Co-op Culture

Co-operative advisor

Co-op Culture

Contact details
0741 999 1506
Specialism
Organisational development (start-up)
Organisational development (growth)
Converting to a co-op
Region
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Yorkshire and the Humber
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Co-op Culture

Co-op Culture is a co-operative consortium of co-operative and community advisors, entrepreneurs and enterprises.  Our members and associates have a vast and varied experience of supporting co-operative, community and social enterprise to start and grow.

Co-op Culture is:

We deliver the following support and services:

  • Feasibility studies and market planning.
  • Business Planning.
  • Financial planning.
  • Community finance support including drafting community share offers.
  • Advice on grant and loan finance.
  • Advice on legal and organisational structures.
  • Governance audit and advice on governance “health”.
  • Facilitated planning for start-up or organisational change.
  • Advice on measuring and reporting social impact.
  • Designing and implementing sociocratic and dynamic governance in co-operatives.
  • Delivery of training on all of the above.

We specialise in the following areas:

  • Community Agriculture.
  • Community Food Enterprise (food, co-ops, processing, retail and wholesale).
  • Community Energy.
  • Housing Co-operatives
  • Community Land Trusts.
  • Co-operative Bakeries.
  • Woodland Social Enterprise and Social Forestry.
  • Co-operative shared workspaces and hackspaces.
  • Transition Enterprise.

Are you a co-operative or community enterprise looking to start or grow? Get in touch to discuss how we can help.  If we can’t, we’ll know someone who can.