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Glasgow City Council. Co-operative Glasgow Richard Brown – Executive Director of Development and Regeneration Services. Glasgow City Council. Format • Co-operative Glasgow Current Activity • What’s Next • Questions. Glasgow City Council. Co-operative Glasgow
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Glasgow City Council Co-operative Glasgow Richard Brown – Executive Director of Development and Regeneration Services
Glasgow City Council • Format • • Co-operative Glasgow • Current Activity • • What’s Next • • Questions
Glasgow City Council • Co-operative Glasgow • Framework agreed at Executive Committee on 2nd May with four main themes: • Embedding Co-operative Values and co-operation at the heart of service delivery; • Co-production and community led commissioning – working with individuals rather than for them; • Community Assets – working with communities to transfer the management or control to community or third sector groups; • Co-operative Service Delivery – helping communities, interested parties and/or employees establish a co-operative business model.
Glasgow City Council Co-operative Glasgow In some ways we are already working this way and Co-operative Glasgow will identify and align the activities and promote co-operative development opportunities and growth
Glasgow City Council • Current Activity • • Developing Framework for Committee Approval • Organising Today’s Launch event • Establishing Co-operative Development Unit within DRS • Communication – Connect and Glasgow Web Pages, meeting with Services and Co-op contacts etc • Mapping of current co-op activity in City (around 110 existing businesses) to provide a baseline
Glasgow City Council • What’s Next • • 2 year action plan will emerge from the Launch Event • Conduct and/or commission research on Co-operative Council activity across the UK and the wider co-operative economy, to identify potential opportunities for Glasgow City Council; • Promote the development of co-ops, mutuals and social enterprises; • Provide advice and support to individuals, businesses and social enterprises on developing co-operative business models. This will include signposting to other appropriate organisations as required; • Provide small grants for co-operative business start up activity or business development. • Budget of £500,000 for 2013/14 and 2014/15 to be spent of Co-operative development so we are interested in your input
Glasgow City Council Additional Information Alan Davidson, phone 0141 287 7269 email alan.davidson@drs.glasgow.gov.uk Tracey Cunningham, phone 0141 287 3687 email tracey.cunningham@glasgow.gov.uk Eddie Percy, phone 0141 287 8553 email eddie.percy@drs.glasgow.gov.uk http://connect.glasgow.gov.uk/YourService/Development_RegenerationServices/Divisions/Economic_SocialIntiatives/Bus+and+Econ++Coop+Dev+Unit.htm