Press and opinion
We are a voice for the social economy in Wales. We champion inclusive and co-operative solutions. We shout about your success. Our blogs and opinion pieces feature expert voices from across the sector, whilst our news stories keep you up to date with our work and the progress of co-operation and social entrepreneurship in Wales.
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Allan Shepherd, Powys Cohousing Project Officer: My first six months
Allan talks about his first six months on the job, his personal experience of living in a housing co-op, ‘high-functioning neighbourhoods’ and the benefits of sharing living space with sociability, strength, care and independence in equal measure.
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Meet the Digital Leader: Ashley Bale – Digital Inclusion and Innovations Manager, Innovate Trust
Ashley Bale, Digital Inclusion and Innovations Manager at the Innovate Trust, talks us through how, working co-operatively, society can help close the digital divide with initiative such as ‘Tech for Good’ and how digital inclusion for supported people promotes independence, well-being and provides new opportunities.
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Meet the Digital Leader: Helen Northmore – Programme Delivery Manager, Digital Health Ecosystem Wales
Helen Northmore, Programme Delivery Manager at Digital Health Ecosystem Wales, gives us her insight into the adoption of digital healthcare technology such as patients managing their health online and the emergence of ‘Digital Native’ doctors.
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Meet the Digital Leader: Louise Blackwell – Community Development Officer, ClwydAlyn Housing
Louise Blackwell explains the key to being an effective Digital Leader is to begin with each individuals’ unique requirements by first starting with rudimentary First Click-style courses to get over fears about using technology then explore individuals’ wants, needs and passions.
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£3 million EU funds to support new Social Business Wales project
EU funds totalling £3 million will support a new project which will help create new social businesses across West Wales and the Valleys, the Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport, Lee Waters, has announced.
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Meet the Digital Leader: Scott Tandy – Community Regeneration Officer, Newydd Housing Association
Scott Tandy talks about his time with Newydd Housing Association, supporting tenants to get online, the ‘digital bench’ youth design project for charging devices in public while providing emergency shelter for the homeless, getfit.wales and utilising the ‘Loan IT’ scheme to reduce barriers for access to digital equipment.
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Meet the Digital Leader: Karen Lewis – Director of Engagement and Innovation, Wales Co-operative Centre
Wales Co-operative Centre stalwart Karen Lewis talks about her tenure as Director of Communities and Inclusion and her hopes for promoting digital inclusion in Wales as the newly-appointed Director of Engagement and Innovation and Chair of the Digital Leaders Network in Wales in 2019, focusing on collaborative working among digital leaders.
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Why Aardman got creative with its business structure when planning for the future
Aardman co-founder David Sproxton talks about why the Academy Award®-winning studio decided to transition to Employee Ownership
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Access to banking: Why do we need a community bank?
In the face of bank branch closures across Wales, how could a community bank help to ensure that communities and small businesses have access to banking services?
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Building a Vision Together – what can social enterprise do for Wales?
Wales needs a strong social enterprise sector to tackle the challenges of the next decade and to seize new opportunities. Wales already has a vibrant and diverse social enterprise sector, but it could do more. We think that Wales should be one of the best places to start and grow a social enterprise and be part of and help build a movement for change.
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Jake’s positive VIBE helps young people to overcome challenges
Jake Henry and his partner, Karen Carswell, run VIBE Youth, a social business based in Swansea which helps young people who are facing challenging life issues. In this interview, Jake tells us how VIBE came about following difficulties in his own life.
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Why multi-stakeholder co-ops have so much to offer for the good governance of public services
A guest blog from Adrian Roper about the benefits of multi-stakeholder co-operatives, and why the model would suit public services so well.
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