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One-of-a-kind fund putting young people in charge of positive change launches today
Our Young Gamechangers Fund partnership with Co-op and the #iwill Fund is now open for applications.
Co-op Foundation awards first Co-op Live seats to young person
We’re celebrating the first seats installed at Co-op Live by awarding a pair of tickets to a young person driving social change.
Young people demand a fairer transition to Net Zero
Young people have shared their feelings on the journey to Net Zero in new research from the Co-op and Co-op Foundation
Help us plan the focus of our new strategic fund
We are inviting research agencies and consultants to tender for a £10k contract that will help us decide on the grant-giving focus for round two of our Future Communities Fund.
We are looking for a learning partner for our Future Communities Fund Round One
We are inviting evaluators, consultants and academics to tender for a new £150k learning contract as part of round one of our £1.5m Future Communities Fund (FCF).
Spending (more than) a penny to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Co-op and Co-op Foundation to fund organisations trialling human urine and seaweed to reduce soy-containing animal feed and synthetic fertilisers in farming
Co-op Foundation awards £1.4m to develop diverse leaders of the future
Young people decided on funding from the Foundation’s first ever Future Communities Fund
Two Foundation trustees receive MBEs in King’s first Official Birthday Honours List
Co-op Foundation chair, Jamie Ward-Smith, and fellow trustee, George Imafidon, have received MBEs in the King’s first Official Birthday Honours List.
We awarded £3.4m to build fairer communities in 2022
Co-op’s charity awarded £3.4m in grants to organisations across the UK and globally in 2022 to help build fairer, more co-operative communities.
Four new trustees join us to co-operate for a fairer world
We’ve welcomed new Co-op colleagues and Council Members to our board of trustees as we begin work to deliver our new five-year strategy, Building communities of the future together.
Consultancies invited to tender to research impact of journey to net zero on young people
We’re inviting researchers to tender for a study into just transition and young people.
Fighting the climate crisis through our largest ever partnership with Co-op
Round two of our £3.5m Carbon Innovation Fund (CIF) partnership with Co-op opens for applications today, Wednesday 1 February.
Consultancies invited to tender for Carbon Innovation Fund round two learning contract
Our £100k contract will help us explore the effectiveness of CIF2 and share learning among our funded partners.
Supporting diverse future leaders
Eligible organisations can now apply for unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 a year for five years through our £1.5m Future Communities Fund
New research reveals youth loneliness on the rise
Our new research has found that 95% of all young people feel lonely, but our Lonely Not Alone campaign is here to help.