workers.coop has been created to meet the needs of freelancer and worker co-ops.

workers.coop is member-led and driven and is a democratic work in progress. The federation needs to become sustainable through the input of the members. It is formed of working groups who carry out and drive forward our strategy and deliver the bulk of activities. There are many ways to play an active role in the federation.

If you want to get involved in any part of making this federation meet you or your co-ops needs, like:

  • Joining our Comms Goup to make web pages like this more engaging
  • Helping us design and deliver our member support programmes
  • Hosting or particpating in one of our peer learning networks
  • Creating, planning or taking an action in one of our campaigns

You can.

Ways to get involved

There are many ways to get involved. Choose which area you’d like to know more about to sign-up.

Join a working group
  • Co-op Support & Development – requires at least 2 additional members
    • Meetings 3rd Thurs p.m. of every other month (Feb, April, June etc.)
    • Work commitment: min. 1.5hr meeting every other month
  • Movement Building – open to new members
    • Monthly meetings last Wednesday of the month
    • Work commitment: 1hr meeting every month
  • Communications – looking for additional members
    • Monthly meetings 3rd Thursday p.m. of the month
    • Work commitment: 1.5 hr meeting every month, or equivalent time on discrete tasks
  • International solidarity (Join the Forum)
  • Digital infrastructure
  • People, Policy and Culture
  • Co-ops and Anti-Racism (email kate[at]cooperantics.co.uk)
    • Monthly meetings on Wednesday a.m.
  • Events planning (sign up via this page)
    • Currently organising Worker Co-op Weekend 2025 (May), with ad hoc meeting times
    • Do as much or as little as you want, from overall project management to taking on organising one aspect such as workshop offering or bar.
Play a strategic role in workers.coop
  • Join a strategic working group like Co-op Support and Development, or Movement Building.
  • Run for the Board.
    • Any member of a worker co-op can run
    • Next election for the July 2025 AGM
    • Commitment: Monthly Board meetings and a couple in-person thinky days per year
Take on a task or role

Take on a task or a role. From a 30 minute policy share to a temporary role editing our Newsletter, there are a number of discrete tasks and roles members’ can carry out. The federation is member-driven and grassroots and we want it to stay that way so we need many of us doing some things sometimes. Help us grow the worker co-op movement by taking on a task or role, we’ve broken them down by time involved.

Join a peer network

Become a member to get involved in one of our peer member networks or start your own. To join the peer network simply attend the next peer networking session. All upcoming events and activities are on the Events page of the website. Topics are member driven and represent areas of need for worker co-ops.

  • HR peer network
    • Topics-based sessions. Topics are chosen according to members’ need and interest. Sometimes a co-op/org/individual will be invited to share knowledge around a particular issue to start the conversation. If you’d like to lead on a session topic or suggest topics email mira@
  • Governance peer network
    • Topics-based sessions. Topics are chosen according to members’ need and interest. Sometimes a co-op/org/individual will be invited to share knowledge around a particular issue for peer learning. If you’d like to lead on a session topic or suggest topics email mira@
  • Marketing peer network
    • Informal peer support sessions. This is a catch-all hour for anyone who does any type of marketing work for their worker co-op to gain peer support, talk about ups and downs, bring a particular problem to the group, or share practices.
  • Business Development Network
  • Wholefood Wholesalers Network
  • Bike Industry Network
  • Therapy Network
For individuals who aren’t part of a worker co-op
  • You can become a registered supporter of workers.coop by joining SolidFund, the worker co-op solidarity fund, for £1/week. Info here.
  • You can still join some working groups. You will be eligible for the ‘worker member’ category of membership (for individuals not co-ops) if you have on-going participation in one of the working groups. Email secretary@ to apply.
  • Participate in on-going campaigns e.g. Co-op Fortnight and solidarity initiatives through International working group

Or just reach out to us by saying hello and how you want to help on our forum.

This quarter workers.coop really needs help with…

  • 2 new members for Co-op Support and Development working group
  • Fundraising – contact john[at]workers.coop
  • Organising the Worker Co-op Weekend 2025 so that it’s even bigger and better than last year – express capacity via this page