SEGRA 2013

The Co-operative College

Chris Cooper, UK Co-operative Collegep p g

Co‐operative College

• Established 1919• Training directors, 

members and managers

• International Programme• Research and Policy

h l d lmembers and managers• Looking after our heritage

• Schools and young people• Innovative learning

www.co‐op.ac.ukwww.youngco‐operatives.coop

Community and Economic Development –the United Nations viewthe United Nations view 

• “Co‐operatives provide vital health, housing and gbanking services; they promote education and gender equality; they g q y; yprotect the environment and workers rights. Through these and aThrough these and a range of other activities they help people better their lives and those oftheir lives and those of their communities.”

Co‐operatives Globally

11

Australia13 5 million13.5 million

Setting the sceneSetting the scene

“The credit crunch and fiscal i i h f d liti lcrisis has freed our political 

imagination from the idea that the investor owned model is the only game in town”

RenaissanceRenaissance

• Policy reviews as well as legislative updates

• Co‐operatives recognised as significant actors in development 

• Recognition of the role of co‐operatives and mutuals in public sector reform

• Recognition that co‐operatives and mutuals are important components of a 21st century economy

The Future of the Co‐operative Movement

CO‐OPERATIVE VALUES AND PRINCIPLESCO‐OPERATIVE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES• Values:

– Self help

• Principles:

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– Self responsibility

– Democracy

– EqualityPrinciples:

– Voluntary and open membership

– Democratic member control

– Member economic participation

– Equity

– Solidarity

– Autonomy and independence

– Education, training and information

– Co‐operation among co‐operatives

C f th it– Concern for the community

CO‐OPERATIVE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

• Values:– Self help

– Self responsibility

D– Democracy

– Equality

– Equity

– Solidarity• Principles:

– Voluntary and open membership

– Democratic member control

M b i ti i ti

Solidarity

– Member economic participation

– Autonomy and independence

– Education, training and information

– Co‐operation among co‐operativesCo operation among co operatives

– Concern for the community

BrandChange the world – Business of choiceBrand Valuesdo business with a

co-operative

People ValuesChange the world – work at a

co-operative

Employer of choice

Ethical ValuesHonesty, Openness, Social

responsibility, Caring for th

Membership organisation of choice

Change the world – join a

othersCo-operative Values

Self Help, Self Responsibility,

of choiceco-operative

p, p y,Democracy, Equality, Equity,

Solidarity

Renaissance – a new generation of co-operatives

En ironmental co• Environmental co-operatives

• Health co operatives• Health co-operatives• Tenant co-operatives

R l it• Rural community co-operatives

• Co operative pubs• Co-operative pubs• Co-operative schools

Retail renewalRetail renewal

• Rebranding• Rebranding

• Restoring membership benefitsbenefits

• Rebuilding membership

• Rebuilding confidence in co• Rebuilding confidence in co‐operation

• Growth through acquisition• Growth through acquisition

• Putting values into practice

Childcare, Eldercare, NursingcareChildcare, Eldercare, Nursingcare

• Childcare services delivered by Midcounties 

Co‐operative Society 

in the UK

• Age Care 

• Nursing Care

Education 

• 605 Co‐operative trust schools plus605 Co operative trust schools plus 85 associate/partner schools – over 100more consulting

• 6 Co‐operative sponsor academies sponsored by the Co‐operative Group – in Manchester Stoke on Trent and LeedsLeeds

• 35 Co‐operative academies

• National network – the Schools Co‐operative Society

• USA, Europe, India, Africa, Australia

HealthcareHealthcare

• UK ‐ 1.9 million members i 144 h it l t tin 144 hospital trusts

• GP and Healthcare

• Elder care• 4 million members in Colombian healthcare co‐ops

• 1, 540,000 people in North American co‐ops in Washington and Idaho

HousingHousing

• Victoria• New South Wales• Western Australia

• Co‐operative housing in A t li B ilAustralia, Brazil, Scandinavia, North America  and in the UK

Producer/Agriculture ‐Murray GoulburnProducer/Agriculture  Murray Goulburn

Leisure, Community Shops and PubsLeisure, Community Shops and Pubs

Old Crown, Hesket Newmarket, Cumbria,

now a co‐operative owned and run by 

b f thmembers from the community – as is the brewery!the brewery!

Working men's clubs

Village halls andVillage halls and centres

SportSport

Barcelona and many of football, rugby and cricket clubs in the Budesliga are owned by their fans – as are a growing number of UKgrowing number of UK football and rugby clubs including Lincoln City, Chesterfield and Rushden and Diamonds

Co‐operative enterpriseCo operative enterprise

• Rural electricity yco‐operatives in the United States supply over 36 million householdshouseholds

• Australia –Water co‐Water co‐operatives

Co‐operative Funeralsp

• I feel the need to write to you ll l k hpersonally to let you know that 

you have been an absolute tower of strength to our familyfamily.

• You've provided my mother, my children and myself with a most comprehensivemost comprehensive, professional, supportive, sensitive and invaluable service...."service....

Co-operative enterpriseCo operative enterprise

• “Co-operatives contribute directly to improve the standards of living ofstandards of living of half the World’s population”.U i d N iUnited Nations

• Members of a worker co-operative who careco operative who care for HIV/AIDS sufferers – South Africa

Photo: Peter Wilson– Photo: Peter Wilson

SEGRA 2013

The Co-operative College

Chris Cooper, UK Co-operative Collegep p g