The Co-op Group likes to involve its customer-members to get the most out of membership. This is an event for you to sample food products, learn about Co-op Group services, meet partner charities, and have your say and provide feedback on the Co-op’s priorities. You can also learn about the services provided by Co-op Funeralcare and Legal Services. And there’s…

Migration Matters Festival is proud to be in its tenth year. A big achievement for this major landmark on the calendar of Sheffield, the country’s first City of Sanctuary. It’s a volunteer-run annual celebration of the positive impact in Sheffield of migrants, diaspora, refugees and asylum seekers, which has been popular, influential and great fun. There’s a short 89-second video…

Alpacka Collective offer an online introduction to the techniques of Sociocracy and its core principle of consent-based decision-making. Methods that can make group decision-making effective for organisations like co-operatives and new projects. A 2-hour practical taster workshop on Zoom. Attend if you want to find whether this approach could work for you and your teams. Full details on the link…

An open networking event in the Executive Conference Meeting Room at Aizlewood’s Mill (cooperatively-owned and refurbished business centre in the Kelham Island area of Sheffield, see photo above). Drinks and snacks will be provided by Sheffield Co-operative Development Group and there will also be a chance to visit the Principle 5 Yorkshire Co-operative Resource Centre (both organisations are based in…

The People’s Assembly Against Austerity is planning a huge anti-austerity demonstration against Labour’s Austerity 2.0 in June 2025, bringing together trade unions, campaign groups and community organisations to take the message to Keir Starmer and his government: • No More Austerity 2.0 • Welfare not Warfare • Stop the Far Right • Stop the Cuts. Austerity is not an inevitability;…

Festival of Debate returns for 2025, offering a selection of high-level events including climate and system change. It runs from Thursday 24th April and is extended to the end of May. More than just debates, the festival creates opportunities to bring people together to share new ideas and experiences that can help shape understanding of the world. They collaborate with…