CCIN AGM & Celebration of Cooperative Innovation 2026

CCIN members will gather for our Annual General Meeting to set the network’s strategic direction for the coming year. Member-led, transparent and focused on what matters most to co-operative councils.

CELEBRATION OF COOPERATIVE INNOVATION
Tuesday 10 February 2026 – Thursday 12 February 2026
Sessions: 10 am & 2 pm each day

A series of 90-minute online workshops exploring the challenges and opportunities facing our members right now. Each session is practical, participatory and action-focused.

Topics will include:
Community Wealth Building –  Join Sarah Longlands, Chief Executive – CLES and Simon Grove-White, Senior Researcher – CLES and Co-Author of the CCIN’s Social Value Toolkit, as they help CCIN Members explore how Community Wealth Building principles translate into day-to-day council decisions on procurement, employment, land use and anchor institution partnerships.

Councils Coop Development Toolkit – You know the Coop Option exists. The question is: does it work for your service, in your political and financial context, with your staff and communities?

Care Experience as a protected characteristic – Calls For Evidence – Be part of the CCIN’s Policy Lab to develop resources and tools for local authorities to treat Care Experience as a protected characteristic.

Pride in Place Regeneration Boards –  With over 56 Neighbourhoods across 25 CCIN Member Authorities, having potential access to £1bn in the next 10 years, it’s essential that Local Authorities play their part in encouraging and supporting a community partnership working.
Regeneration boards can be transformative or tokenistic. The difference often comes down to whether communities genuinely shape decisions or just observe them.

CCIN Policy Project 2025/26 Application Launch and Advice Clinic – CCIN’s Policy Labs have tested new approaches to participation, budgeting, climate action and more – but the best ideas often come from councils wrestling with problems right now, with the added benefit of securing financial support to test, learn and review.