December 2017

DIARY
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Co-operatives
East Midlands visits the Rochdale Pioneers
Museum on 18 April; Karen Wilkie, deputy
general secretarty of the Co-op Party, is a
keynote speaker at Co-operative Women’s
Voices in Cardiff on 4 December; the
Worker Co-op Weekend takes place on
11-13 May in Great Hucklow, Derbyshire; Ed
Mayo, secretary general of Co-operatives
UK, at the Co-operative Retail Conference
which next year takes place on 9 March in
Kenilworth, Warwick.
4 December: Co-operative Women’s
Voices Wales
Informal networking session to ask
how Co-operative Women’s Voices
should be run over the next year. With
keynote speakers Karen Wilkie, deputy
general secretary of the Co-op Party;
Allison Soroko, head of engagement and
ownership at Merthyr Valleys Homes..
Organised by the Wales Co-operative
Centre and Co-operative College and
supported by Co-operatives UK and Co-op
News.
WHERE: Tramshed Tech, Pendyris Street
Cardiff CF11 6BH
INFO: info@wales.coop
19 January 2018: Restorative Approaches
to Housing Conference
Wales Restorative Approaches
Partnership (WRAP) event, with host
Julia Houlston Clark. The conference
will look at how to take a whole
organisational approach to restorative
approaches (RA), how you can work with
and train families using RA; and how RA
can help achieve better results, and save
time and money.
WHERE: Cardiff
INFO: jessicao@restorativewales.org.uk
9 March: Co-operative Retail Conference
Annual event for co-operative retailers.
It attracts the leaders, managers and
directors of consumer owned retail
co-operatives from right across the UK.
With keynote presentations from industry
specialists, best practice from retailers
and sessions for delegates to discuss
the co-operative retail environment,
the conference is an offers networking
and learning opportunities during a
challenging and fast-changing time for
the co-operative retail movement.
WHERE: Chesford Grange,
Kenilworth, Warwick
INFO: www.uk.coop
9 March: Regional Co-operative Councils
networking session and presentation
Networking session at the Co-operative
Retail Conference, offering a chance and
learn more about what is happening
in the different regional co-operative
councils. Organised by Co-operatives
East, Co-operatives East Midlands
and Co-operatives West Midlands,
with presentation from Jim Cook at the
Co-operative Foundation on helping
disadvantaged communities overcome
challenges by putting co-operative
values and principles into practice.
WHERE: Chesford Grange,
Kenilworth Warwick
INFO: s.coop/25x8s
18 April: Co-ops East Midlands – Visit to
The Rochdale Pioneers Museum
Coaches from Lincoln, Derby and
Nottingham. To register interest and
receive further details, please respond to
Jenny de Villiers, jdevilliers@btinternet.
com. A fun day out for store colleagues,
members, families and all interested in
the history of the Co-op
WHERE: Rochdale Pioneers Museum
INFO: s.coop/25x8t
11-13 May: Worker Co-op Weekend
The Worker Co-op Weekend, hosted by
Co-operatives UK, has practical sessions
covering a range of topics. Designed
and run by worker co-ops for worker
co-ops, with food sourced from co-ops
like Essential and Suma, with bread from
Infinity, beer from Bartlebys Brewery and
veg from Unicorn Grocery. Vegan-friendly
catering, camping and campfires.
WHERE: Foundry Adventure Centre,
Great Hucklow, Derbyshire
INFO: www.uk.coop/wcw18
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