South West Peninsula Co-operative Party Council in association with Devon Labour Forum and Devon & Somerset SERA Invite you to their Summer Conference on securing Food Justice for our region, our country, our  world On Saturday, 1st July from 10.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. at Exeter Labour Party , 26B Clifton Hill, Exeter. EX1 2JD Speakers include: Jim […]

Ahead of the next General Election, Co-operative Party candidates are working hard to ensure our co-operative values and principles are being shared in constituencies right across the country. We know we have the answers to many of the challenges we face, and providing a strong voice in Westminster is a key part of our Party’s […]

Co-op Party at Durham Miners Gala On Saturday 8th July join Co-op Party members at the Durham Miners Gala We will be taking part in the march through Durham and will also have a stall to promote our work. More details with meeting points will be sent closer to the event so sign up now […]

Ahead of the next General Election, Co-operative Party candidates are working hard to ensure our co-operative values and principles are being shared in constituencies right across the country. We know we have the answers to many of the challenges we face, and providing a strong voice in Westminster is a key part of our Party’s […]

Summer School: Getting the most from your membership We're powered by the time and energy of our members, who are based in communities right across the UK. Sometimes though, it's not always the easiest to know how to get involved and what support we can give to help you along the way. As one of […]

Join us on Monday 17th July 2023 from 7.30 – 9pm as the Co-operative Party's (dis)Ability Network hold a Zoom webinar assessing the impact of the Spring Budget 2023 Heath and Disability White Paper on disabled people. Whilst the proposed changes to reduce and tailor the number of assessments required for individual benefits to be […]

Marking South Asian Heritage Month Join us for what will be an enjoyable and inspiring evening as we come together for South Asian Heritage Month The Co-operative Party Black, Asian, Minority (BAME) Network invites you to join us for a special free event on 18th July 2023 from 5pm to 7pm in Committee Room 8, […]

Summer School: Introduction to Local Government We're powered by the time and energy of our members, who are based in communities right across the UK. Sometimes though, it's not always the easiest to know how to get involved and what support we can give to help you along the way. As one of the thousands […]

Over the last decade, the UK’s social care system has entered into a deep crisis, which fails to deliver for care recipients, their families and staff. In recent years, new not-for-profit co-operative solutions have emerged which seek to provide high quality care for patients and better wages and conditions for staff. Join us on Wednesday […]

Summer School: Working with Labour We're powered by the time and energy of our members, who are based in communities right across the UK. Sometimes though, it's not always the easiest to know how to get involved and what support we can give to help you along the way. As one of the thousands of […]

The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs or Global Goals) are well-known and form part of our obligations to support developing countries. Less well-known is that they apply domestically. The second SDG is 'zero hunger by 2030'.  Despite this obligation, food poverty appears to be increasing not decreasing. The impact of the pandemic and the cost […]

Equalities at the Heart of Co-operation: Co-operative Party Equalities Conference 2023 is dedicated to the work of the Co-operative Party's member-led Equalities Networks, addressing intersectional themes. This year's event will take place online on Saturday 9th September 2023. In a change to previous advertisement, the conference will be livestreamed on the Co-operative Party's website, rather than […]

Please register in advance of the event below.

Date The 2023 Annual Conference of the Co-operative Party AMBITION FOR CHANGE will take place from Monday 18th to Friday 29th September. Venue: Online-only Conference timeline: w/c 18 September: on ZOOM @ 6.30pm Monday 18: Westminster Parliamentary Report Tuesday 19: Holyrood Parliamentary Report Wednesday 20: Cardiff Bay Senedd Report Thursday 21: Fringe event with FairGame Saturday […]

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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 […]