Co-op Directory

Anatomy is an arts producer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our core events are our famous sell-out quarterly cabarets, which feature every three months a wild variety of performance acts from Scotland…

Assist Architects are a co-operatively run Architectural Practice with extensive experience in both New Build and Refurbishment housing projects providing a successful participatory design service to…

Atomised is a web design agency with a difference. We're a worker's co-operative, which means that everyone who works here owns an equal share in the company. We're not a reseller or a…

Barholm Arts and Crafts is home to a group of talented artists and designers. With an impressive collection of artwork, designer knitwear, jewellery, woodturning and unique handmade gifts, you are…

At Bridges we offer a unique experience for both our clients and casting professionals. Our co-operative business model, whereby our agency is managed and run day-to-day by the very actors it is…

Chapter Thirteen is a space for the development and production of curatorial projects located in Govan. It was established in 2016 by five curators and operates as a co-operative, providing a platform…

A workers co-operative. Landscape architects and urban designers.

Collective Architecture was established to pursue themes of participation and sustainability in architecture. Our output is highly varied, ranging from intimate community installations to large scale…

Cross Cut is a workers co-op and provides small scale sustainable and/or off grid buildings, carpentry workshops, supported builds and community building projects.

The Edinburgh Cultural Venues Group (ECVG) is a consortium of the city's key publicly funded cultural organisations, which came together in 2013 to maximise the effectiveness, appeal, and reach…

Electronic Glasgow

Form & Function Digital Co-operative emerged in 2019 from the digital team at one of Scotland’s oldest workers co-operatives, graphics.coop, established in 1989. We enjoy long-standing…

Generation Brave design and deliver innovative events, workshops, development programmes and training, to your agenda for improved business outcomes.

The Glasgow Group is a Scottish artists cooperative run by Glasgow based visual artists to promote the visual arts in Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Being an artists cooperative all decisions are…

Glasgow Theatre And Arts Collective is an artist led studio in the heart of the Govan area. GTAC believes in artists 'doing it for themselves' by being a hub to develop, collaborate and…

Good Press is a workers cooperative dedicated to the promotion, distribution and production of independent or self published printed matter alongside co-projects Sunday’s Print Service and Lunchtime…

graphics.coop concentrates on doing one thing extremely well – providing a graphic design and printing service to public sector and 3rd sector organisations in Scotland and beyond.

We are an Edinburgh based workers’ cooperative whose central philosophy is that herbal medicine is the medicine of the people and should be accessible to everyone. We offer a series of practical…

Hansel is a not-for-profit cooperative of writers and artists which promotes literary and artistic works relating to Orkney and Shetland. We are as yet fairly new and small. Our projects are aimed at…

Handcrafted celtic jewellery silver and gold from the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

Artists co-operative and gallery.

We are three Edinburgh based BA(hons) qualified visual artists/craftspeople. We're dedicated to providing exciting creative opportunities; making large community sculptures through the delivery…

Jangling Space – a space where we can help community meet, talk, imagine, share and DO. The DOING is important – we will make tangible products that have meaning. We will do it ‘out in the open’ so…

Film, animation, web, apps, social media – media co-op is an award-winning social enterprise that works with the third and public sectors, specialising in participation and co-design.

Music Co-OPERAtive Scotland was formed in the spring of 2012 by musicians from The Orchestra of Scottish Opera, Scotland’s only fully professional opera orchestra, to provide and generate a range of…

Mutual Artists Studio Co-operative aims to provide low cost studio space for new and emerging artists organised on a democratic basis. We are also committed to providing community outreach programmes.

Open Jar Collective is a group of socially engaged artists and designers operating within co-operative principles. We believe that artistic practices can contribute meaningfully to the development of…

Saltspace is a creative co-op providing a supportive platform for new graduates and early year creatives as a stepping-stone into their artistic career.

Screen Facilities Scotland (SFS) is a trade body affiliated to UK Screen Association representing facilities and services working in the screen, media production, and creative industries. Members are…

The SHRUB is a student-led cooperative with an aim to reduce waste, share skills and promote a smarter, more sustainable way of meeting peoples’ material needs. And you can be part of it, student and…

At sound we are all about new music. *We think everyone should go on a sonic adventure, discovering new sounds and widening their musical horizons. *We support composers to create - making new music…

A collective of friends active in the arts, and environmental and community engagement, based at Tangleha, South Aberdeenshire. Our vision is to joyfully share a creative space for learning and…

We are a network of 15 highly experienced photographers nationally based in different parts of the UK including Ireland and Scotland. We specialise exclusively in advertising, architectural,…

The Ferret is Scotland's first independent platform for investigative journalism. We are setting up as a co-operative and building our subscribers into the governance of the organisation. This…

The Workers Theatre is a new project to create a co-operatively owned and managed theatre in Scotland. We’re launching with residencies, collaborations and pop-up events, working towards opening a new…

There’s nothing like a Turnberry rug. Supplying the rich, famous, cool and quirky with the finest hand crafted rugs from the Old Granary by the Ayrshire shores. Need a bespoke rug or wall hanging? You…

Worker co-operative making computer games.

The community-based, and now employee-owned, West Highland Free Press was founded in 1972 with the principal objective of providing its immediate circulation area with all of the services expected…