Looking forward to Practitioners Forum again this year! I must go and work out what we're going to say... Co-operatives UK PS - nice photo of John Co-op Boyle (he/him) below!

📣👥 ESSENTIAL HR for #coops ! Gain a solid grounding in HR and employment law: fair recruitment, contracts, policies, procedures, managing disciplinaries, pay, time off & more. ONLINE, 11-12 Oct, 9.30am-1pm (both days). From £120 + VAT. Book now ➡️ bit.ly/3Axq1zd

Practitioners Forum is our biggest training & development event with around 20 sessions over 1 great day in Manchester on 23 Nov. It's also a super networking event featuring #coops like Unicorn Grocery, People Powered Retrofit, Co-op, Chelmsford Star Coop & many more.
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**𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛** We've been filming today with BBC South East to talk about our first #CommunityLedHousing project.

Tune in at 6:30pm 📺 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Co-operatives UK Community Land Trust Network Collaborative Housing Community First Oxon Ken Loach & Sixteen Films Vale of White Horse

🏡 Creating fair housing for students! Discover how our expert support, with The Co-operative Bank UK, helped Student Co-op Homes raise capital to create decent student homes: bit.ly/3AyPKpP – and how we can help turn your business plans into action: bit.ly/3l9n0h7👍 🙌

We've fantastic resources to help #coops thrive & get new-starts off the ground. They inc finance toolkits, governance guides & resources to induct new directors.
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Our member Stretford Public Hall is recruiting for a new chair of the board – a great opportunity to help support a wonderful community owned space 👇

#coops ComShares #comshares

A board with the right balance of skills, experience & knowledge is crucial. At Practitioners Forum in Mcr (23 Nov) we've dedicated sessions on achieving board success. Join us for our No1 training & dev event - featuring around 20 sessions in all!
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⚽🏆 “In an ideal world, all football clubs would be supporter-owned!” Discover Wythenshawe AFC, owned and controlled by the fans 👉 bit.ly/3AAOAtV. And find out how #comshares can help your community take control of what it cares about: bit.ly/3pZ4oSe 👍

Conference season #2 #cpc22 any requests??

📣 #COOPS ! Need to develop your relationship with your members? 👥 Sign up for expert training in membership engagement. Learn tools & techniques to understand members and improve their journey with your co-op.
13 Oct 10am. From £45 + VAT.
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WE'RE HIRING for a Senior Project Officer (London). Be at the centre of our efforts to drive forward the activities and agenda of worker and employee ownership in Greater London. Find out more and apply today via bit.ly/3t9G5Ry

WE'RE HIRING a Membership Manager to play a crucial part in our Member Services Team to ensure our innovative and exciting member recruitment and engagement strategy stays on track. Access the recruitment pack and apply to join us via bit.ly/3t9G5Ry

👥 Manage the HR in your co-op? ✅ Want to make sure you’re compliant, efficient and doing the best possible job? Join us ONLINE for our expert Essential HR training on 11-12 Oct. £120 + VAT for members. £170 + VAT for non-members. Book now ➡️ bit.ly/3Axq1zd

⭐ PRACTITIONERS FORUM, 23 November, Manchester. Join delegates from Unicorn Grocery CoffeeCranksCoop People Powered Retrofit ABCUL Co-operative Party + more for a packed day of learning and networking. Bursary and member discounts available 👉 bit.ly/3R6f10P – sponsored by Civica

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#COOPS ! 🙋Motivate your members! 😀Join our ONLINE training to learn about motivation & influencing behaviour. We’ll also introduce the tools used to understand members and map & improve their journey with your co-op. 13 Oct 10am. From £45 + VAT.
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💶 Did you know more than £200m has been invested to transform communities via community shares? Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3PlpsOx 👈 and discover how funding offers support to communities considering this route.

ComShares Power to Change