12th Jan is the launch date for the U.N.- International Year of Co-operatives. - See the press release from Co-ops UK below and the attachment “Lifting the Lid”. You can also watch the live Guardian broadcast on how co-operatives can rebuild British business, here: www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/collaboration-co-operative-business-models
To find out more about the United Nations 2012 International Year of Co-operatives visit the ICA at www.2012.coop or the United Nations at http://social.un.org/coopsyear.
For further information about what is happening in the UK throughout the International Year, visit the Co-operatives UK website atwww.uk.coop/2012.
Follow the action on social media by following @CooperativesUK on Twitter and visit the Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/CooperativesUK
Please visit the Co-operative Futures website http://www.futures.coop/services/events/fc2012/.
New report highlights growth of communities taking renewable energy into their own hands:
www.uk.coop/press-release/new-report-highlights-growth-communities-taking-renewable-energy-their-own-hands
Links:-
* Visit the UK hub for the International Year: www.uk.coop/2012
* Follow @CooperativesUK on Twitter to keep up with the latest
* Order some materials for the International Year from www.uk.coop/2012/order
Are you looking for advice & training, grants or loans? The Co-operative Enterprise hub
may be able to help: www.co-operative.coop/enterprisehub
