Towards a national network Mervyn Wilson Chief Executive

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Co-operative Trust Schools
Towards a national network Mervyn Wilson Chief
Executive Principal the Co-operative College
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Robert Owen

• Society may be formed so as to exist without
  crime, without poverty, with health greatly
  improved, with little, if any misery, and with
  intelligence and happiness increased a
  hundredfold

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Shared values

• Co-operatives are based on
• the values of self-help, self-responsibility,
  democracy, equality, equity and solidarity.
• In the tradition of their founders,
  co-operative members believe in the ethical
  values of honesty, openness, social
  responsibility and caring for others.

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Young Co-operatives
I want to congratulate Young Co-operatives for
bringing together young people who want to make a
difference and help lift people out of
poverty Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Secretary
of State for International Development
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The global dimension

• Over 600 Co-operative schools in Spain
• Wide range of support structures
• Over 100 co-operative schools in Sweden
• Co-operative schools in Tanzania supported
  by producer co-operatives

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Co-operative trust schools
Reddish Vale is leading the way by pioneering a
co-operative approach to education. Its about
embedding a co-operative culture into the school,
building on existing strong local relationships
and providing a platform for all those interested
in the school's success to work together. Rt
Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State, Department
for Children Schools and Families
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Co-operative trust schools
As the first co-operative trust is now
successfully up and running, I want to see this
model rolled out across the country, cultivating
co-operative schools and the democratic
innovative opportunity they represent. Rt Hon
Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children
Schools and Families, September 2008
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A national network of co-operative trusts

• Sharing the co-operative ethos, developing
  joint services
• 100 co-operative trusts with over 200 schools
  in the next two years
• Using the new DCSF initiative to embed the
  co-operative difference
• Building links with co-operative schools
  globally

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Co-operation inspiring young people