Case Studies

This page links to a selection of case studies highlighting co-operatives in the East Midlands.

• Three PPP: a new business stemming from regeneration projects in Leicester.
• South Witham Broadband: a community owned and controlled broadband co-operative
• Safe Kidz Walking: promoting a healthy low carbon approach to the school run.

If you know of other relevant case studies that we could include here, or would like to see a case study of your co-operative, please contact us.

Also available to download here is the publication entitled "Working Co-operatively: exploring successful co-operative enterprises". An extensive publication featuring a number of case studies of co-operatives in the region. Please note that this document is a 28MB download in PDF format.

A co-operative is...

...an autonomous association of people or businesses united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise.

Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity.

Co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.