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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New Welsh Government programme to ‘boost people’s digital confidence, health and well-being’
The programme will be delivered by the Wales Co-operative Centre. It will commence on 1 July 2019, and provide digital inclusion training and support to organisations working with older people, people with a limiting long-standing illness, disability or infirmity, unemployed people or vulnerable families so they can help their clients, tenants, customers or service users.
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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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Social business sector in Wales worth £3bn to the Welsh economy
The ‘Mapping the Social Business Sector in Wales 2019’ report identified a total of 2,022 organisations as operating in the social business sector in Wales, employing around 55,000 people and providing volunteering opportunities to an estimated 58,000 individuals.
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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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Local community aims to keep village’s ‘heart’ by buying its pub
Residents in Pembrokeshire are urging people to buy a ‘piece of history’ to safeguard a centuries-old pub and create a much-needed community-wide social resource.
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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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The Leading Wales Awards – from inception to conclusion
In this article, Barbara Chidgey, Executive Chair, Leading Wales Awards, reflects on 15 years of the inspirational awards scheme as it comes to a close.
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Allan to shepherd cohousing in Powys
Our new recruit, Allan Shepherd, talks about his new role and the difference he's hoping to make
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Itec Training Solutions Ltd. put theory into practice to become Wales’ biggest employee-owned training provider
Itec Training Solutions co-owner, Steve Doyle, answers questions about the ethos behind and the process of becoming Wales’ largest employee-owned training provider.
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‘The whoosh effect’: a letter to Lee Waters
Derek Walker, of the Wales Co-Operative Centre, writes an open letter to the Welsh Government’s new Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport
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