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Listener Owned: Celebrating Co-operative Success

Listener Owned: Celebrating Co-operative Success

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2025 is the UN International Year of Co-operatives. To celebrate this event, we're launching Listener Owned: a new podcast that'll be exploring and learning all about positive success stories from across the co-operative sector. If you support the co-operative movement, shop with a co-operative business, or perhaps you work within one, this show will help you connect with others in the community who share those same values.

We'll have interviews, analysis and round-table discussions that delve into every aspect of running a successful co-operative. We'll be discussing news from retail businesses, mutual societies, agricultural producers, energy generators and much, much more.

If you're excited to become a part of a podcast that's both owned and run by its listeners, then join us each week on your favourite podcast player.



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Episodes
  • Helping worker co-operatives thrive with Workers.Coop and Siôn Whellens

    Helping worker co-operatives thrive with Workers.Coop and Siôn Whellens
    Apr 17 2025

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    In this episode I had the opportunity to talk with Siôn Whellens from Workers.Coop about their work to advance the cause of worker-owned co-operatives around the globe.

    You can find more about the subjects and topics Siôn mentions below:

    Workers.Coop

    SolidFund

    'Worker What?' booklet

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    39 mins
  • The Multi-Faceted Co-operator: Shaz Rahman's Journey Across Birmingham's Co-op Landscape

    The Multi-Faceted Co-operator: Shaz Rahman's Journey Across Birmingham's Co-op Landscape
    Mar 31 2025

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    Shaz Rahman shares his extensive experience supporting multiple co-operative organisations in Birmingham and nationally, demonstrating how one person can make a significant impact across diverse sectors through board roles and active involvement.

    • Involved with Friends of the Earth Birmingham, a community benefit society with a city centre building housing a café and bike shop.
    • Serves on the board of Community Energy Birmingham, which installed solar panels on community buildings.
    • Director at Co-op Press, the journalism arm of the co-operative movement publishing Co-op News.
    • Member of the Co-op Group's National Members' Council, representing Co-op Press.
    • Part of Central Co-op's Membership Community Council, deciding on community activities
    • Member of Artifact, an artists' workers' co-operative supporting experimental music and art

    If you're interested in getting involved with co-operatives, check the Co-ops UK website which has a map checker for finding co-ops in your area, or Google co-ops related to your interests locally. Reach out to Shaz at shaziety.com or on social media as @ShazRahman30


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    43 mins
  • Community participation with Rizoma Co-op in Lisbon

    Community participation with Rizoma Co-op in Lisbon
    Mar 19 2025

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    In this first episode of Listener Owned I chat with João and Bernardo from Rizoma co-operative in Lisbon where they've successfully built a multi-sector business with the full participation of their local community who help to run the store, and to deliver their other services for the benefit of their members.

    Website: https://www.rizomacoop.pt/coop

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rizomacoop.pt

    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rizomacoop.pt/

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    45 mins
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