QSEC 2016 Workshop Series: How to Start a Co-op! A step by step guide

10 May 2016

From leading local cooperatives like Nundah Community Enterprise Co-Op, learn how to start and operate a cooperative enterprise, owned and controlled by members. Develop your cooperative ideas in a fun and collaborative workshop setting. 

Want to learn about a tradition of Social Enterprise of which provides a livelihood to three billion people, has 1000 million members and has proved one of the most successful and adaptable on the planet? Cooperatives are enterprises which are owned and controlled by their members and apply cooperative principles and values in their everyday activities. They take on a variety of forms and range from small grass-roots coops to large member owned businesses.

This workshop will lead participants through “How to Start a Co-op” developed by the Business Council of Cooperatives and Mutuals (BCCM) a peak body for Cooperatives in Australia. Leaders of local cooperatives including Australian Social Enterprise of the year in 2015 Nundah Co-op, will assist participants to develop their own cooperative ideas in a fun and collaborative workshop setting.

WHEN: Wednesday, 18 May 2016 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM (AEST)

WHERE: Maida Lilley Community Centre – 5 Green Square Close, Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006

COST: $95 – $120

Book online to attend this co-op workshop

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