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Growing through the crisis The UK Co-operative movement Mervyn Wilson The Co-operative College UK. Growing through the crisis The UK Co-operative movement. “You may be surprised that The Co-operative Group had a very good year in 2008”. Growing through the crisis The UK Co-operative movement.
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Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movementMervyn WilsonThe Co-operative College UK
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • “You may be surprised that The Co-operative Group had a very good year in 2008”
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • London Co‑operative Society - 1927
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • Members of the Darwen Co‑operative Society queue for dividend 1960
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • The adoption of the Statement on the Co-operative Identity at the ICA General Assembly in 1995 – a milestone in the movement regaining confidence in its distinctiveness
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • The attempt to take over the CWS in 1997 became a wake up call for co-operators
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • The Co-operative Commission report helped focus attention on a strategy for the renaissance of the co-operative sector in the UK
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • Moving from this to a shared co-operative brand
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • A common brand developed for use across the family of co-operative businesses
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • Membership and member benefits are key to the revitalisation of UK consumer co-operatives
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • A common brand developed for use across the family of co-operative businesses
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • Member activities highlight the movements historic commitment to ethical and values driven trading.
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • Championing ethical issues that matter to members
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • A common brand developed for use across the family of co-operative businesses
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • A common brand developed for use across the family of co-operative businesses
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • Co-operative schools – the fastest growing part of the UK co-operative sector
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • Co-operative schools – the fastest growing part of the UK co-operative sector
Growing through the crisisThe UK Co-operative movement • “The co-operative movement has reinvigorated itself and re-embraced those principles laid down so many years ago"