Public Sector

Patients groups in Oxfordshire join forces to create new consumer champion – to delight of Prime Minister

Patients’ groups in Oxfordshire have joined forces in a bid to create a new consumer champion for the county – a move that has received a ringing endorsement from Prime Minister David Cameron. Representatives of 14 voluntary and community sector organisations … Continue reading

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Showcase season for West Midlands co-operatives

A series of summer and autumn events – including a run-past by the Olympic Torch – will showcase and celebrate co-operative enterprises in the West Midlands during the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives. Midlands Co-operative Society and NHS foundation trusts … Continue reading

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Community centres join forces to secure future

Ten grassroots charities working in Sandwell, at the heart of the industrial Black Country, have joined forces to secure their future – by co-operating. With the help of development agency Co-operative Futures, ten community centres in the borough of Sandwell … Continue reading

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Fantastic Mr Fox joins economic partnership

On the outskirts of Chippenham is a glass-fronted building where some of the country’s youngest CEOs rub shoulders. Seventeen and 18 year olds chair board meetings, win contracts and pore over business strategies. But this isn’t a cutting edge tech … Continue reading

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Kalabash sets the tempo for care in Gloucester

RADICAL changes to the way social care is funded are leading more and more providers to set up co-operatives in a bid to face the challenges of personalisation budgets head-on. Forced to adopt a more business-like approach to care delivery, … Continue reading

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A co-operative future for public services?

An alternative way of providing public services in the wake of the most savage council spending cuts in Birmingham’s history was explored at a conference on Saturday (March 19). The Co-operative Council – The Future of Public Service Delivery helped … Continue reading

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