Communities
Bangladeshi Women’s Association
Funding from our Space to Connect partnership with DCMS helped the Bangladeshi Women’s Association to bring different communities together.
Acting quickly and funding flexibly to support Refugee Action
We committed our largest single grant to date to help Refugee Action respond to the Afghan refugee crisis and fund longer-term support.
Speaking out about inequality in tech
Tech impacts on us all, but how can we be sure it tackles rather than amplifies inequality? The Federation programme is working on solutions thanks to our partnership with Luminate.
Building impact through long-term support
We awarded long-term funding to the Young Trustees Movement and Getting on Board in 2021 to help them tackle inequality in charity leadership.
Creating a community space for everyone on Iona
In late 2019, we awarded the Iona Village Hall Community Trust (IVHCT) a £20,000 grant and a £30,000 interest-free loan to help them redevelop their village hall.
Hope beyond Covid: A Q&A with two of our Community Spaces partners
We chatted to two of our Community Spaces Loans partners to find out the impact of our grants and their hopes for the future beyond the pandemic.
Beechbrae: Providing financial security when it mattered most
An extended repayment holiday on our interest-free loan is helping Beechbrae social enterprise support local mental health needs despite falling income during lockdown.
Bringing theatre to the front room
Liverpool Playhouse is hosting its wellbeing project, Life Rooms, online to offer creative activities via Zoom.
Grangetown – a community united
Co-op Foundation awarded £80,000 to the Future Regeneration of Grangetown to help them turn a derelict building into a vibrant and sustainable community hub.
Welcome to our Woods
Wednesday 1 May 2019 A Treherbert-based social enterprise dedicated to managing local woodland sustainably has received a £90,000 funding boost from the Co-op Foundation. Welcome to Our Woods Ltd is the first group to “bag” a share of a new £1 million fund from Co-op’s charity, generated through the sale…