Cooperation Town

The Cooperation Town end of year fundraiser is here! We achieved so much in 2020, but the current crisis is far from over. There is still so much more to do.We are now calling on our brilliant community of friends and supporters to help us...

Published on September 22, 2020 by Shiri Shalmy

The Cooperation Town Starter Pack is here!

The Cooperation Town Starter Pack is now live on our brand new website!Visit...

Published on September 10, 2020 by Shiri Shalmy

Three months into lockdown, Cooperation Kentish Town shared over 15,000 meals.

Exactly three months ago, Cooperation Kentish Town started its Covid19 operation. Yesterday they delivered their 15,600th meal! At the peak of lockdown, Cooperation Kentish Town made weekly deliveries to 150 households on l...

Published on June 25, 2020 by Shiri Shalmy

Conversations

Let’s get the ball rolling! This is where things get planned and sometimes this is where things get done. Ask questions, thank people for their efforts, and contribute your skills to the service of the community.

Budget

See how money openly circulates through Cooperation Town. All contributions and all expenses are published in our transparent public ledger. Learn who is donating, how much, where is that money going, submit expenses, get reimbursed and more!

Financial contribution to Cooperation Town

from Christopher Olewicz • 9/17/2020

+£10.00GBP

Completed

Transport of Packs

by Kirsty Walker • 9/16/2020

-£16.42GBP

Paid

Receipt #25120

Email service

by Shiri Shalmy • 9/14/2020

-£5.36GBP

Paid

Receipt #24316

Today’s balance

£1,937.73 GBP

Estimated annual budget

~ £2,718.95 GBP

Cooperation Town is all of us

Our contributors 14

Everyone who has supported Cooperation Town. Individuals and organizations that believe in –and take ownership of– our purpose.

Shiri Shalmy

Admin

Organiser

Kirsty Walker

Admin

Organiser

Katie Higgins

Admin

Organiser

incognito

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£1,020 GBP

incognito

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£801 GBP

David Parry

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£400 GBP

Olivia Ward

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£100 GBP

Supporter

Jenny Mulholland

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£50 GBP

Thanks Cooperation Town for all your amazing work!

Sheridan Kates

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£30 GBP

Friend

Adam King

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£20 GBP

incognito

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£20 GBP

Lisa Lang

Financial Contributor

Total contributions

£15 GBP

About

Cooperation Town is a network of self organised, community led food co-ops and food hubs.

It was initiated in 2019 by a group of community organisers and London residents in order to meet local needs for affordable food and community spaces.

Cooperation Town soon developed into a small network, with linked autonomous projects organising in Birmingham, Bristol, Dorset and Hull. The network aims to:

Support opportunities for self organisation on a hyper-local community level
Build resilience through cooperation
Bring people together to share skills, resources and experience
Provide affordable food and household products
Scale up the network through training and mutual support

Cooperation Town food co-ops are run by their members, according to local needs. Members decide collectively on how to organise and are responsible for the day to day running of the co-op.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Cooperation Town co-ops were able to use their existing infrastructure to adapt to mass food distribution. In London, Bristol and Birmingham, our members provide thousands of meals every week to residents on low or no income.

Funds raised through Open Collective will be used to develop and sustain the network, provide training and resources to new co-ops, meet needs in response to the high demand around Covid-19 and enable us to develop our work locally and nationally.