The most comprehensive list of every share offer in the UK, searchable by:
The essential site for information on Community Shares, links to every share issue undertaken in the UK, best practice guidelines and details of the Charter Mark for share issues.
Supporting organisations working in and on Community Shares issued in Scotland.
Set up by the Plunkett Foundation, this is a treasure trove of information for anyone involved in community-owned retail including how-to guides, business plan templates and lots of things you didn’t even realise you needed!
Again, set up by the Plunkett Foundation, this contains everything you need to know to get a community-owned pub in your area and keep it in rude financial health.
Plunkett are the key people helping community-owned enterprises in rural communities and are the leading body supporting community-owned pubs, shops, farms, forest and food.
Co-operatives UK are the leading body for co-operatives. They co-sponsor (and give a home to) the Community Shares Unit.
Locality support and promote community-based organisations and are the co-sponsors of the Community Shares Unit.
Many share issues are helped by communities having a right-to-bid under the 2012 Localism Act, just one of the Community Rights you can find out more about at this site, set up by Locality.
Community Shares are booming! Ethex is the UK’s leading ethical finance marketplace. They publish an annual report outlining just how much growth there is in the numbers of people investing in social change. Read more…
What is ‘social investment’ and is it right for you? This guide from the Big Lottery and Social Enterprise UK is a great starting point for organisations exploring these issues. Read more…
Co-operatives UK published a pamphlet by Hastings Pier’s Jess Steele examining the crisis facing the UK’s 57 piers and why community ownership is such a good fit. Read more…
The Plunkett Foundation and Co-operatives UK examined why UK pubs are closing at an unprecedented rate and how community ownership is a solution for communities faced with losing their local. Read more…
