Funding alert: We launch Space to Connect – our new £1.6 million partnership with government
Blog: New funding to help community organisations identify, improve and protect spaces where people can connect and co-operate is now open for applications.
#PowerOfYouth – empowering young people to make a co-operative difference
Blog: We’re celebrating Youth Social Action Day 2019 by looking at the impact that activities like volunteering and campaigning have on young people and their communities – this is the #PowerOfYouth…
Working with our partners to help the youth sector beat loneliness
Blog: We’re delighted to announce that two of our Belong partners will lead exciting projects to strengthen how the youth sector tackles loneliness.
Could you help environmental community groups succeed?
Blog: Two grants of up to £50,000 are available for projects that build the capacity of community-led environmental groups in Wales and northern England.
Get ready to grow – funding available to boost enterprising ideas that improve community spaces (Wales only)
Blog: Today, we open new funding to help enterprising community organisations across Wales that benefit local people and the environment grow their sustainable income.
We’re celebrating a record-breaking 12 months
Blog: 2018 was a year to remember for the Co-op Foundation. With the support of Co-op colleagues and members as well as major new funding partnerships, we almost trebled our income to help us make a bigger impact than ever.
Welcome to our new Belong partners tackling #youthloneliness
Blog: Today, we welcome 21 new partners into Belong – our UK-wide network of organisations helping young people beat loneliness.
How young people’s voices help us allocate funding
Blog: Listening to the communities we serve and ensuring they have a voice in what matters to them is one of our key commitments to democracy.
Listening to children and young people to help us tackle loneliness together
Blog: This week, we welcome new research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on loneliness in children and young people. Here, we look at how this sheds new light on loneliness in younger children and those from lower-income families – and what we can all do to help.
Co-op Members raise more than £238,000 to tackle youth loneliness – how you’re changing lives through ‘Belong’
Blog: Thank you to every Co-op Member who chose to give 1% of what you spent on selected Co-op-branded products and services to help us tackle youth loneliness through Belong.
The Charity Digital Code of Practice – why this matters to you
Blog: Jamie Ward-Smith, Chair of the Co-op Foundation and co-founder of Do-it.org, the UK’s first digital volunteering service, explains why the new Charity Digital Code of Practice launched today will help charities connect with their audiences better than ever…
Could you help us strengthen the youth sector? Invitations to tender now open
Blog: As part of our Building Connections Fund Youth strand (in partnership with Government), the Co-op Foundation is inviting tenders from organisations with the right skills and expertise to deliver two key contracts to tackle youth loneliness by strengthening the youth sector.
We’ve secured an additional £1.5 million Government funding for the Building Connections Fund Youth strand
Blog: Earlier this year, we announced a new £2m partnership with Government to fund projects looking to expand or enhance their work tackling youth loneliness – the Building Connections Fund Youth strand.
‘Tackle stigma to change attitudes and build caring communities’ – we respond to the Government’s Loneliness Strategy
Blog: We respond to the launch of the Government’s Loneliness Strategy.
Break down stigma to tackle youth loneliness – we respond to BBC Loneliness Experiment findings
Blog: The Loneliness Experiment, which surveyed 55,000 people, also found that young people aged 16 to 24 years old were the age group most likely to be affected by stigma of loneliness.