Co-op Foundation
Empowering future generations: How funders can support young climate changemakers
See what we learned with the Blagrave Trust about empowering young climate changemakers.
Our theory of change
We can only build future fair and co-operative communities by sharing our power, being flexible and developing trusting relationships.
What we’ve learned so far from supporting youth social action
Read more about what we found out in our evaluation of the second year of incredible work by #iwill Fund partners
Building Trust(ees)
We’re celebrating Trustees Week by inviting our Board members, George Imafidon and Sheila-Jane Malley, to share their hints and tips on how to apply for and be effective trustees.
Guest blog – Funding Refugee Action
Read how Refugee Action are using our £250k unrestricted funding to improve the lives of refugees in the UK.
Guest blog: Pioneering digital and social innovation through the Federation Programme
Linda Humphries, Founder of Paper Frogs, tells us why the Federation programme is so important and what to expect from phase two.
Guest blog: How to help young people unearth lived experience (part 3 / 3)
In her final guest blog, Eloïse Malone from our Lonely Not Alone campaign partner, Effervescent, discusses how to help young people unearth their lived experience so you can best connect with audiences through creative campaigns.
Guest blog: Why social action by young people with lived experience is so important (part 2 / 3)
In her second blog on collaborative creativity with young people, Eloïse Malone from our Lonely Not Alone partner, Effervescent, talks about the importance of lived experience in social action projects.
Guest blog: What is ‘lived experience’ and why does collaborative creativity make change happen? (part 1 / 3)
As part of Loneliness Awareness Week, Ellie Malone from our Lonely Not Alone partner, Effervescent, discusses the importance of lived experience in creating truthful and engaging youth campaigns.
Helping communities do what mattered most
Community groups funded through our Space to Connect partnership with government were listening to how their communities wanted to use spaces when the pandemic hit. Lockdown presented opportunities and challenges for us to learn from.
Building our understanding of ethnic diversity in tech
Our partner, Annette Joseph, explains how profit and innovation in tech can be increased by understanding the experiences of people of colour, and tackling racial inequality
The Big Co-op Payout: Half a million reasons to say ‘thank you’ to Co-op Members
Thank you to all the Co-op Members who raised £500,000 to help us beat youth loneliness through Belong.
#iwill Week 2019 – young people taking action to show their peers they’re not alone
Young people embraced the values of co-operation and youth social action to create Lonely Not Alone – the first co-designed campaign to tackle the stigma of youth loneliness
Empowering young people to improve communities
Monday 5 August Please note, this fund closed to applications on 20 September 2019. Jill Wells, our Programmes and Partnerships Manager, explains why we’re putting young people in the driving seat to improve community spaces that matter to them through new grants from our extended #iwill Fund. Today, we announce…
Invitation to tender now open to become our ‘Space to Connect’ Learning and Evaluation partner
We’re inviting organisations to tender for a contract that will help us learn how to maximise community spaces to tackle loneliness and build connections.