Clare from our Collections department tells us about the development of transport within the co-operative movement over the past 175 years. Read more
Co-operative historian Tony Webster explores the development of co-operation in Australia in the 20th Century, and the involvement of the Co-operative Wholesale Society. Read more
CHT blog post explaining the dividend and how it works today. Read more
A CHT blog post looking at items from our collection which relate to collectivised protest. Read more
New trustee Heather Roberts explains how the National Co-operative Archive inspired her to become a trustee for the Co-operative Heritage Trust. Read more
A creative writing piece exploring the Manchester Blitz of December 1940 through the eyes of a CWS Penguin umbrella. Read more
Kate Woodward talks us through our Museum Buddy project with Ancient House Museum, Norfolk, and what we have learnt. Read more
A creative writing piece by Trust Manager Liz McIvor. A poem from the perspective of a pair of CWS Goliath brand boots in our collection. Read more
Co-operative historian Tony Webster describes the success of the Co-operative Wholesale Society in New York in the 19th and 20th centuries. Read more
Kate Woodward looks at the fascinating history of the Co-operative Women's Guild and the impact they made from 1883-2016. Read more
CHT blog post written in response to the June 2020 discussions around public memorials and controversial presentations of history. Read more
Discover how the Co-operative Heritage Trust remotely recruited archival volunteers and embarked on a programme of digitisation during the Covid-19 crisis. Try your hand at some transcription yourself. Read more