A practical home for UK co-ops
Good things happen
when we own them together.
Explore co-operatives, learn from the movement and find a useful next step for your own co-op.
Independent resources, practical tools and specialist signposts. Built by OpsHelp.
01 · From an idea
Start a co-op
Work through purpose, people, viability and the decisions that come before launch.
Find your starting point →02 · Everyday work
Run a co-op
Make membership, decisions, money and shared systems work for the people using them.
Build useful routines →03 · Out in the world
Explore co-ops
Discover organisations and different ways to work, live, trade and participate together.
Explore the directory →The reading room
A little clarity goes a long way.
Practical guidance for decisions you can bring to your next meeting.
Your first co-op founders’ meeting: a useful agenda
Turn an interesting idea into a shared next step, with a practical first-meeting agenda and a short founding-group record.
Governance & membershipCo-op meetings: an agenda and decision log to adapt
Make meetings easier to prepare for and decisions easier to follow, with a practical agenda, decision record and action log.
Starting a co-opYour co-op’s first 90 days of technology
A staged setup plan for founding groups: shared ownership, essential tools, a manageable budget and a tested handover.
SecurityBackups your co-op can actually restore
Identify essential data, choose useful recovery points and rehearse a restore before a lost file becomes a crisis.
From thinking to doing
Make something useful for your co-op.
A meeting agenda. A manageable setup plan. A budget you can discuss. Start with a small practical tool.
Are we ready to start?
Review the founding questions and choose what to discuss next.
What needs attention?
Turn uncertainty about your technology into things to check and actions to take.
What will it cost?
Put recurring and setup costs in the same place before committing to new tools.
Discover the movement
Different people. Shared ownership.
Get to know organisations through their work, location and official sources.
Suma Wholefoods
A worker-owned co-operative supplying vegetarian, organic and responsibly sourced food and household products.
fully mutual housing co-operativeEdinburgh Student Housing Co-operative
A student housing co-operative owned and managed by its resident members.
community benefit societyEgni Co-op
A community-owned society developing rooftop solar projects across Wales.
farmer-owned co-operative societyFane Valley Co-operative Society
A farmer-owned agricultural co-operative operating inputs, animal feed and food businesses.
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