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STIR magazine on community wealth building available to preorder
Latest STIR magazine focuses on community wealth building “There is a growing range of local agents who are driving the community wealth building movement, with organisations developing co-operatives and economic alternatives, and a greater acknowledgement of the public pound – democratised money.” – Neil McInroy, Chief Executive, CLES. STIR is a quarterly magazine published by Stir to
Celebrating 20 years of intercontinental solidarity and the Lima Declaration
RIPESS marks 20th anniversary of Lima Declaration The first meeting of the globalization of solidarity was held in Lima, Peru, from the 1st to the 4th of July 1997, as part of GRESP, the Peruvian network for the solidarity economy. From this meeting and declaration, the desire to internationalize the SSE movement was strongly expressed, and the formal network
Institute for Solidarity Economics becomes the Solidarity Economy Association!
We’re excited to announce that we are officially relaunching ourselves today as the Solidarity Economy Association. The Solidarity Economy Association (SEA) is a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative working to support the Solidarity Economy movement in the UK – a grassroots movement that is building a fair and ecological alternative to Capitalism – one that puts the real needs of
SEA pledges to keep volunteering voluntary
To mark National Volunteers Week we’re joining over 650 charities and voluntary organisations in pledging not to participate in any government workfare schemes, which force unemployed people to carry out unpaid work or face benefit sanctions. Keep Volunteering Voluntary is a campaign launched in April 2014 in response to the implementation of the government’s ‘Help to Work’ programme, which included
International Municipalist Summit to be held in Barcelona
“In the face of hate, walls and borders, we’ll build global networks of solidarity and hope.” Fearless Cities is a summit for the international municipalist movement which will take place 9-11 June in Barcelona, Spain. Around the world, towns and cities are standing up to defend human rights, democracy and the common good; Fearless Cities will allow these movements to
In memory of Robin Murray
Dear friends, We were very sad to hear of the death of Robin Murray this week. He was known to many of us at the Solidarity Economy Association, in different guises – as a teacher, co-researcher, activist and a friend. It was one of our directors, Jane Grindey, who first introduced me to his work in the form of ‘Co-operation
International event on mapping the solidarity economy
SEA’s Matt Wallis was recently invited to spend a week in Italy with an international community of people working to map the Solidarity Economy. All over the world economic activity is taking place challenging the idea that making as much profit as possible is the only logical way of exchanging goods and services. Initiatives that are owned democratically, with profits
Inspiring ideas for a new economy from platform co-operatives
Open2017-data-handout A month ago we joined around 300 others at Open:2017, the UK’s first multi-day conference dedicated to platform co-operatives, organised by The Open Co-op LLP. As one of the early sponsors of the event, we were so excited to help make it happen, and to contribute to what became an incredibly inspiring couple of days. For those who might
It’s here! Our special issue of STIR magazine
We’re really excited to say that the Winter issue of STIR magazine is now available to buy! We’ve been collaborating with the team at Stir To Action on the edition which is all about Solidarity Economics, including some really inspiring examples of solidarity economy initiatives around the world, interviews, and articles on how the solidarity economy movement is helping to
Join us in Manchester for Ways Forward 5
Friday 20th January 09:30 – 16:30 Central Hall, Oldham Street, Manchester On Friday 20 January we’ll be heading up to Manchester for the Ways Forward 5 Conference: Roads to a Democratic Economy. We’re one of the key sponsors of the conference, which is about discussing co-operative and radical alternatives to austerity and capitalism and will debate a range of topics,
Solidarity Economy Association Ltd. Is a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative company limited by guarantee. It is registered under the Companies Act 2006 in England and Wales. Registered number 10733713.
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