br />
researchers, and all those who are<br />
concerned about devel<strong>op</strong>ment.<br />
WHERE: Rwanda<br />
INFO: kigali<strong>2019</strong>.co<strong>op</strong><br />
7 Nov: Practitioners’ Forum<br />
Professional training event for pe<strong>op</strong>le<br />
<strong>op</strong>erating in key roles in co-<strong>op</strong> businesses<br />
large and small. Featuring a series of<br />
specialist forums: communications;<br />
finance; governance; HR; and membership,<br />
with delegates able to mix and match<br />
across forums.<br />
WHERE: The Studio, Manchester<br />
INFO: s.co<strong>op</strong>/23jas<br />
26-28 Nov: <strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong>erative <strong>Co</strong>llege<br />
100 years: And now the future<br />
Rochdale and its town hall will be the<br />
venue for a highlight of the <strong>Co</strong>llege’s<br />
centenary year. Speakers include Prof.<br />
Esther N. Gicheru (Principal, The<br />
<strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong>erative University <strong>Co</strong>llege of<br />
Kenya), Andy Burnham (Mayor of Greater<br />
Manchester) and Angela Rayner (Labour<br />
MP for Ashton-under-Lyne, Droylsden<br />
and Failsworth). The conference will<br />
include a Gala Dinner in the Grand Hall.<br />
WHERE: Rochdale Town Hall<br />
INFO: s.co<strong>op</strong>/22h9h<br />
LOOKING AHEAD<br />
28 Feb – 1 Mar 2020 : <strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong>erative Retail<br />
<strong>Co</strong>nference (Cheshire)<br />
10-20 June - <strong>Co</strong>-<strong>op</strong> <strong>Co</strong>ngress (Rochdale)<br />
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