Jack Whitehead, secretary of the Bath & West Co-operative Party, kicks off the co-operation at the Friends Meeting House. 

How can we make Bath a co-operative city? Under the guidance of the Bath & West co-operative party co-operators of all colours met at Bath Quakers’ Meeting House Saturday 2 June.

We heard about tech co-operatives, about the new Bath co-operative alliance, and local co-op initiatives including Bath & West Community Energy,  The Bell Inn, Bath City FC and the newly community-owned Komedia Bath comedy club.

• For more background on Quakers and co-operativism, with a link to free download of Ed Mayo’s book Short history of co-operation and mutuality see blogpost The greatest resource is friendship