Community businesses who meet the following eligibility criteria can apply to the Co-operatives UK Booster Fund: There are two types of funding: A Development Grant to get your share offer ready and to promote it, and the Equity Match which will match fund some of your share capital.   Both these…

In 2025, GMCR successfully raised £187,000 in community shares in order to fund solar panels on 3 schools and a community centre.  This is made up of £162,000 raised from the community and c. £25,000 from the Co-operatives UK Booster Fund. But how did we do it? You can read…

We’re thrilled to announce that we have launched a solar panel competition to help local communities benefit from the low carbon, low cost electricity provided by solar panels. Using funding from our GMCR Community Fund, we are inviting charities to apply for up to £10,000 towards the purchase and installation…