Hundreds of people from Greater Manchester have saved their local library from imminent closure by setting up a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Friends of Denton West End Library have successfully brought the library into community ownership after purchasing the building from the local authority with loans from Co-operative & Community Finance and the Co-operative Loan Fund. […]
Calon Wen (meaning ‘white heart’ in Welsh) is a farmers’ co-operative with 25 members from all over Wales who produce a total of 19 million litres of organic milk a year. They set up the co-operative in 2000 with the aim of securing a long-term market for organic milk from Wales and they supply some […]
The Co-operative Loan Fund helped an employee-owned care provider to smooth the financial highs and lows of rapid growth. The workload and staffing of Newcastle Home Care Associates (NHCA) doubled since it successfully re-tendered to provide services to the local authority in August 2012. It is contracted to provide 2,600 hours of care a week. […]