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Community Shares Unit

@comshares.bsky.social
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All things Community Shares, a unique way of Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies raising community based investment and building a movement. Brought to you by Co-operatives UK & partners. linktr.ee/comshares

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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Who owns your media? Check out the new share offer for community owned media and arts centre in a former #sheffield city centre pub by @sheffieldlive.bsky.social Invest from £100. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sheffieldl...
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Sheffield Live! Community Share Offer
To raise £150k to refurbish the former Tap and Barrel at 42 Waingate, Sheffield as a new centre for community arts and media
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our @comshares.bsky.social training on 7 October is for organisations that have completed a share offer and now need to keep their members engaged. How do you balance a large membership, non-local supporters and member churn? Our training addresses all of this and more 👉 buff.ly/A8QTJjb #comshares
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@plunkettuk.bsky.social @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social @locality.org.uk @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopfinance.bsky.social @ethexuk.bsky.social @crowdfunder.bsky.social @dtascotland.bsky.social @cwmpas.bsky.social @communityenergyengland.org
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👩‍👧‍👧Make the most of your members! Expert training on effective engagement, especially for after you have run a community share offer. Learn from others and come and ask any questions. 7th Oct online 👇 www.uk.coop/events-and-t...
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New share offers with the Standard Mark listed on our portal from: ☑️@ittakesacity.bsky.social ☑️Save the Traf pub group ☑️Aston on Clun Community Shop Full details on & how to invest here: www.uk.coop/start-new-co...
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
cc: @plunkettuk.bsky.social @locality.org.uk @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopfinance.bsky.social @dtascotland.bsky.social @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social @powertochange.org.uk @cwmpas.bsky.social @communityenergyengland.org @democraticfinance.bsky.social
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Free online training: Community Shares Finance Guide - managing community share capital. Next Thursday online, book now! www.uk.coop/events-and-t...
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Training: Community Shares Finance Guide - managing community share capital
A session for societies using community shares capital to understand their legal responsibilities, and how to manage their members financial investments.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thanks for sharing @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social !
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
@locality.org.uk @plunkettuk.bsky.social @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social @powertochange.org.uk @access-si.bsky.social @archhfund.org.uk @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopfinance.bsky.social @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social @bettersocietycapital.com @ethexuk.bsky.social @crowdfunder.bsky.social
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Over the decade, Booster has developed to offer a unique patient & affordable social investment product; helping more communities to be successful, take on & develop assets & build strong local economies. Now, we can announce plans to grow Booster further in a new fund! www.uk.coop/resources/re...
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Report: Boosting Community Ownership – 10 years of the Community Shares Booster Fund
This report reflects on a decade of the Community Shares Booster Fund: the original ambitions, what has been achieved along the way and recommendations for future investments in supporting the communi...
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
..and Booster has enabled more communities to succeed, with a focus on less affluent communities, helping them to attract further investment to their projects.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The fund has achieved huge leverage, investing alongside 26k community investors, for each £1 we invested, they invested a further £3.99
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This unique form of social investment has been 'existential' for getting many projects moving and catalysing further investment.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Celebrating 10 years of our Booster Fund supporting & investing in community share offers: 📈 £5m invested in 98 share offers 📷 £20m unlocked from more than 26,000 community investors 📷 🚀 184 development grants awarded to enable share offers to launch www.uk.coop/resources/re...
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🎉 Read our new report celebrating 10 years of the @comshares.bsky.social Booster Fund’s huge impact in kick-starting community regeneration. The report shows how community shares have helped people across England save local assets, boost localities & build stronger local economies.🧵 (1/5)
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
And gives you the confidence, building blocks and qualifications to start supporting communities to explore, consider, prepare and launch a succesfull community share offer
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The course will cover: -community engagement -governance -biz planning + financials -documentation development -the Standard Mark -managing the share capital post-raise
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The course is a comprehensive training programme to learn all about community shares, from the basics to the technical details. Running Oct-Mar, & led by @cooperativesuk.bsky.social and guest community shares experts.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Advance notice! We are finalising the next cohort of Community Shares Practitioner Training for 2026-27. 🧑‍🎓 Full details will be in our upcoming email newsletters, sign up here to hear first: linktr.ee/comshares
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comshares Official: Instagram, Threads | Linktree
Links from the Community Shares Unit (a partnership of Co-operatives UK, Locality and Plunkett UK).
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Keys to the Future New report from @locality.org.uk & @powertochange.org.uk on scaling up community ownership and assets “Perhaps the greatest social investment opportunity for communities comes in the form of community shares” @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social Read more below⬇️
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Community ownership has a vital role to play in building stronger local economies and more resilient, connected communities. We welcome the new report from our partners @locality.org.uk and @powertochange.org.uk. 🧵👇 #comshares #coops @comshares.bsky.social
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
From our friends at @cwmpas.bsky.social this free webinar 'How to Market a Share Offer' next week www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sut-i-farc...
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Sut i Farchnata Cynnig Cyfranddaliadau / How to Market a Share Offer
Sut i Farchnata Cynnig Cyfranddaliadau gyda Wyn Roberts / How to Market a Share Offer with Wyn Roberts
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Latest email newsletter on all things community shares has gone out, check it out here if you missed it co-operativesuk.cmail20.com/t/t-e-wkijkh...
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Booster investment still available + community right to buy fund
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Writeup from #CoopCongress 'How community energy can give power to the people' www.thenews.coop/co-op-congre... from @coopnews.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social
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Co-op Congress: How community energy can give power to the people
Last week's UK CO-op Congress, organised by Co-operatives UK in Birmingham, included a look at the government’s Local Power Plan
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Writeup from #CoopCongress 'How community energy can give power to the people' www.thenews.coop/co-op-congre... from @coopnews.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social
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Co-op Congress: How community energy can give power to the people
Last week's UK CO-op Congress, organised by Co-operatives UK in Birmingham, included a look at the government’s Local Power Plan
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Co-operate and we can change the world. #CoopFortnight is here, and This Beautiful Idea by Tony Walsh captures what #coops make possible: member-owned businesses making a difference in communities across the UK – and around the world. Watch, repost and help spread the word. #ThisBeautifulIdea
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
😎The ICOF Community Capital share offer by @coopfinance.bsky.social closes soon. They have already raised an impressive £360k, with space for some final investors. An interesting share offer, given the CITR tax relief available: www.ethex.org.uk/invest/icof-... @ethexuk.bsky.social
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ICOF Community Capital - Renewable Energy - Community Shares - Ethex investment opportunity
Invest in ICOF and help provide growth capital to projects delivering renewable energy, sustainable farming and low‑carbon business operations. Investments target 3% annual interest paid in additional...
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🔆Free @cooperativesuk.bsky.social webinar on 1st July: The Power of Community Energy Come along and learn about co-ops creating and running community energy projects, inc. hearing from some co-operators themselves! www.uk.coop/events-and-t...
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Big news from #CoopCongress. Rachel Blake MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, announced that govt will soon appoint a mutual & co-operative sector champion. It'll be an important and new touchpoint with gov. As Rachel said: “The member-owned model does something different, and I think vital.”
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This beautiful idea is almost here. “Co-operate and we can change the world” is this year’s #CoopFortnight theme, inspired by Tony Walsh’s poem This Beautiful Idea. Co-op Fortnight starts Monday 22 June. Meet back here to see a performance of the full poem. And get involved 👉 www.uk.coop/fortnight
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A new legal right to buy community assets needs practical support behind it. That is why we welcome the £61m Community Right Buy Fund – announced by Housing, Communities & Local Gov Secretary of State Steve Reed – with finance and capacity support for communities: www.uk.coop/news/communi... #coops
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Are you coming to @cooperativesuk.bsky.social Congress next week? Looking forward to slots on We have the (community) power and hearing from GB Energy about the Local Power Plan. More here - www.uk.coop/events-and-t...
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Interested in live investment opportunities? New Community Share offers with the standard mark from @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social @ecoetalk.bsky.social & Hull Community Pub added to our directory of offers here www.uk.coop/share-offers
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Community share offers with the Standard Mark
Check out community share offers which have launched with the Community Shares Standard Mark.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hull’s first and only community-owned pub launches share offer to create one-of-a-kind function room www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-ea...
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The New Clarence community-owned pub launches share offer
The New Clarence hits first crowdfunding milestone - now it is open to all with a HU postcode
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Help investors to spread the cost with payment by instalments. New guidance on how to do this with community shares: www.uk.coop/resources/co... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopfinance.bsky.social
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The structure matters. If companies are owned by shareholders who may never set foot in the communities they affect, decisions follow that logic. Returns come first. Everything else becomes secondary. Think about water companies. It’s not failure. It’s how the system is designed to work.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
We have a new + detailed section in our finance guide on 'Handling interest payments on community shares' Check it out here: www.uk.coop/resources/co... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @plunkettuk.bsky.social @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social @ethexuk.bsky.social @locality.org.uk
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Co-operatives UK @cooperativesuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
UK companies are doing what they’re designed to do. Generate returns for shareholders. Did you know, many of those shareholders aren't in the UK. ONS data shows how much ownership has shifted overseas & with it, where dividends go (spoiler alert, it's a whopping 58%): www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inve...
A photograph of a vacuum cleaner head, vacuuming up bank notes.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Looking to grow your organisation or explore new funding options? The Reach Fund offers grants of £5k–£15k to prepare for social investment, including Community Share Offers. As an approved Access Point, we can support you to apply: 👉 www.uk.coop/news/co-oper... @cooperativesuk.bsky.social
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We've updated our listings of live and current community share offers with the Standard Mark inc: ⭐Staffordshire Community Energy ⭐Low Carbon Hub ⭐ICOF Community Capital www.uk.coop/start-new-co...
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Community share offers with the Standard Mark
Check out community share offers which have launched with the Community Shares Standard Mark.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
covering.. What is the Community Shares Standard Mark? Why should societies aim for the Standard Mark? What other Societies have been awarded the Standard Mark? The process for a share offer to be awarded the Standard Mark How to fund the Standard Mark? Why use the Standard Mark? How to get started
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A new resource outlining the benefits of using the Community Shares Standard Mark to develop high-quality share offers that attract investment, promote sustainable growth, and align with their community mission. www.uk.coop/resources/us...
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
@ethexuk.bsky.social @crowdfunder.bsky.social @locality.org.uk @plunkettuk.bsky.social @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopfinance.bsky.social @access-si.bsky.social
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
💶What tax relief incentives can you offer on a community share offer to encourage bigger investments? Read our blog and take a look at our upcoming training to find out more: www.uk.coop/blog/unlocki...
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Unlocking bigger investment through tax reliefs and community shares
How can you unlock larger individual investments in your share offer? There are two tax reliefs which can help make this happen.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Need investment in your share offer? Match investment from our partner Community Shares ICOF are still available through the Booster Fund. See more and how to apply here: www.uk.coop/resources/bo...
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
✉️Latest email newsletter went out yesterday with info on training, grants and tax relief, you can read it here: co-operativesuk.cmail20.com/t/t-e-witlkn... and sign up to future ones here: linktr.ee/comshares
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Tax relief and community shares: Exclusive new blog and training
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New blog and training session on tax reliefs available for community share offers to encourage larger investments. Examples show individual investments of £10k+ can be possible: www.uk.coop/blog/unlocki... @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social
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Unlocking bigger investment through tax reliefs and community shares
How can you unlock larger individual investments in your share offer? There are two tax reliefs which can help make this happen.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🔋Exciting new share offer with our Standard Mark from @lowcarbonhub.bsky.social who are building the UK's first community owned co-located battery installation 😎 www.lowcarbonhub.org/solar-battery/ @cooperativesuk.bsky.social @coopnews.bsky.social
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The UK's first community-owned solar battery - Low Carbon Hub
Find out more about how you can invest in the UK’s first community-owned solar battery at Ray Valley Solar Park in Oxfordshire.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
💰New training on Tax Reliefs for community shares. We know tax relief can have a big impact on the amount raised, find out more in our training session: www.uk.coop/events-and-t... @ethexuk.bsky.social @crowdfunder.bsky.social @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social
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Training: Tax reliefs while using community shares capital
A session for community shares practitioners who need to understand the difference between a tax reliefs while using community shares capital.
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Community Shares Unit @comshares.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Breathing new, energy‑efficient life into a much‑loved #Birmingham community hub with community shares by @birminghamfoe.bsky.social www.uk.coop/case-studies...
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Friends of the Earth Birmingham: Breathing new, energy‑efficient life into a much‑loved community hub
Discover how finance through the Energy Efficiency Sharematch Fund helped improve a building that’s home to organisations working for a better, fairer world.
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