OCTOBER 2018

DIARY
FROM LEFT: Lord Victor Adebowale CBE,
Co-op Group director and CEO of Turning
Point, is the keynote speaker at Cooperatives
UK’s Practitioners Forum (22
Nov); Rebecca Long-Bailey MP will speak
at the Co-op Party Conference (12-14
Oct); City Hall, Cardiff, is the venue for
the Social Business Wales Conference
(27 Sep); and Stir to Action’s What If We
Ran It Ourselves? Community Ownership
workshop is on 27 Oct
27 Sep: Social Business Wales
Conference 2018
A free annual conference to support
local businesses with aspirations to
grow and be more sustainable. Speakers
include Dai Powell (HCT Group), Guy
Singh-Watson (founder, Riverford Organic
Farmers) and Ken Skates (economy
secretary for Wales).
WHERE: City Hall, Cardiff
INFO: wales.coop/sbwc2018
4 Oct: Co-operative Councils’ Innovation
Network Annual Conference
A chance to hear how co-operative
councils across the country are working
with local people to build strong and
resilient neighbourhoods. Including a
keynote from Steve Reed,MP – honorary
president of the CCIN and shadow
minister (digital, culture, media
and sport).
WHERE: Croydon
INFO: ccin2018.eventbrite.co.uk
12-14 Oct: Co-operative Party Conference
A weekend of inspiring stories, practical
ideas and skills you can use to begin
transforming your communities,
unleashing the power of ideas to
build a fairer, stronger Britain.
WHERE: Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel
INFO: s.coop/cooppartyconf18
13 Oct: Social Saturday
Social Saturday champions social
enterprises that are making a difference
in communities, set up to trade for a
social purpose and using business to
create a more equal society. Events will
be held around the country.
INFO: socialenterprise.org.uk/
socialsaturday
18 Oct: International Credit Union Day
A day to reflect on the credit union
movement’s history, promote its
achievements, recognise the hard work
and share member experiences.
The 2018 theme is ‘Find Your
Platinum Lining’.
INFO: woccu.org/events_and_
engagement/icuday
25 -28 Oct: Social Cooperative
International School
#SCIS2018 consists of three thematic
sessions and one international seminar.
Each thematic session consists of a
theoretic introduction on the topic,
the presentation of best practices and
a workshop to deepen the participants’
knowledge on different aspects of
social co-operative and social
enterprise activities.
WHERE: Hotel Royal Continental, Naples
INFO: s.coop/2ai3t
27 Oct: What If We Ran It Ourselves?
Community Ownership
What are community businesses and why
are they on the rise? How can you work
out if you could start one (or more!) in
your community? How can you fund them
to get going and keep going? And what
challenges will you face along the way?
Hosted by Stir to Action.
WHERE: Restore, Oxford
INFO: www.stirtoaction.com/workshops
7-8 Nov: Locality Convention
Join hundreds of inspiring members,
partners and people working in the
community, voluntary and social
enterprise sectors to unlock the
power of community.
WHERE: Bristol Marriott City Centre
INFO: locality.org.uk/events/convention/
22 Nov: Co-operatives UK
Practitioners Forum
The Practitioners Forum offers
professional training for people operating
in key roles in co-operative businesses.
The event is made up of a series of
specialist forums: communications;
finance; governance; HR; and
membership. This year’s keynote speaker
is Lord Victor Adebowale CBE.
WHERE: The Studio, Manchester
INFO: s.coop/29xlr
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