Towards a national network
Mervyn Wilson Chief Executive & Principal
the Co-operative College
Co-operativeTrust
Schools
Robert Owen
• “Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence and happiness increased a hundredfold”
Shared values
Co-operatives are based on the values of self-help, self-
responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity.
In the tradition of their founders, co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others.
Young Co-operatives
“I want to congratulate Young Co-operatives for bringing together young people who want to make a difference and help lift people out of poverty”
Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary of State for International Development
The global dimension
• Over 600 Co-operative schools in Spain
• Wide range of support structures• Over 100 co-operative schools in Sweden• Co-operative schools in
Tanzania – supported by producer co-operatives
Co-operative trust schools
“Reddish Vale is leading the way by pioneering a co-operative approach to education. It’s about embedding a co-operative culture into the school, building on existing strong local relationships and providing a platform for all those interested in the school's success to work together”.
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State, Department for Children Schools and Families
Co-operative trust schools
“As the first co-operative trust is now successfully up and running, I want to see this model rolled out across the country, cultivating co-operative schools and the democratic innovative opportunity they represent.”Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children Schools and Families, September 2008
A national network of co-operative trusts
• Sharing the co-operative ethos, developing joint services • 100 co-operative trusts with over 200 schools in the next two years
• Using the new DCSF initiative to embed the co-operative difference
• Building links with co-operative schools globally
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