Culture and Sport
Cultural and sporting bodies play a powerful role in the life of the nation and often receive large subsidies. More needs to be done to ensure that they put the needs and interests of their fans and enthusiasts first. Giving ordinary people a say over the way that these organisations are run is the best way to ensure that this occurs.
Latest articles on Culture and Sport
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A co-operative vision for South London’s libraries (28 Mar 2012)
Labour & Co-operative councillor Timothy Godfrey, Secretary of the London Co-operative Party, contrasts the possibilities for library services offered by co-operative solutions and the cuts and closures threatened by Croydon’s Conservatives In Croydon, local Labour & Co-operative Councillors have proposed to the ruling Conservative Council that instead of privatising the library service to a large [...]
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Lessons from the NFL: There is a better way of running our football clubs (6 Feb 2011)
Today sees Super Bowl XLV, pitting the Green Bay Packers against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s no surprise that the Packers are back in the final - they have won more league championships than any other team in the NFL. On the other hand, however, for the Packers to still compete at the highest level at all is incredible. They [...]
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David Miliband suggests the British Broadcasting Co-op (5 Aug 2010)
Cushioning the heavy blow of the Vince Cable’s announcement that Northern Rock is not to be remutualised, came David Miliband and Tessa Jowell’s call for the BBC to become co-operatively owned and run. In a joint blog post on the Progress website, the Shadow Foreign Secretary and the former Cabinet Office Minister called for a [...]
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‘Greenwich’ co-op model may prove to be the solution to Leeds leisure (13 Jul 2010)
A Beeston community social enterprise has been given a four-month extension by Labour-led Leeds Council to give them more time to put together a bid in order to take control over a sports centre that was due to close on 21 June, creating a social enterprise scheme costing £1.5m. There are already successful examples of [...]
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New blog at Supporters Direct (28 Nov 2008)
Our friends over at Supporters Direct are launching a blog on their website at www.supporters-direct.org/blog. Join the debate on the latest issues facing football and rugby supporters. Share this:Email
