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Annual Reports

Annual Report for 2007

In his introduction to the 2007 College Annual Report, David Gibson CBE, Chair of the Board of Governors said:

"2007 was an important year in the life of the Co-operative College, building on the foundations for growth laid previously and developing new areas of work that will have a significant impact in 2008 and beyond.

We were successful in extending our work in the four key areas of the College’s operation: work with managers and members, work with schools and young people,work safeguarding and using our co-operative heritage, and work with the co-operative movement globally.

The Board has maintained a clear focus on providing learning programmes and services to strengthen and build the co-operative sector, through effective partnerships. We remain confident of the role that co-operatives can play in a twenty first century mixed economy, and that the College is well equipped to support the growth of the movement.

In 2007 the Board and Trustee approved a revised Mission and Strategic Objectives to help us progress towards the achievement of our vision ‘to be the world leader in co-operative learning’.

The Board and Trustee record their sincere thanks for the work of the College staff and associates responsible for the progress and successes reported and to the Co-operative Group and Co-operativesUK for their support in establishing the Co-operative Heritage Trust and endowment fund that together secure the long term future of our co-operative heritage."

For more details of the College's achievements in 2007 please click the following link to download the Annual Report in pdf format.

The College Annual Meeting will be held at 10.30am on Sunday 29 June 2008 at The Blackpool Hilton.

Archive of Annual Reports

Previous year's reports are available for you to view in pdf format.