You can read the @ImpactInvInst report 'Unlocking the potential of community-based finance here' which details over £230m raised in community shares
https://t.co/IDUaBLbSuU
Interesting session from @ImpactInvInst on community-based finance.
Good to see community shares featured in their report inc the call for 'a national matching-fund scheme'. Our @comshares Booster Fund a great example of this in practice!
🍻The Drewe Arms: reviving a historic pub and creating community. 🍺
Read how one #Devon community used community shares and tax relief to raise over £550k from 600 investors to save their pub: @TheDreweArmsPub
https://t.co/PIrwxC3EJN
@CooperativesUK
🚨Great news for community business – our Booster Fund is extending its support for community share offers!
🙌A new tranche of funding: £360,000 for match equity investment and £200,000 for development grants. 🔎 Find out more: https://t.co/N7CTqAe92Z
To celebrate their 120th birthday and now 11 years in community ownership @bramleybaths looks to "raise the roof" with community share issue
https://t.co/4KpJb67ALC
With support from @CooperativesUK@si_access@powertochange_
Happy 120th birthday to Bramley Baths - and they've marked the occasion by launching a £350,000 community share offer to raise money to repair the roof at the grade II Listed building ⤵️⤵️ https://t.co/6XRzLAKri7
Friday Inspiration🌊🪇
Congleton Hydro Where there’s a will – and a weir – there’s a way to form a community energy society.
Find our how @CooperativesUK helped one community in Cheshire set up a community owned hydro scheme using community shares!
https://t.co/7p1Ar7UbgC
We’re so pleased to see the Government include our ask of a Community Right to Buy in their new English Devolution Bill.
This could be genuinely transformative. We’re looking forward to working with the Government and MPs to make sure this genuinely empowers local people who want more control over the things that matter to them.
Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury @stephenctimms in @CityAM calling for a strategic partnership with the #ImpactEconomy to tackle some of the UK's most entrenched issues.
https://t.co/xkNcJdgqRJ
Has your co-op or society been trading for 3 years or less? 🫵
Don’t miss out on your bursary ticket for #CoopCongress. At a 50% discount, join us on the 14-15 June in #Birmingham for the UK’s biggest movement-wide event! 🙌
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Good to see this report launched by @peoplesbiz on financing the future economy, and the unlocking 'affordable, flexible and accessible finance'.
Pleased that @CooperativesUK and @ComShares has helped to feed in and lots of coverage of community shares
Read more below 👇
REPORT 📑 | Our new paper ‘Financing the future economy’ offers insights & recommendations on how funders, social investors & government can unlock affordable, flexible & accessible finance to help community business thrive. Read here 👉 https://t.co/aBxTb9Jp34
🔋New fund supports community businesses to ‘go green!’ 🌲
@CooperativesUK@crowdfunderuk & @si_access have come together to support communities to invest in energy efficiency measures via community shares🌞
More here 👉 https://t.co/CyEJBDEb4B
Good to see these important points on accessibility of public transport in #sheffield raised by @BurtonSt and getting some coverage.
See the article by @Sheffield_Wire
https://t.co/vCmcFsjqos…
🚨 Accessibility in #Sheffield 🚨
Our clients planned a trip to #Bakewell, but faced unexpected barriers. We were forced to arranged an alternative solution, costing us £290 instead of £12.
We've invited @olivercoppard to hear their voices. RT to show your support! @TmTravel4