Co-op Links
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Housing Co-ops
- Argyle Street Housing Co-operative - Cambridge
- Balsall Heath Housing Co-op - Birmingham
- Brandrams Housing Co-op - South-east London
- Brent Community Housing Co-operative - London
- Catalyst Collective - offers advice on and help with setting up co-operatives.
- Cornerstone Housing Co-op - Leeds
- Ealing Housing Co-op - West London.
- Ekarro Housing Co-op - London.
- Ewart Road Housing Co-operative - a TMC in the London Borough of Lewisham
- Hamwic Housing Co-operative - Southampton.
- Preston Community Gateway
- Rainbow Housing Co-operative - Milton Keynes.
- Redditch Co-operative Homes.
- Riverlink Housing Co-op - London.
- Sanford Housing Co-operative - London.
- Stepping Stones Housing Co-op - owns and manages a 30 acre farm on permaculture lines
- Tenants First Housing Co-operative - Scotland's largest housing co-operative, with properties in the greater Aberdeen area, Fraserburgh and Peterhead.
- Two Piers Housing Co-op - Brighton.
- Watmos Community Homes
- West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative.
- Westminster Housing Co-op - London.
Directories of Housing Co-ops
Community Gateways
- Preston Community Gateway
- Phoenix Community Housing
- Greenfields Community Homes
- RCT Homes
- Watford Community Housing Trust
Federations, Networks and Communities
- London Federation of Housing Co-ops
- National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations (NFTMO)
- National Housing Federation
- Radical Routes - a secondary co-operative whose members are small independent workers' or housing co-ops.
- Tenants & Residents of England (TAROE) - the representative body for tenants and residents organisations in England.
- Welsh Tenants Federation (WTF) - the representative body for tenants in Wales.
Workers' Co-ops
- Avon Computer Co-operative
- Catalyst Collective - offers advice on and help with setting up co-operatives.
- CIS - the UK's only co-operative insurer.
- Co-operative Assistance Network - Colchester based workers' co-op that provides training and consultancy.
- Ethical Exchange - a directory of organisations managed according to ethical principles.
- Footprint Workers Co-operative - a printing workers co-op in Leeds.
- On the Eighth Day Vegetarian Co-operative
- The Phone Co-op
- Directory of Radical Routes Member Workers Co-ops
- Suma Wholefoods
- The Woodcraft Folk - an educational movement for children and young people, the children's and youth organisation of the Co-operative movement.
- Total Coverage - Design Consultancy, hosts of Co-opNet
- Wave - graphic design co-operative.
Government Agencies
- Communities Scotland - the new executive agency, directly accountable to Scottish Ministers, which replaces the national housing agency, Scottish Homes.
- Department of Communities & Local Government - has responsibility for housing and environmental issues.
- Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)
- ( The Housing Corporation closed November 2008. It was replaced by the TSA and the HCA )
- Tagish's Directory of UK Central Government Web Sites
- Tenant Services Authority (TSA)
Other Organisations and Services
- Alternative Housing
- Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services - an agency providing services to housing co-ops and other tenant controlled organisations
- Building and Social Housing Foundation - The Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) is an independent research organisation that promotes sustainable development and innovation in housing through collaborative research and knowledge transfer.
- CDS Co-operatives - the largest co-operative housing service agency in London and the South of England.
- Centre for Co-operative Studies - a university research centre that promotes education and training along with independent research and consultancy in all aspects of co-operative organisation and development. It has an extensive Resource Room of co-operative materials and is involved with the provision of information, advice and support to existing and potential co-operative groups as well as operating a consultancy service. The Centre has developed a number of undergraduate Distance Learning programmes in the area of co-operatives, social enterprises and development.
- Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) - a professional organisation that offeres services and training to people who work in housing.
- CHICS - Integrated Computer Systems for people in housing management
- CHISEL Neighbourhood Housing Association - CHISEL manages about 250 homes in south-east London, Colchester and Brighton and is dedicated to the support and development of housing co-operatives and to a high level of tenant participation in the management and strategic development of the organisation.
- Co-op Homes, Teddington
- The Co-operative Bank
- Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited
- Co-operatives UK - the representative body for the UK co-operative movement.
- North West Housing Services - one of the largest providers of services to housing co-operatives in England.
- PEP's mission: To foster vibrant, resourceful communities in areas of social and economic disadvantage.
- Social Enterprise Coalition - the UK trade body that brings together all types of social enterprise to promote the sector and share knowledge.
- Tenant Participation Advisory Service for England - provides information, advice, training, consultancy, seminars and conferences on all aspects of involving tenants in their housing management
International
- ARCH is a resourcing agency for Housing Co-operatives in New South Wales, Australia. It assists interested groups of people statewide to plan, develop and establish housing co-operatives.
- Canadian Co-op Network, Vancouver - set up to help co-ops find new members, share information and obtain reliable services.
- CECODHAS - the European Liaison Committee for Social Housing.
- City Edge Housing Cooperative in Vancouver, Canada
- Co-op Housing Coalition - USA
- Cooperative Housing Foundation - USA
- Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
- Desjardins co-operative movement, Québec, Canada
- International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) - information on the co-operative movement in different economic sectors
- Intentional Communities Web site - USA
- National Association of Housing Cooperatives - USA
- National Co-operative Bank - USA
Resources
General information
Co-operative Housing
- Digger & Dreamers - a UK guide to communal living. Database of housing co-ops and list of places needing people.
- Newsgroup: uk.community.social-housing
- UK Housing Co-operatives Home Page
- Directory of UK Housing Co-operatives
- Equality of Opportunity in Housing Co-operatives
- The Case for Co-operative Housing - Report to Birmingham City Council Housing Department by Birmingham Housing Co-ops & Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services.
- Officers' roles in housing co-ops - A brief guide to the roles of Chair and Secretary in a housing co-op.
- Radical Routes - publications from the secondary co-operative for workers' and housing co-ops.
Social Housing
- Latest Housing news from the Guardian
- UK Social Housing on the Web - includes searchable databases, local government information, Mainternet - maintenance help for your co-op, a guide to the Internet, and the Housingnet Forum.
- World Tenant - Information and Links to tenants around the world.
Workers' Co-ops
- Radical Routes - publications from the secondary co-operative for workers' and housing co-ops.
Other
- Ethical Exchange - a directory of organisations that are managed according to ethical principles.
- Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB): Housing - Useful links
- Two Piers' Internet Guide For Beginners
Related Issues
CoHousing
Homelessness
- Homeless Pages - a guide to publications and information about homelessness in the UK; a database of resources, including reports, directories, websites, online articles and training courses.
- Shelter - a national organisation working to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.
