About the Pilot:
The Oxfordshire Care Co-op Pilot, a year long project concluding in February 2026, aimed to understand and test how co-operative and co-produced models and approaches could fill gaps in the current market and solve challenges in the Adult Social Care sector in Oxfordshire and create more ownership and voice for both care workers and care users.
The project was funded by Oxfordshire County Council and was delivered by a partnership including: African Families in the UK, Community Catalysts, Co-operative Futures, Oxford Community Action and Prof Maria Daskalaki, Professor in Organisation Studies, Oxford Brookes University. The project was also supported by Owned By Oxford.
If you have any questions about the care co-op pilot, send us a message to info@futures.coop
Read the Visual Summary of the project report or download here:
If you are interested to read the full report, please get in touch for a copy.
Oxfordshire-Care-Co-operative-Pilot-Visual-Summary-2026
Learning from Care Co-operatives:
We held an online webinar where three existing care co-operatives, Co-operative Care Colne Valley, North West Care Co-op and Equal Care explained how care co-ops work and shared their experiences of setting up a care co-op in their localities. The recordings of the webinar can be found below.
Some other useful resources about care co-operatives can be found here:
- The Equal Care “Playbook” – a resource for groups wanting to start a care co-op
- Co-operative Care Colne Valley Toolkit – a resource including webinars on co-operative care
- Co-operative Care Colne Valley’s presentation from “Learning from Care Co-ops” webinar
- North West Care Co-op “Going under the bonnet” – four short films explaining how their co-op works
- North West Care Co-op’s presentation from “Learning from Care Co-ops” webinar