Co-operative Development Scotland

Co-operativesUK has launched a new initiative, Co-operative Diversity Action, to help engage people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in co-operative enterprise.

Co-operative Diversity Action is a new steering group and website set up to provide strategies, resources and guidance to encourage more people from Black Asian Minority Ethnic communities to get involved in co operatives.

Co-operative Diversity Action members come from different parts of the UK and represent a range of different sectors from the movement, including retail societies, co-operative development bodies, worker co-operatives and housing co-operatives.

The website provides a space for co-operative enterprises, business development specialists, co-operative support organisations and BAME support organisations to access and share resources.

It already features case studies, sample equality and diversity policies, fact sheets and guides, reports, action plans and diversity strategies from the retail societies such as the Co-operative Group and Midcounties Co-operative Society.

Co operative Diversity Action is also inviting contributions from co-operatives and support bodies to ensure all the information on the website is as up to date as possible.