Exploring the ‘co-operative village’

WHAT would a village or town that fully embraced community ownership look like? That was the question posed to Peter Couchman, chief executive of the Plunkett Foundation, which recently helped the UK’s most famous community-owned shop off the ground. Peter, who was addressing the AGM of Co-operative Futures – an agency that encourages the formation [...]


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Market is worth its weight in gold

  A community initiative that brings a taste of the countryside to inner city Birmingham celebrated its first birthday this month. Farmers’ market 24 Carrots started in July last year, and brings around 20 market stalls every month to the trendy Jewellery Quarter. The name is a play on words – carrots represent the organic [...]


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