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Convert to a co-op

Convert to a co-op is a support programme with resources to help existing businesses or organisations become co-operatives, including employee or community buyouts, for applicants based in the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Co-operatives UK

Checked against the official page (growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk) on 1 Nov 2026.

Resources and support to convert an existing business or organisation to a co-operative, covering employee or community buyouts.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Existing businesses or organisations wanting to convert to a co-operative, according to the page's subject; the page does not state formal eligibility rules.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Any size

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Visit the provider website for further information and how to apply.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk) on 1 Nov 2026. Its details last changed on 1 Nov 2026. A person last checked it on 31 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Co-operatives UK before you apply.

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