Head of Market Development & Investment at Community Shares Unit @ComShares at @CooperativesUK. Trustee at @BurtonSt
Sheffield
Joined March 2009
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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!
You can read the @ImpactInvInst report 'Unlocking the potential of community-based finance here' which details over Β£230m raised in community shares
impactinvest.org.uk/resourceβ¦
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The Headingley Investment Fund HIF2025 is open. Find out more at hdtleeds.org.uk/investment-f⦠Invest at crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hif25 #Headingley #HIF2025 #CommunityShares #Crowdfunding
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π»The Drewe Arms: reviving a historic pub and creating community. πΊ
Read how one #Devon community used community shares and tax relief to raise over Β£550k from 600 investors to save their pub: @TheDreweArmsPub
uk.coop/case-studies/drewe-aβ¦
@CooperativesUK
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π¨Great news for community business β our Booster Fund is extending its support for community share offers!
πA new tranche of funding: Β£360,000 for match equity investment and Β£200,000 for development grants. π Find out more: buff.ly/4i8dXr4
ALT Bramley baths in leeds
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To celebrate their 120th birthday and now 11 years in community ownership @bramleybaths looks to "raise the roof" with community share issue
westleedsdispatch.com/bramleβ¦
With support from @CooperativesUK @si_access @powertochange_
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Happy 120th birthday to Bramley Baths - and they've marked the occasion by launching a Β£350,000 community share offer to raise money to repair the roof at the grade II Listed building ‡οΈβ€΅οΈ westleedsdispatch.com/bramleβ¦
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Friday Inspirationππͺ
Congleton Hydro Where thereβs a will β and a weir β thereβs 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!
uk.coop/case-studies/congletβ¦
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Weβre 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. Weβre 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.
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π Weβre pleased that Co-operatives UK is repping #coops and #comshares at @StirToActionβs ABCs Festival in #Bristol β happening now! If youβre there, come and say hello π
#democraticeconomy #workercoops #communityshares #cooperatives #communityowned #workerowned
Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury @stephenctimms in @CityAMΒ calling for a strategic partnership with the #ImpactEconomy to tackle some of the UK's most entrenched issues.
bit.ly/4by0YLE
Vicky Dunn from @GyComEnergy at #CoopCongress calling for more match institutional investment for communities to scale up community owned renewables βοΈπ¨
@Comm1nrg @CooperativesUK
.@jeevanjones and @francesnorthrop are introducing #Coopcongress to the @savebirmingham uprising and campaign to save community places
@CooperativesUK
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Has your co-op or society been trading for 3 years or less? π«΅
Donβt miss out on your bursary ticket for #CoopCongress. At a 50% discount, join us on the 14-15 June in #Birmingham for the UKβs biggest movement-wide event! π
Book now π buff.ly/3NgKm29
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 π
REPORT π | Our new paper βFinancing the future economyβ offers insights & recommendations on how funders, social investors & government can unlock affordable, flexible & accessible finance to help community business thrive. Read here π powertochange.org.uk/researcβ¦
ALT Image of two people walking along the street with the report title 'Report launch β Financing the future economy: How community businesses can access the right finance to achieve their ambitions.'
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πNew fund supports community businesses to βgo green!β π²
@CooperativesUK @crowdfunderuk & @si_access have come together to support communities to invest in energy efficiency measures via community sharesπ
More here π uk.coop/support-your-co-op/cβ¦
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
sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.phβ¦β¦
UPDATE: We are now following @olivercoppard on Twitter and have DM'd - we will keep you posted. Thanks for your support everyone! π§‘
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π¨ Accessibility in #Sheffield π¨
Our clients planned a trip to #Bakewell, but faced unexpected barriers. We were forced to arranged an alternative solution, costing us Β£290 instead of Β£12.
We've invited @olivercoppard to hear their voices. RT to show your support! @TmTravel4
Want to learn more about @comshares and connect with some great experienced advisors?
Closing date to apply for community shares practitioner training is this sunday, link below ππΌ
Ever thought of learning more about community shares and helping us to reach even more communities with this brilliant method of raising investment and building a movement?
Last chance to sign up to our Community Shares Practitioner training:
uk.coop/start-new-co-op/suppβ¦
