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Crack the Co-op Code! Discover the Building Blocks of Co-operation

Date & time
30 October 2026 | 10.00-16.00

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Event format

Attend event in person

Event type

Participatory interactive event

Event topic

Business, finance & economics, Money & finance

Audience

All

Academic discipline

Economics management and business studies

Venue

The Galleria - Upper Mall (one unit away from Beauty Outlet), Comet Way, Hatfield, AL10 0XR

https://thegalleria.co.uk/

Money & finance theme

What's on offer?

This informal, interactive drop-in event will explore how co-operatives and other community-led initiatives can help people respond to cost-of-living pressures.

What's it about?

Discover what makes a co-operative thrive in this fun, hands on puzzle challenge.

Working together, participants will piece together the key ingredients of successful co-operatives, from shared ownership and democratic decision making to trust, participation and community benefit.

Through interactive problem solving, you will explore how co-operatives create value for people and places, while learning about the social and economic impact of collective action in everyday life.

Who's leading the event?

Ellie White, Co-operative Development Officer, Co-operatives UK

Francesca Gagliardi, Reader in Institutional Economics, University of Hertfordshire

Open to

All

Of particular interest to

All

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