Co-operantics
People skills for co-operative working

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New member induction

Co‑operatives may find it difficult to run effective induction programmes for new members because of a lack of time and/or resources. Yet unless new members are given an understanding of the co‑operative movement in general and their co‑operative in particular, it is possible that over time the co‑operative ethos will get diluted. Eventually the business could degenerate into a private enterprise.

Workshops

Our workshops for new members include: co‑operative principles and values; the history of the co‑operative movement in Europe; co‑operatives in other countries; national, regional and local support structures and networks. An extra module, guiding participants through the production of a Welcome Pack to their own co‑operative (if it does not already exist) can be included if desired. Click here if you would like to be contacted about workshops.

 

Downloads
Co-operative definition and brief principles  25kb
7 Co-operative principles  32kb
Types of co-operative  29kb
Debunking co-operative mythology 40kb
The tyranny of structurelessness  48kb

Useful links
New Internationalist archive for the June 2004 issue on The Return of the Co-op
Co-operatives UK - the central membership organisation for co‑operative enterprise throughout the UK

How we work:

• Workshops
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• Coaching
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• Facilitation
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• Downloads
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Who we are:
Co-operantics is run by Kate Whittle, who has been working with co‑operative and social enterprises, both in the UK and overseas, for more than 25 years.
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