
10 July 2025
Co-operation returns to Manchester and Rochdale, where it all began
This year is the United Nations’ International Year of Co-operatives, and to mark it, our Co-op and Co-operatives UK – which represents thousands of independent co-ops across the country – recently welcomed world-wide co-operators to special events hosted across Rochdale and Manchester. The Festival of Co-operation saw the largest gathering of international co-operatives leaders in over a…