Our Learning & Impact Report 2022

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Learning & Impact Report

We’re the Co-op’s charity and we’re co-operating for a fairer world.

This is what we learned and achieved with our partners in 2022.

Our year in numbers

Pioneering Partners

It’s in our hands

In numbers

In 2022, we developed a bold new strategy and awarded £3.4m to 69 amazing partners.

Our funding helped us build communities of the future together across our strategic priorities:

We awarded

£0

to help build safer communities

We awarded

£0

to help build healthier communities

We awarded

£0

to help build more equitable, inclusive and diverse communities

We awarded

£0m

to help build more sustainable communities

We awarded

£0m

to increase opportunities for youth activism and shared power

Funding helped our partners achieve the incredible:

young people got involved in youth activism projects supported through our #iwill Fund (up to Nov 22).

of young people took an action after seeing our Lonely Not Alone campaign

adults and families seeking asylum were supported by our partner, Refugee Action

Click here to see how our funding was shared around the UK, and globally

Building communities of the future together

Our funded partners may span from Bradford to the Galapagos, but they all have one thing in common – they’re co-operating for a fairer world.

Swipe to the right to learn more about their amazing work in 2022.

Building communities of the future together is only possible if we can all enjoy better mental and physical health.

Our £47k grant for Boxing Futures gave young people the chance to get fit, talk about the issues they faced and have a real say in the work they did in 2022.

Read Thomas’s story >

In 2022, we supported Fal Fishery Co-operative CIC through our £3.5m Carbon Innovation Fund partnership with the Co-op.

Its team is now helping to build more sustainable communities by finding new ways to protect native oysters and encouraging the next generation of fishers to get involved.

Read Ranger’s guest blog >

In 2022, we awarded Refugee Action £250k of unrestricted funding to continue its support work and raise the voices of refugees through ‘Experts by Experience’.

Read what this means for asylum seekers like Sami and Mohammad as they searched for safer communities.

Find out more >

Our flexible funding for the Young Trustees Movement (YTM) is helping young activists make a positive difference in charity leadership roles.

Find out why CEO, Mita Desai, is so passionate about creating more equitable communities through civil society.

Read Mita’s guest blog >

Depaul UK is a homelessness organisation that specialises in supporting young people.

In 2022, we partnered with the Astra Foundation to award them a £300,000 grant so they could educate young people at risk of homelessness, and build more prosperous communities.

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Future, fair communities: It’s in our hands

Thank you to all our incredible partners, who achieved and learned so much with us in 2022. In this blog, our CEO, Nick, looks at how our new ‘Building communities of the future together’ strategy will help us do so much more in the years to come as we work with Co-op and others to co-operate for a fairer world’.

“Being a great co-operator starts with listening and then working together to make a difference. The Co-op Foundation did this so well in 2022 – they listened to communities to build a bold, new strategy and they listened to young people to develop a vision for a better future. We are already seeing the benefits of this impact and I know this will grow in 2023 as we build communities of the future together.”

Shirine Khoury-Haq, CEO of Co-op

“The Co-op Foundation is a jewel at the heart of the Co-op. From tackling inequality in the asylum system to leveraging match funding so more homeless young people can tackle loneliness, they provide a different way to reach communities alongside Co-op’s vision, and they changed lives for the better in 2022. I’m proud to support the Co-op Foundation as they join us in co-operating for a fairer world.”

Allan Leighton , Co-op Chair

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Co-op Foundation is a working name of Co-operative Community Investment Foundation, a charity registered in England and Wales
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Learning & Impact Report

We’re the Co-op’s charity and we’re co-operating for a fairer world.

This is what we learned and achieved with our partners in 2022.

In numbers

In 2022, we developed a bold new strategy and awarded £3.4m to 69 amazing partners.

Our funding helped us build communities of the future together across our strategic priorities:

Funding helped our partners achieve the incredible:

Building communities of the future together

Young people have shown us how it’s done

Be the first to know about our partners’ impact and future funding:

Future, fair communities: It’s in our hands

Nick’s blog

Thank You