LGBTQ+ Co-operators Council The Council is elected by LGBTQ+ members of the Co-operative Party. The current members have been elected to serve for 2025 / 2026: Leonie Cooper Rhys Goode Zach Griffiths Tom Laing Heather McKay (Secretary) Jordan Milward Angharad Roberts (Chair) NEC Rep: Ashley Halstead Join the Network The Network is open to all members who identify as LGBTQ+. To receive updates and invites from the Network you need to update your Equalities information - click here to tell us you identify as LGBTQ+. Get in touch Click here to email the LGBTQ+ Co-operators Council. LGBTQ+ Co-operators is open for all LGBTQ+ members of the Co-operative Party. We aim to: Encourage LGBTQ+ people to become active members of the Co-operative Party Support the promotion of more LGBTQ+ candidates internally in the Co-operative Party and for public office at all levels Campaign for full legal and social equality for LGBTQ+ people Facilitate engagement between LGBTQ+ people in all parts of the co-operative movement to support appropriate practical and policy responses to the needs of LGBTQ+ communities Reports from LGBTQ+ NEC Rep To read reports from Ashley Halstead, the LGBTQ+ representative on the Co-operative Party's NEC, click the links below. NEC AGM Report, July 2023 Contents