10th March, 2021 / Andrew
What is Good Help? Good Help is a way of working with people that builds their confidence and purpose; helping them to plan and take the actions that move them towards that purpose and enabling them to build their skills to improve their life circumstances. Good Help is highly co-operative. It is focused on the ...
27th January, 2020 / Nicola, CCIN
27 January 2020 – A NEW report is calling for further support for co-operatives in Greater Manchester to ensure the city-region stays at the forefront of co-operative development and bring even greater economic benefits to the local community. Greater Manchester is home of the co-operative movement, with The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers being established ...
19th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
The Knowsley Supported Internship Programme commenced in 2016 and aims to prepare young people with a learning difficulty and / or disability for employment. The programme is a partnership between Knowsley Council and Knowsley Community College, working with local employers to provide 12 month’s work experience to help young people find sustainable employment in the ...
19th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
In 2018 the Co-operative College received a grant from The Co-operative Foundation through the #iwill fund to deliver a pilot project to tackle youth loneliness in Greater Manchester. We were asked to look at how we could expand this project to other communities across the country and took the opportunity to work with Co-operatives UK ...
19th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
Rochdale is the birthplace of the co-operative movement and the town is currently undergoing a co-operative resurgence. The Co-operative College is playing a key role in supporting Rochdale Council, other anchor institutions and the local community, to draw on learnings from its co-operative heritage to develop a fairer town for everyone. Alongside the Council, Rochdale ...
16th May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
In May 2018, the new Labour administration made a commitment to revitalise the Armed Forces Covenant in Plymouth. It was at its outset a vibrant challenging partnership made up of individuals and organisations who wanted to express their support for the military and veteran community. However, numbers attending the Covenant meetings were dwindling and at ...
2nd May, 2019 / Nicola, CCIN
The Salford Skills Business Apprenticeship Fund is believed to be the first Public/Private/Third Sector partnership of its kind which gifts on a city-wide basis. This trailblazing Fund is investing in apprenticeship training within SMEs to help create more quality and sustainable apprenticeship roles for Salford residents. The fund also helps existing employers close skill gaps ...
5th April, 2018 / Nicola, CCIN
A new employment partnership group has been set up between Greenwich Local Labour and Business (GLLaB), JobCentre Plus Woolwich and Peabody. GLLaB is a service operated by the Council that works to support local residents into employment through training and matching skills of its clients to opportunities. This follows work to implement the recommendations of ...
5th October, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Following a review of the Salford Equality Network’s (SEqN) priorities at its 6 October 2015 meeting, six task and finish groups were established charged with undertaking a refresh of a particular issue or theme that had been highlighted. One of these issues was focused upon ‘Maximising Opportunities’, which was about identifying the range of services ...
26th June, 2017 / Nicola, CCIN
Because of Glasgow’s work to become an economic powerhouse for the green economy, we now have the largest number of renewables jobs of anywhere in Scotland. A green jobs strategy is being drawn up as a key element of the city’s new economic strategy and again it has a major emphasis on well paid jobs ...
9th July, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
What is the Oldham Enterprise Trust? The Oldham Enterprise Trust (sometimes referred to as a Fund) is an innovative co-operative partnership between the Oldham Business Leadership Group, Oldham Council, the Business Growth Hub, Business Finance Solutions and Blue Orchid that delivers a combined funding and business support offer unique to Oldham.The Trust was established in ...
30th June, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
Oldham’s Fair Employment Charter Building on the success of previous co-operative campaigns such as Fair Energy and Fares Fair, Fair Employment is one of the Council’s latest campaigns to secure a fairer deal for Oldham residents. The Fair Employment Charter (FEC) reflects our ambition to do more than just reduce the number of unemployed residents ...
9th June, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
www.1000club.co.uk Plymouth City Council is a Co-operative Council, central to this are our values of Fairness, Partnership, Democracy and Responsibility which we believe will result in a fair city where everyone does their bit. All our initiatives focused on improving the economy, therefore reflect these co-operative values. The 1000 Club is a prime example ...
6th June, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
Background Increasing financial inclusion is a council priority and a financial inclusion strategy was adopted by Cabinet in 2009 to shape this work. The purpose of the strategy was that: Norwich City Council will work with key organisations from the public, private and third sectors to ensure that all residents in Norwich have the resources ...
6th June, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
Co-operation is at the heart of Fairtrade, and as a co-operative council we are committed to doing as much as possible to support and promote Fairtrade in the borough. The Council, along with a number of schools, businesses and organisations have agreed to work together and in 2013 launched the Telford and Wrekin Fairtrade Alliance. ...
2nd June, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
Edinburgh has a long history of supporting social enterprises to grow and be sustainable. Social enterprise can take innovative approaches to the development of products and services in combination with delivering social and environmental benefits. Edinburgh’s social enterprise sector operates across a wide range of areas. Key characteristics include: comprises over 120 organisations; involves over ...
21st May, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
Our vision for York is of a city that works together to benefit everyone to ensure prosperity and drive innovation, now and in the future. To do this, we need to give local people choice and control over their services and make the most of the resources we have as a city. We have the ...
19th May, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
Salford Credit Union is seeking to become the lender of choice for everyone who lives or works in Salford, after developing its visibility through a close partnership with the Council, registered social landlords and community organisations. Salford Credit Union was a well kept secret. Then its new Board in 2012 made working with partners a ...
29th April, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
The Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) is one of Glasgow City Council’s leading 2014 Legacy projects and was introduced in 2009 following Glasgow’s successful bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games. When introduced the Leader of Glasgow City Council (GCC) gave a commitment to expand long-term careers opportunities for young people in the city. The key ...
29th April, 2014 / Nicola, CCIN
Glasgow City Council introduced its Community Benefits (CB) policy in 2008 to maximise the social and economic impact of public sector spend for the city hosting the Commonwealth Games. The policy focuses on; employment and training opportunities for the hardest to reach groups the advertising of business opportunities for Glasgow Small and Medium –sized Enterprises ...
