Wales Co-operative Centre
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Wales Co-operative Centre is a non-profit co-operative development agency in Wales. It is the largest co-operative development body in the UK,[1] managing several major initiatives in Wales.
It delivers a range of projects to promote social,
The Centre was originally an industrial and provident society, which in 2014 became a community benefit society. It is funded through the Welsh Government, Europe, some local authorities and some earned income. The Centre has over 80 staff members working across Wales at offices in Caerphilly, Bangor, Carmarthen and Swansea, including its head office in the Y Borth building. Its membership elect a management board, who appoint the executive committee.[citation needed]
History
1980s
The Centre was established in 1982 by the Wales TUC to provide business support to co-operatives in Wales. Two years later the Centre published the first list of co-operatives in Wales and launched its first programme of training courses. It helped establish the first credit union in Wales in Rhydfelin (now called Dragonsavers[3]) in 1988, and also began providing advice to trade unions and their members about employee ownership.
1990s
In 1992 the Wales Co-operative Centre was the largest co-operative development agency in England and Wales. (As of 2018 the UK's largest co-operatives included
2000s
The Wales Co-operative Centre gained support from the
2010s
2010 saw a change of Chief Executive. After a total of 18 years with the Centre, Simon Harris left to become Director of Wales at Business in the Community. He was replaced by Derek Walker, coming from Director of External Affairs at the Big Lottery Fund.[16][17] In 2015, the Centre began delivery of the Social Business Wales project [18] which provides online and face-to-face support to social businesses seeking to expand and increase employment. It also won the contract to deliver Digital Communities Wales,[19] the Welsh Government's digital inclusion programme to get people in Wales online. 2016 saw the start of two new projects, Care to Co-operate (which supports the development of social care and well-being co-ops) and Community Shares Wales, which helps communities raise investment to save or create amenities and services.
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- ^ "Welsh Government | Social Enterprise Strategy for Wales". 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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- ^ [1]https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/statistics-and-research/2019-07/150728-evaluation-communities-20-final-summary-revised-en.pdf
- ^ History source: Wales Co-operative Centre Marketing team
- ^ "Wales Co-operative Centre appoints new chief executive | Social Enterprise". Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Social Business Wales". Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Digital Communities Wales". www.digitalcommunities.gov.wales.