Co-operative Heritage Fund

Introduction

The Co-operative Heritage Trust is a registered charity founded by the Co‑operative Group, Co-operatives UK and the Co-operative College to safeguard the movement’s unique and irreplaceable heritage. The Trust’s mission is:

To inspire people within and beyond the co-operative movement about the origins, development and contemporary relevance of co-operation by collecting, safeguarding and making accessible artefacts and documentation through lifelong learning and research.

The Co-operative Heritage Trust is custodian of the Rochdale Pioneers Museum, the original building where the Co‑operative Movement began in 1844, and the National Co-operative Archive, which holds 200 years of co-operative records. The Co-operative College manages the Museum and Archive on behalf of the Trust.

The Co-operative Heritage Fund has been established to contribute to the costs incurred in the ongoing running of the National Co-operative Archive and the Rochdale Pioneers Museum.

We Need Your Support

We are now inviting other co-operative societies, organisations and individuals to support the preservation and wider use of these unique and irreplaceable collections by contributing to the Co-operative Heritage Fund.

To offer your support, please download and print the Co-operative Heritage Fund donation form ( pdf 39kb) , complete it and return to Co-operative Heritage Fund, The Co-operative College, Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester, M60 0AS.

For more information please contact Gillian Lonergan, Learning Resources Manager and Archivist at the College by email  at gillian@co-op.ac.uk or call her on 0161 246 2925.