Newcastle Co-op Campaign Day In 2024 local elections are taking place across the UK and Co-operation is on the ballot! In the run up to polling day, we need to do our part to reach as many voters as we can so we can help get fantastic co-operators elected in every community. So join us […]

Black History Month: Celebrating our Sisters Join us as the Co-operative Party marks 2023's Black History Month and highlights our pioneering black women who have blazed a trail as co-operators and in their communities... This year's BHM theme of 'Celebrating Our Sisters' recognises the leadership, talent, and impact that black women have played in shaping […]

From fringe events to actions at our stall, there's plenty of ways to get involved with us at Labour Conference.

Action on Retail Crime There is an endemic of crime on our high streets. According to new data released by the Co-op earlier this summer, criminal acts in retail stores have jumped 35% since the start of the year, with more than 175,000 incidents recorded – amounting to almost 1,000 incidents a day. Frontline store workers […]

A Fairer System for UK Housing Britain is in the midst of a housing crisis, with rents soaring, leaseholders exploited, people priced out of home ownership whilst failing to provide adequate housing at reasonable rent. The Co-operative Party believes delivering a new housing system that is more equitable, higher quality and more affordable for the […]

Fan owned football clubs The Co-operative Party and movement has been campaigning for increasing fan ownership of football clubs for over 20 years.  The social role of football clubs is integral to many communities - giving people the chance to own their club increases their connection with it, generating a shared responsibility to sustaining 'their' club […]

Co-op Party Campaign Day with Kim McGuinness and Susan Dungworth and special guest Lisa Nandy MP On Thursday 4th May, elections are taking place across the UK and Co-operation is on the ballot! In the run up to polling day, we need to do our part to reach as many voters as we can so […]

Expanding Employment Ownership At the Co-operative Party, we know that employee-owned businesses are more resilient, fairer to the workers, and contribute far beyond their size and drive a fundamentally fairer economy and across the UK, the Employee Ownership sector increased by 30% last year and the Party is committed to ensuring a Labour & Co-operative […]

Co-operation Live Wales: Retail Crime Nobody should be afraid to go to work or to shop on their local high street. Yet soaring levels of retail crime have seen shopworkers face appalling levels of violence and abuse at work. To make matters worse, stats show that 71% of serious retail crime in the UK is […]

Co-operation Live: International Day of Persons with Disabilities Co-operative Party members are invited to this online event highlighting the annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities, established by the United Nations to raise awareness about the challenges faced by persons with disabilities and to promote their full and equal participation in all aspects of society. […]

with Anna Turley, Chris McEwan and Matt Storey In 2024 elections are taking place across the UK and Co-operation is on the ballot! In the run up to polling day, we need to do our part to reach as many voters as we can so we can help get fantastic co-operators elected in every community. […]

Co-op Party Live - Local: Warm & Welcome community spaces The ongoing cost of living crisis continues to hit communities hard with many people having to choose to turn off their heating for substantial times of the day or not to put the heating on at all.  Last winter, the Co-operative Party worked with the […]

Co-op Party Live: Training Digital Campaigning Running visible and effective local campaigns today means more than delivering messages on the doorstep and through the postbox. It also means delivering messages online, in the spaces where voters are increasingly spending their time, engaging with communities, and consuming news and opinions. Campaigning using digital should be an […]

Co-op Party Live: Policy Retail Crime Retail crime is a scourge on our high streets which has a profound cost not just on retailers but the shopworkers who are too often forced to endure this criminality.  Throughout 2023 , reports from across the retail sector demonstrate the extent to which this crisis is escalating, with […]

Co-op Party Live Wales: Welsh Labour Leadership Hustings The 2024 Welsh Labour leadership election is due to take place later this spring to select Mark Drakeford's successor as leader of Welsh Labour. Co-operative Party members from across Wales are invited to join this online-only facilitated hustings with the 2 candidates: Vaughan Gething MS and Jeremy Miles MS being held […]

Co-op Party Live: Training How to phone bank Part of running an effective local campaign means delivering messages by speaking to voters on the phone. With local elections taking place this May as well as a General Election sometime in 2024, the Co-operative Party invites its members to this online training event on how to […]

Co-op Party Live Regional: North West Meet your Co-operative Candidates for Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield & Warrington Oliver Ryan, is the Labour & Co-operative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield and Sarah Hall is the PCC for Warrington South. Show your support for Oliver and Sarah by joining this online-only event to hear […]

Co-op Party Live Scotland: Developing a Scottish policy platform for 2026 With Scottish Parliamentary elections scheduled in 2026, this is the first in a series of discussions for members of the Scottish Co-operative Party to consult as we devise our policy platform for the next Scottish parliament. With speakers Paul Sweeney MSP, Ruth Hall and […]

Co-op Party Live: Policy Community Energy For too long, our energy has been produced and owned abroad – enriching oligarchs and multinational oil and gas companies. Meanwhile our bills have soared to record highs.  There has never been a more important moment to invest in cheap, clean renewable energy produced and owned right here in […]

The Co-operative Party BAME Network is holding a Holocaust Memorial Day online policy forum event on "The Fragility of Freedom: co-operative perspectives on racism and antisemitism", on Saturday 27 January 2024, 6pm to 8pm. We'd like to hear from BAME members who could speak on any of the following topics: Eroding freedom (e.g. freedom of […]

Co-op Party Live: Training How to mobilise members Part of running a visible and engaging local campaign means delivering and sharing messages on the doorstep, through the postbox and via phonebanks.  Engaging your local Co-op Party's members and asking them to give their time to help and support their local candidate, is key to achieving […]

Co-op Party Live Wales: Meet your local PPC Jackie Jones, is the Labour & Co-operative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Ceredigion Preseli In advance of our campaign day, join us on Zoom to your support for Jackie by joining this online-only event to hear more about her campaign for election.

Co-op Party Live - Local Government: Build your own Co-operative Manifesto Want to put co-operative principles and policies at the heart of your local manifesto, but unsure where to start?  The Co-operative Party's “Build your own Co-operative Manifesto” tool will help you select co-operative ideas for your manifesto that will tackle the issues your community […]

Co-op Party Live: information for new Members Are you a new member of The Co-operative Party? Join us on Zoom for our online New Members Event to find out more about what our party is about, the issues we're campaigning and how you can get more involved in what is going to be one the […]

Co-op Party Live: Training Constituency Labour Party (CLP) member mobilisation With local elections taking place this May as well as a General Election sometime in 2024, the Co-operative Party is delighted to welcome representatives from Labour Party CLP's as they share their mobilisation strategies on how we can encourage our members and supports to help […]

Co-op Party Live Regional: South West Meet your Co-operative Candidates for Truro and Falmouth Jayne Kirkham, is the Labour & Co-operative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Truro and Falmouth.  Ahead of our Co-op Party campaign day, join Alice on Zoom to discuss her campaign and the local and national issues that may be raised.

Co-op Party Live: Policy Co-op Growth We want to build a fairer, greener, more democratic economy by growing the number of co-ops in every sector. But this won't happen by accident – we need to keep making the case for co-ops and their role in our economy.  Research shows that employee-owned firms have been far […]

Co-op Party Live Regional: East of England Meet your Co-operative Candidates for Norwich North Alice MacDonald, is the Labour & Co-operative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Norwich North.  Ahead of our Co-op Party campaign day, join Alice on Zoom to discuss her campaign and the local and national issues that may be raised.

with Cllr Emma Hoddinott, Jim McMahon MP, Jeevan Jones and Cllr Eva Murray Are you heading to Labour’s Local Government Conference in Warwick? The Co-operative Party will be hosting a fringe event, "Building Local Ownership: Co-operative solutions to transform our communities” taking place on Sunday 11th February at 1.45pm at RAD SPACE 2A, Radcliffe House, […]