Our co-founder Emma had the pleasure of presenting our model of care at a recent webinar organised by @coopfutures.bsky.social
The presentation given by Emma (which by her own admission was delivered in record-breaking time for her!) is available here: futures.coop/our-work/oxf...
A photo of Carlton talking to Equal Care's Gill about one of the ebikes purchased with the Rotary Club grant
A photo of one of the ebikes purchased with the Rotary Club grant
A photo of people sat outside Recharge having teas or coffees. Both ebikes are standing near to where they are sat on a picnic table in the sun.
🚲 Big thanks to The Rotary Club of Hebden Bridge for their generous £1,000 grant!
The grant went towards buying two electric bikes to help our team get around sustainably (and make the most of this weather!) ☀️
Also a special shout-out to Carlton at Recharge Bikes for the generous discount. 🌱🚴♀️
Image is a flyer for the event described in the post, which reads: CO-OPERATIVES EAST MIDLANDS “Social Care & Co-operatives” You are invited to join us on Friday 6 June 2025 at the Eliot Room, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln LN1 3DY Speakers: Hamish Falconer MP Emma Back, Equal Care Co-op Cheryl Barrott, Chair, Co-operatives UK Alison Hands, CEO, Lincolnshire Co-op Coffee from 10.00am 10.30am Introductions/Speakers 11.30am Roundtable Discussion/Q&A/Feedback 12.15pm Lunch Co-ops EM will hold their short AGM post the meeting. Book your place – Email: jdevilliers@btinternet.com by 30 May 2025 We look forward to seeing you!
🎤Next month our co-founder Emma Back will be speaking at the upcoming event hosted by Co-operatives East Midlands.
On 6 June at Bishop Grosseteste University, Emma will join a great line-up of speakers to explore how co-operative models can change social care.
🔗https://cooperatives-em.coop/events/
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🧵[4/4] This last month - a year after that wonderful person passed - they returned to the garden to place a plaque, reconnect, and remember the love.
Care doesn’t stop when the job ends. This story, and others like it, are what relationship-centred care looks like. 💛
🧵[3/4] One beautiful example: a number of people from our Tod Circle and Hebroyd Circles came together to support a wonderful human being. When that person passed away, the team supported each other through the grief. They met with the family, and helped to plant a memorial garden together.
🧵[2/4] For us, it means giving time and space for real connections to grow. It means building teams of people who choose to care for someone - who get to know each other, build trust, share laughter, and show up through the tough stuff too.
A photo of some forget-me-not flowers growing against a painted white, stone wall.
At Equal Care Co-op, we often say we're a relationship-centred care organisation, but what does that look like in practice?
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We're excited to share the impact of our work on a co-operatively owned platform over the past few years and to hear from others about how tech can be designed with people and genuine purpose at its core! #communitytech #powertochange #carefultrouble
Excited for @carefultrouble.bsky.social 's Community Tech Winter Gathering at the end of the month! Looking forward to connecting with other like-minded folk and feeling inspired🧠✊
Event page 👇
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A rotating mandala-like illustration describing the values and principles that make up Equal Care Co-op, comprising of those of the co-operative movement, sociocracy and Equal Care themselves. Mutual care is at the beating heart of it all.
There's a lot that makes us who we are, but at the heart of it all is mutual care 🤝💛
#cooperative #sociocracy #cooperativecare #socialcare #mutualcare #equalcare