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Change brings opportunity. Farmer-owned cooperatives are faced with new challenges and opportunities every day.

YOU CONTROL WHAT YOU OWN Empowering Communities Towards Economic Ownership The conference is made up of four themes sessions, each of a half day, on: • Cooperatives • Social Enterprises •

The cooperative sector in Nepal has been recognized by the Nepal Government as one of the pillars among three pillars (Cooperative, Public and Private) of national economy.

Jumbo Fairtrade Tea Party Wednesday 19 February 11am-3pm The Co-operative Wholesale Society began 150 years ago with a tea party at Jumbo Farm in Middleton.

The Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.

COOPERATIVE :Business for the Masses, National Business in Economic Upliftment The Role of Cooperative in Nation-Building through Uniting all Cooperatives and Awakening the Power of UNITY and COOPE

MAJOR THEME: MAINSTREAMING COOPERATIVES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY SUB THEMES 1. Impact of cooperatives on other forms of business/economic organizations 2. Innovative business practices by cooperatives 3

Viveka Service Society, a voluntary organization working for the last two decades in formation of community based organizations.

Fifteen of the original 28 Rochdale Pioneers are buried in Rochdale Cemetery. Take a stroll around a selection of the graves with staff from the Rochdale Pioneers Museum.

Join Gillian Lonergan, the Museum’s Head of Heritage Resources, for a peek into the history of 31 Toad Lane, the Rochdale Pioneers Museum on its journey from a woollen warehouse to the world famous bi