About the event
Co-op Fortnight is an annual celebration of co-operatives and it is our goal to amplify worker co-operatives amongst the various types of co-operatives.
Co-op Fortnight (24 June- 7 July) is the annual celebration of co-operatives and as a federation it goes without saying that we want to focus on worker coperatives amongst the various types of co-operatives. We think worker co-ops are great, so what can we do to put across this message? This fortnight is all about communicating the benefits of worker co-operation and control, so help us raise the profile of mutual ownership through your co-op's platforms.
What are we up to during Co-op Fortnight?
Launching the Worker Co-op booklet, 'Worker What??!! A Short Introduction to worker cooperatives' (digital and print). Members can request print copies by emailing order details to solidarity at workers.coop and they will in future be available to non-members to order.
We also want to share this resource as an example celebrating how the workers.coop Communications group has worked together across multiple worker co-ops with different skills, to produce educational and promotional materials about worker co-ops that makes this accessible to new audiences.
- workers.coop also signed Co-op Uk's Open Letter on Climate Change to lobby politicians ahead of the general election to take action on climate change as a priority. * Please note, this has now been taken down from Co-op UK's campaign pledges so the link no longer works.
How can you get involved?
We are looking to increase the breadth and variety of our image stock and are looking for good quality images of workplaces, worker members at work, goods & services made by worker co-op hands, etc. Send them to solidarity at workers.coop.
- Back Co-op UK's call for co-operative growth by signing the pledge on their website. They say, "We are urging all political parties to commit to co-operative growth. Our lobbying efforts are strengthened every time a co-operative backs the campaign. We'll be contacting the new Prime Minister and government after the general election on 4 July. Please also share invite your members, employees, customers and supporters to back our campaign." More info and how to get involved here.
- Members can personalise and share the #alltogetherdifferent assets found on Co-op UK's website.