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- Case study: Steeple Ashton Village Shop Association Ltd
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- Case study: The Pound Arts Centre
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- Case study: Aardvark Gardeners Co-operative Ltd
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- Case study: Swindon Children's Scrapstore
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- Case study: Swindon Credit Unions
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- Case study: Swindon Child Carers
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- Case study: Thames Valley Farmers' Market

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- Case study: Oxford Fairtrade Co-operative
Reviewing your business
- Case study: Waste Not Want Not
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- Case study: Gloucestershire Credit Union Forum
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- Case study: A Neighbourhood Nursery
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Publications

Annual Reports

Co-operative Futures Annual Review - April 2008 - March 2009 - (PDF: 335KB)

Co-operative Futures Annual Review - April 2007 - March 2008 - (PDF:101KB)

Co-operative Futures Annual Report - April 2005 - March 2006 - (PDF: 469KB)

Co-operative Futures Annual Review - April 2006 - March 2007 - (PDF: 430KB)

Conference Reports

Future Co-operatives 2009 - (PDF: 1,521KB)

Routes to Work through Social Enterprise - 2005 - (PDF: 602KB)

Newsletters

Future News: Winter 2007 - (PDF: 1.32MB) Celebration of Co-operatives

Futures News: Spring 2007 - (PDF: 2MB) Is it Social or ENTERPRISE?

Futures News: Autumn 2006 - (PDF: 1.2MB) The importance of membership

Futures News: Spring 2006 - (PDF: 848KB) What is a Co-operative?

Research

Public sector procurement and social enterprise -
Improving practice in Gloucestershire - (PDF: 442KB)

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Policy & Projects

Enterprise Support
South West Social Enterprise Service
RISE Social Enterprise Training Courses
CDU Co-Financing Programme
Snakes & Ladders
Alliance of Communities and Enterprise (ACE)
EnAct

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se2 partnership

Co-operatives South West

Co-operatives South East

Co-operatives West Midlands

South East Co-operative Support

South West Co-operative Support

Local voluntary and community organisations

Gloucestershire Infrastructure Group

Gloshub

Social Enterprise Centre Stroud

Oxnet

Swindon - Community and Living

Wiltshire Community Web

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