🧵 ...don't miss the People's Assembly on The Future of Public Media with @TimeToAssemble_ @TrustThePeople1 and @XRebellionUK One of this year's highlights!

🧵 HUGE thank you to our sponsors! 🥰 @PressJusticeNow @Media__Rev @impress_org @newint @ima_press and MeCCSA

🧵 and... @Hamza_a96 @demos @CommunityShares @newscord_org @EdwinThomasJ @lingoliz @TMChivers @debsgrayson @decentpartners @TheBristolCable

Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley is supporting a #crowdfunding campaign to buy, refurbish and reopen an 18th century village pub, the Rose & Thistle in Haddenham. It's been closed since 2019. The ambitious target is to sell £750,000 of #communityshares. oxfordmail.co.uk/news/261205…

💥 2,000 members 🎶 £1 million raised 🏛️ Iconic music venues saved! ⏳ Only 8 hours to go and Music Venue Properties has raised more than £1 million in community shares to #OwnOurVenues! 🎹 🦚 We’re proud that the @ComShares Booster Fund – managed by us at Co‑operatives UK – is backing this incredible campaign with a £20K match equity investment offer. 💸 ❤️‍🔥 More than 2,000 people are now co‑owners. That’s the power of co‑operation. 💪🎶 🔗 Find out more about their share offer: OwnOurVenues.co.uk #CommunityShares #Coops #GrassrootsMusic #CommunityOwnership #BenCom

Def next on my to watch list. Finally a rec of something to watch. Fun fact about me: I don’t want tv… Like over the years I stopped watching tv and went to watching yotuube videos. Then I jujst stopped watching youtube videos also. Becasue I felt like there was nothing to watch. I would love to know what youtube videos yall watch and channels yall follow. #CommunityShares

Just 5 days left to join Headingley Investment Fund 2025!⏳ empowering local people to invest ethically and sustainably in their own community & earn interest up to 4% interest. Link in bio! #CommunityInvestment #Ethical #CommunityShares #Headingley #InvestmentFund #ClosingSoon

Great day at @CooperativesUK & @ComShares yesterday workshopping the future of #communityshares. So many inspiring stories and people. We talked about our Headingley Investment Fund #HIF2025 as it passed £100k. Can you help us to £200k? More here 👉crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hif25

Here’s a video for our new #CommunityShares offer Headingley Investment Fund #HIF2025. Find out more and how to invest at crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hif25. Please share and help us reach our target ⁦@CooperativesUK⁩ ⁦@alexsobel⁩ ⁦@localitynews⁩ 🙏 youtu.be/BRPLEzvUl84

The Headingley Investment Fund HIF2025 is open. Find out more at hdtleeds.org.uk/investment-f… Invest at crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hif25 #Headingley #HIF2025 #CommunityShares #Crowdfunding

⭐️ Great news for community business! ⭐️ 📢 We’re announcing extensions to TWO funds that support community share offers: 1️⃣ The @ComShares Booster Fund is extending its support throughout 2025 and beyond, thanks to a new tranche of funding from @si_access: ✅ £360,000 for match equity investment ✅ £200,000 for development grants 2️⃣ The application timeline for the Energy Efficiency Sharematch Fund has been extended! The fund, which we deliver in partnership with @crowdfunderuk, supports societies investing in low carbon measures via community share offers. And they’ve now got until March 2026 to raise the capital to be matched by the Fund! 🔎 More info 👉 buff.ly/WoYJqHQ #CommunityBusiness #ComShares #CommunityShares #SocialInvestment #Cooperatives #CommunityOwned #LowCarbon #EcoFriendly #Sustainability #EnvironmentallyFriendly

Can you help our members @bramleybaths reach their fundraising target by the end of February? The Baths are selling Community Shares to raise funds to repair the roof and install energy saving solutions. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bramley-… #crowdfunding #CommunityShares #Bramley

Did you hear our Jennie on BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon on the Gayle Lofthouse show? If you missed it, check out the link below and here about our Raise the Roof campaign👇 (around 2 hours 17 minutes in😉) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k0nl… #communityshares #comshares @CooperativesUK

Who spotted us in the evening post this week 🙌 @BramleyMermaids looking great #communityshares @CooperativesUK

🔍 What’s one underrated coin that’s on your radar right now? Don’t keep those secrets to yourself! #HiddenGems #CryptoTips #CommunityShares

🚨Community Shares Update🚨 3 weeks since launching our share offer- raised over £90K—75% of our £120K stretch target! 🎯 Other funding initiatives: 💻Crowdfunding has been launched! 🕺🏻💃 Don’t forget our Fundraiser Dinner on 26th October! 🎉 #CommunityShares #BTSC #Fundraiser

📜Do you work in GOVERNANCE for a co‑op? Want to make it more effective and successful? ✅ Join us at Practitioners Forum on 20 November at @studiovenues in Manchester to boost your skills, knowledge and expertise. Sessions include: ⭐️ Neurodiversity guidance for boards – providing you with tools to support neurodivergent people in the boardroom. ⭐️ Law Commission consultation – meet Dr Nathan Tamblyn of @Law_Commission to help shape a landmark consultation for improving co‑operative law. ⭐️ Ask the experts – put your questions to our panel from @CommunityShares, @ACSLLP and@CooperativesUK 🤩 You can also mix and match with other sessions throughout the day on HR, Membership, Communications and Finance too. Sign up now! 👉 buff.ly/3TmzWkk Proudly sponsored by @CivicaUK 👍 #Coops #CoopPF

I just unlocked ownership in my favorite online communities! 🚀 Join me on @dapps_co to turn your follows into real stakes. Early access is limited - who's in? #OwnYourWeb3 #CommunityShares #dapps

🎉 We’re pleased that Co-operatives UK is repping #coops and #comshares at @StirToAction’s ABCs Festival in #Bristol – happening now! If you’re there, come and say hello 👋 #democraticeconomy #workercoops #communityshares #cooperatives #communityowned #workerowned

Our community share offer launches today! Become an owner from £50 on @crowdfunderuk at: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/twoqueen… There's also the option to invest by subscription from £5/month - forms.gle/WkBEmdKoRrXZfyzg7 Save a Vital Space for New Art to Thrive in Leicester #communityshares