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SEGRA 2013
The Co-operative College
Chris Cooper, UK Co-operative Collegep p g
Co‐operative College
• Established 1919• Training directors,
members and managers
• International Programme• Research and Policy
h l d lmembers and managers• Looking after our heritage
• Schools and young people• Innovative learning
www.co‐op.ac.ukwww.youngco‐operatives.coop
Community and Economic Development –the United Nations viewthe United Nations view
• “Co‐operatives provide vital health, housing and gbanking services; they promote education and gender equality; they g q y; yprotect the environment and workers rights. Through these and aThrough these and a range of other activities they help people better their lives and those oftheir lives and those of their communities.”
Co‐operatives Globally
11
Australia13 5 million13.5 million
Setting the sceneSetting the scene
“The credit crunch and fiscal i i h f d liti lcrisis has freed our political
imagination from the idea that the investor owned model is the only game in town”
RenaissanceRenaissance
• Policy reviews as well as legislative updates
• Co‐operatives recognised as significant actors in development
• Recognition of the role of co‐operatives and mutuals in public sector reform
• Recognition that co‐operatives and mutuals are important components of a 21st century economy
The Future of the Co‐operative Movement
CO‐OPERATIVE VALUES AND PRINCIPLESCO‐OPERATIVE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES• Values:
– Self help
• Principles:
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– Self responsibility
– Democracy
– EqualityPrinciples:
– Voluntary and open membership
– Democratic member control
– Member economic participation
– Equity
– Solidarity
– Autonomy and independence
– Education, training and information
– Co‐operation among co‐operatives
C f th it– Concern for the community
CO‐OPERATIVE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES
• Values:– Self help
– Self responsibility
D– Democracy
– Equality
– Equity
– Solidarity• Principles:
– Voluntary and open membership
– Democratic member control
M b i ti i ti
Solidarity
– Member economic participation
– Autonomy and independence
– Education, training and information
– Co‐operation among co‐operativesCo operation among co operatives
– Concern for the community
BrandChange the world – Business of choiceBrand Valuesdo business with a
co-operative
People ValuesChange the world – work at a
co-operative
Employer of choice
Ethical ValuesHonesty, Openness, Social
responsibility, Caring for th
Membership organisation of choice
Change the world – join a
othersCo-operative Values
Self Help, Self Responsibility,
of choiceco-operative
p, p y,Democracy, Equality, Equity,
Solidarity
Renaissance – a new generation of co-operatives
En ironmental co• Environmental co-operatives
• Health co operatives• Health co-operatives• Tenant co-operatives
R l it• Rural community co-operatives
• Co operative pubs• Co-operative pubs• Co-operative schools
Retail renewalRetail renewal
• Rebranding• Rebranding
• Restoring membership benefitsbenefits
• Rebuilding membership
• Rebuilding confidence in co• Rebuilding confidence in co‐operation
• Growth through acquisition• Growth through acquisition
• Putting values into practice
Childcare, Eldercare, NursingcareChildcare, Eldercare, Nursingcare
• Childcare services delivered by Midcounties
Co‐operative Society
in the UK
• Age Care
• Nursing Care
Education
• 605 Co‐operative trust schools plus605 Co operative trust schools plus 85 associate/partner schools – over 100more consulting
• 6 Co‐operative sponsor academies sponsored by the Co‐operative Group – in Manchester Stoke on Trent and LeedsLeeds
• 35 Co‐operative academies
• National network – the Schools Co‐operative Society
• USA, Europe, India, Africa, Australia
HealthcareHealthcare
• UK ‐ 1.9 million members i 144 h it l t tin 144 hospital trusts
• GP and Healthcare
• Elder care• 4 million members in Colombian healthcare co‐ops
• 1, 540,000 people in North American co‐ops in Washington and Idaho
HousingHousing
• Victoria• New South Wales• Western Australia
• Co‐operative housing in A t li B ilAustralia, Brazil, Scandinavia, North America and in the UK
Producer/Agriculture ‐Murray GoulburnProducer/Agriculture Murray Goulburn
Leisure, Community Shops and PubsLeisure, Community Shops and Pubs
Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria,
now a co‐operative owned and run by
b f thmembers from the community – as is the brewery!the brewery!
Working men's clubs
Village halls andVillage halls and centres
SportSport
Barcelona and many of football, rugby and cricket clubs in the Budesliga are owned by their fans – as are a growing number of UKgrowing number of UK football and rugby clubs including Lincoln City, Chesterfield and Rushden and Diamonds
Co‐operative enterpriseCo operative enterprise
• Rural electricity yco‐operatives in the United States supply over 36 million householdshouseholds
• Australia –Water co‐Water co‐operatives
Co‐operative Funeralsp
• I feel the need to write to you ll l k hpersonally to let you know that
you have been an absolute tower of strength to our familyfamily.
• You've provided my mother, my children and myself with a most comprehensivemost comprehensive, professional, supportive, sensitive and invaluable service...."service....
Co-operative enterpriseCo operative enterprise
• “Co-operatives contribute directly to improve the standards of living ofstandards of living of half the World’s population”.U i d N iUnited Nations
• Members of a worker co-operative who careco operative who care for HIV/AIDS sufferers – South Africa
Photo: Peter Wilson– Photo: Peter Wilson
SEGRA 2013
The Co-operative College
Chris Cooper, UK Co-operative Collegep p g