Proud to help Co-op Members show solidarity with Ukraine
Co-op Members can now donate the Rewards they earn in store to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, through the Co-op Foundation
Laying the Foundations for an exciting 2022
Co-op Foundation CEO, Nick, blogs about our impact and learning in 2021 and looks forward to an exciting year ahead.
Flexible funding matters
We care deeply about how our funding can empower people. That’s why we made eight pledges to be a better funder in 2021 through IVAR.
Staying social despite the distance
Community spaces lie at the heart of local areas. They provide a place for people to connect, co-operate and develop support networks.
This is why, in 2019, the Co-op Foundation launched ‘Space to Connect’ – a £1.6m partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to fund organisations that wanted to improve and protect local spaces and reduce social isolation. It ran between until 2021 and supported 57 community organisations. Projects ranged from community trusts to youth clubs, arts centres, and city farms.
Where there’s #iwill there’s a way
Our #iwill Fund partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is our oldest such collaboration. We’re proud to have supported partners to engage young people in high quality social action since mid-2018.
As we mark #iwill Week 2021 – and as we launch our #iwill Fund interim learning report – we look back on this partnership and review what we’ve achieved and learned, particularly in the past year.
Acting fast and funding flexibly to help tackle the refugee crisis
Nick Crofts, CEO of Co-op Foundation, talks about our biggest single donation to Refugee Action in response to the Afghan Refugee crisis.
Guest blog: Pioneering digital and social innovation through the Federation Programme
Linda Humphries, Founder of Paper Frogs, tells us why the Federation programme is so important and what to expect from phase two.
Building on the lessons of 2020 for a fairer future with a co-operative difference
Co-op Foundation CEO, Nick Crofts, blogs for the first time in his new to share our highlights and learning from a 2020 like no other.
Building our understanding of ethnic diversity in tech
Our partner, Annette Joseph, explains how profit and innovation in tech can be increased by understanding the experiences of people of colour, and tackling racial inequality
We’re celebrating a record-breaking 12 months
Blog: 2018 was a year to remember for the Co-op Foundation. With the support of Co-op colleagues and members as well as major new funding partnerships, we almost trebled our income to help us make a bigger impact than ever.
How young people’s voices help us allocate funding
Blog: Listening to the communities we serve and ensuring they have a voice in what matters to them is one of our key commitments to democracy.
The Charity Digital Code of Practice – why this matters to you
Blog: Jamie Ward-Smith, Chair of the Co-op Foundation and co-founder of Do-it.org, the UK’s first digital volunteering service, explains why the new Charity Digital Code of Practice launched today will help charities connect with their audiences better than ever…
We’re recruiting four new Trustees
Blog: Bringing more diverse skills and backgrounds to our Board will help us prepare for the next phase of our charity’s development. Could you be part of this?
#ValuesinAction – the heart of our Co-op difference
In our final blog for Co-operatives Fortnight 2018, we look at how putting our values into action adds up to our #coopdifference …
#ValuesInAction – Helping young care leavers tackle loneliness together at the Co-operative College
In our penultimate blog for Co-operatives Fortnight on how our values guide everything we do, we look at how our funding for the Co-operative College is helping young care leavers come together to tackle loneliness …