Co-operative Fortnight

Bottom-up and community-led activities which so often bubble along under the radar are receiving new public recognition.

In Regeneration through co-operation, three ippr researchers – Carey Oppenheim, Ed Cox and Reg Platt - explain why effective community-led regeneration requires more co-operation.

Simply rolling back the state and expecting the Big Society to flourish, they suggest, is not enough. If communities are going to take control, there needs to be different levels of co-operation and a framework of support available.