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We hold collections on 

Co-operative societies in the UK

The CWS (Co-operative Wholesale Society)

National co-operative organisations

The Co-operative Union

The Co-operative Women's Guild

The Co-operative Film Archive

Co-operative federations

Personal papers

Periodicals

Cultural materials

Advertising and packaging

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You can search Archives Hub for details of what we hold. Please be aware that we have been unable to update Archives Hub since November 2022 and so you need to contact the archive for more information about the material you wish to see.  Not everything is listed on the Hub and so we may be able to advise on further material too.

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We are open to anyone who makes an appointment to see our materials. Call us on 0161 214 0861 but it is better to email [email protected]

Find us on the first floor of Holyoake House, Hanover Street in the co-operative quarter of Manchester.

You can get to our building from Victoria Station by crossing Corporation Street  and walking up Hanover Street, or by approaching from Shudehill Metrolink stop. There is no on street parking. The closest public car parks are at Shudehill Printworks and on Dantzic Street.

Offering material to us

We collect paper-based and digital material that has significance to the history of the British co-operative movement. Potential donations are reviewed on a case by case basis according to our collecting policy, so please contact us if you have something you would like to donate.

We are particularly interested in records which reflect the recent past of the Co-operative movement.

We may only collect documents and photographs for which rights can be assigned to us by the donor, or where copyright is established.

Published: 28th June, 2019

Updated: 8th August, 2023

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Location: Holyoake House, Hanover Street, MANCHESTER, M60 0AS

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Caboodle - Food waste prevention / Help for charitable causes

If you are a charity or community group you can sign up to Caboodle https://group.thecaboodle.co.uk/

What is it?

Caboodle is a platform to get alerts when stores have food available to collect. Sign up and select your local stores (for us it is our local co-ops in Rochdale) and you will get a notification when there is food to collect.

What sort of food is it?

The food is anything that has come to the end of it's display date, but it is all safe to prepare and eat according to the packaging instructions. 

How does it work?

Representatives can sign up to register their group, select the stores they can collect from and schedule collections where there are available time slots.

We use caboodle for the food based initiatives and workshops we run at the museum: Preventing food waste and ensuring local people and our charity can benefit amidst high food inflation prices is important to us, as is our commitment to minimise waste and carbon footprint wherever possible.

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