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Join us for our new Community Shares Practitioner Training Programme 2019
16th August 2019

We're excited to announce that the next practitioner training programme will be starting in October 2019.

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Community shares take a step forward with Standard Mark and new support tool
22nd October 2015
Ethical investors can be increasingly confident they are helping create a fairer world today (Friday 23rd October) after one of the UK’s leading...
Practitioner Training and Licensing - programme open for applications
8th October 2015
The CSU is once again offering the opportunity for people interested in or experienced with supporting community share offers to become a Community...
Power to Change reopens applications to its Initial Grants Programme
2nd September 2015
Power to Change, the new charitable trust supporting community business, has reopened its Initial Grants Programme after a short summer break,...
CSU responds to second FCA co-op and bencom consultation
2nd September 2015
CSU has produced a response to the FCA’s second consultation on its registration function under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act...
Big Society Capital showcases the growth of community shares and explores options for social investment
2nd September 2015
Big Society Capital (BSC), the socially driven independent financial institution, has highlighted the immense impressive growth of community shares...
Co-operatives UK seeking to boost awareness of member capital in 2015
2nd September 2015
The CSU's partner organisation Co-operatives UK has dedicated one of their key action areas for 2015 to growing the awareness of member capital...
Draft reponse now available for second FCA co-op and bencom consultation
31st July 2015
The Community Shares Unit (CSU) has produced a draft response to the FCA’s second consultation on its registration function under the Co-operative...
UK Crowdfunding Association lends support to Community Shares Standard Mark
24th July 2015
The UK Crowdfunding Association was pleased to see the recent launch of the long awaited Community Shares Standard Mark. Developed by the government-...
Second FCA co-op and bencom consultation – tell us what you think
14th July 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has now published a second consultation on its registration function under the Co-operative and Community...
CSU and Money Advice Service update public info on community shares
7th July 2015
Potential community shares investors are now be able to access impartial advice from the Money Advice Service (MAS) on community shares. The CSU...

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