Community Shares Unit from @cooperativesUK, working with partners Plunkett UK and Locality
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Jun 2
Looking to grow your organisation or explore new funding options?
The Reach Fund offers grants of £5k–£15k to help organisations prepare for social investment, inc community share offers.
@CooperativesUK as an Access Point can support you:
uk.coop/news/co-operatives-u…
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Jun 5
Are you coming to @CooperativesUK Coop Congress next week?
Looking forward to slots on 'We have the (community) power' and hearing from @GBEgovuk about the Local Power Plan.
More here - uk.coop/events-and-training/…
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One week to go: Will we see you in Birmingham? Co-op Congress is next Friday 12 & Saturday 13 June and it's PACKED full of sessions and opportunities for our members and the wider movement. Last change for tickets 👉 buff.ly/O8U0KlJ – sponsored by The Co-operative Bank 👏
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Jun 3
Interested in live investment opportunities?
New Community Share offers with the standard mark from @MaydaySaxonvale @ECOEtalk & @HullPubSociety added to our directory of offers here
uk.coop/share-offers
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Jun 2
Hull’s first and only community-owned pub launches share offer to create one-of-a-kind function room
hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hul…
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May 20
We've updated our listings of live and current community share offers with the Standard Mark inc:
⭐Staffordshire Community Energy
⭐Low Carbon Hub
⭐ICOF Community Capital
uk.coop/start-new-co-op/supp…
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May 6
A new resource outlining the benefits of using the Community Shares Standard Mark to develop high-quality share offers that attract investment, promote sustainable growth, and align with their community mission. Link in comments..
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May 6
Inc..
What is the Standard Mark?
Why should societies aim for the Standard Mark?
Who has been awarded the Standard Mark?
The process for a share offer to be awarded the Standard Mark
How to fund the Standard Mark?
Why use the Standard Mark?
How to get started
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Apr 23
💰What tax relief incentives can you offer on a community share offer to encourage bigger investments?
Read our blog and take a look at our upcoming training to find out more:
uk.coop/blog/unlocking-bigge…
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Apr 23
With our ICC Share Offer, we are building a co-operative future.
In the last 32 years, our revolving loan fund has provided sustainability and support to 85 organisations safeguarding vital community assets - with no lending losses reported in our most recent...
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Apr 21
Need investment in your share offer?
Match investment from our partner Community Shares ICOF are still available through the Booster Fund.
See more and how to apply here:
uk.coop/resources/booster-fu…
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Apr 14
✉️Latest email newsletter went out yesterday with info on training, grants and tax relief, you can read it here:
co-operativesuk.cmail20.com/…
and sign up to future ones here:
linktr.ee/comshares
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Apr 13
New blog and training session on tax reliefs available for community share offers to encourage larger investments.
Examples show investments of £10k can be possible:
uk.coop/blog/unlocking-bigge…
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Mar 18
💰New training on Tax Reliefs for community shares. We know tax relief can have a big impact on the amount raised, find out more in our training session:
uk.coop/events-and-training/…
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Mar 17
Get the know-how!
New training: Using community shares – the differences for CBSs and Co-operatives
uk.coop/events-and-training/…
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Mar 15
Join us and Ethex in two days to find out more about our ICC Share Offer 2026!
Bring a cuppa and tune in to hear from our Operations and FCA Compliance Manager Alain Demontoux, and learn more about how your money can support the growth of ...
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Mar 16
Breathing new, energy‑efficient life into a much‑loved #Birmingham community hub with community shares by Birmingham Friends of the Earth
uk.coop/case-studies/friends…
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Feb 26
Open from today until the 31st May 2026 - our share offer to help communities save the places they can’t afford to lose!
We are delighted to announce that our ICOF Community Capital (ICC) 2026 share offer is now open on impact investing platform Ethex buff.ly/r8mygRE ⬇️
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Feb 5
New - Community Shares Booster Fund development grant deadlines and upcoming pause to applications. Read more here:
uk.coop/support-your-co-op/c…
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Feb 5
We will pause new Expressions of Interest for development grants on 27 March 2026.
Applications for development grants will need to be submitted before 1 April 2026.
Applications for match investment will continue beyond April 2026.
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