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Empowering Communities: Introduction to Community Shares in Northern Ireland

Discover the "Community Shares, Ready!" project which aims to deepen understanding of community ownership and shares in Northern Ireland. Supported by the Building Change Trust, this initiative links local and national representatives of the co-operative movement, including Co-operatives UK and the Plunkett Foundation. Through a series of workshops, participants will learn how community shares can enable ownership in various sectors. We aim to prepare communities for investment readiness and contribute to the overall market development of community shares. Join us on this journey of empowerment!

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Empowering Communities: Introduction to Community Shares in Northern Ireland

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  1. Community Owned : Community Shared EVENTS WELCOME

  2. The “Community Shares, Ready!” project in NI – an introduction • Investment from the Building Change Trust into the project • The project linking national and local representatives of the co-operative movement • Co-operatives UK, Co-operative Enterprise Hub and the Plunkett Foundation • The project working with the Community Shares Unit and contributing to the overall market development of community shares • By sectors • By geography • By audiences

  3. Our purpose • To enhance communities’ understanding of community ownership and community shares • To enable selected communities to develop the right strategies to become community shares investment ready • To contribute to the collective understanding and knowledge of community shares as a tool to raise capital.

  4. Community Owned: Community Shared – Workshop series A series of workshops exploring how community shares can be used to enable community ownership • Community buildings and heritage • Community rural shops • Community supported agriculture • Community owned energy • Community sports and leisure www.coopalternatives.coop WE ARE ON TWITTER @commshares

  5. What are community shares? • A unique form of capital • Only Cooperatives and Community Benefit Societies (IPS societies) • One-member-one-vote not one-share-one-vote

  6. Not just a financial investment... • Community shares increase membership and co-ownership: the project is a shared venture • Investors become your customers/volunteers/champions • Share investment gives a VOTE and a voice • People can invest as much or as little as they can afford • They attract good publicity • Share investment can be used as leverage – attracts investment from lenders and grant-givers

  7. Support available • Cooperative Alternatives work in NI by assisting and exploring co-operative options with groups and communities • Cooperative Alternatives will run a 2014 support programme for up to five communities interested in using community shares as a social finance tool

  8. Today • Juliet Cornford • Steve Hassall • Peter Jones • Dave Jones

  9. Contact details Co-operative Alternatives 2G North Building Twin Spires Centre 155 Northumberland Street Belfast BT13 2JF www.coopalternatives.coop Contact Tiziana O’Hara info@coopalternatives.coop Tel 028 90331053 and/or 07858 317 634

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