Wales Co-operative Centre
Canolfan Cwdweithredol Cymru

Our projects

Social Enterprise Support Project

The Wales Co-operative Centre supports the development and growth of social entrepreneurship, social enterprises and co-operatives in the Convergence area of Wales.

Our team of specialist advisors work with groups who wish to set up a new social enterprise or co-operative. We also work with existing social enterprises and co-operatives who wish to grow and develop.

For more information please visit our section on Business support.

Business Succession and Consortia

Funded by the European Regional Development Fund and The Welsh Government this project will be delivered over 3 years. The project has 2 strands:

Strand 1 - will support businesses wishing to establish co-operative consortia. Support would include organisational and governance issues, legal structure advice as well as business and financial planning for the consortium.

Strand 2 - will support business owners and employees through the process of selling the business to the employees. It will provide legal advice, business valuation, structure advice, employee benefit trust and Share Incentive Plans advice.

For more information please visit our section on Business support.

Communities 2.0

Communities 2.0 is a digital inclusion initiative from the Welsh Government and was established in 2009.

The initiative aims to work first in the Convergence area of Wales, breaking down barriers to engagement with technologies. It will support new and existing enterprises to use ICT to improve performance, through training, mentoring, technical support, ICT related business support, research and best practice.

Communities 2.0 runs the campaign Click.Connect.Discover to help people in Wales make better use of digital technology.

For more information, please visit Click.Connect.Discover.

Private consultancy

The Wales Co-operative Centre also delivers private consultancy work in areas such as business planning, feasibility studies, project evaluation, project management, writing funding applications and project proposals and specific research work linked to the social enterprise sector.

For more information, please contact the Centre.

Training

The Wales Co-operative Centre offers a comprehensive programme of training in business skills, organisational development and interpersonal skills for those working in the Third Sector.

Our workshops and classes are open to everyone. We operate a system of price bands which apply depending on what sort of organisation you are a member of, or if you are an individual.

For more information and a list of current workshops, please visit our Training section.

Fair Trade for business

The Wales Co-operative Centre offers support and advice about adopting a Fair Trade policy for your business.

We describe the benefits and the reasons, and help with lists of suppliers and outlets for businesses in Wales.

For more information, see Fair Trade for business.