# Congress 2024 - workers.coop session

**URL:** https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797
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**Created:** [18 April 2024 13:34 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797 "2024-04-18T13:34:52Z")
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### Author: ![louise](https://forum.workers.coop/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@louise](https://forum.workers.coop/u/louise)
#### Post date: [18 April 2024 13:34 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/1 "2024-04-18T13:34:52Z")

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Are we doing anything at Congress this year?  
I assume Coops UK will give us a slot again?

If there are no proposals or ideas for this already, in the spirit of last year could we invite YCN - if they don’t have their own youth slot - to take over our slot in a joint youth-led / workers.coop event about young people and worker co-operation?

Or a session on wider engagement, inviting general delegates to tell us how we as workers.coop could engage better to let people know about worker co-operation in their sectors / regions / areas of expertise ?

Just making it up as I go along … to get the ball rolling.

Not much capacity to organise anything right now but wanted us to get a marker down to do something at the minimum. We got a great turnout last year.

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### Author: ![AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/user_avatar/forum.workers.coop/athertonjohn/32/99_2.png) [@AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/u/AthertonJohn)
#### Post date: [18 April 2024 14:15 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/2 "2024-04-18T14:15:30Z")

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Their Youth Summitt is happening at the same time so I did mention we’d be happy to help with any sessions at that part of the Conference. But no-one got in touch with me and I moved onto other priorities. So if there is interest, do reach out to them.

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### Author: ![louise](https://forum.workers.coop/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@louise](https://forum.workers.coop/u/louise)
#### Post date: [18 April 2024 15:44 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/3 "2024-04-18T15:44:07Z")

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So, do we have a slot?

Does anyone else have thoughts on either this slot or liaising with YCN  
@rossh @Buncey etc?

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### Author: ![AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/user_avatar/forum.workers.coop/athertonjohn/32/99_2.png) [@AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/u/AthertonJohn)
#### Post date: [18 April 2024 16:25 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/4 "2024-04-18T16:25:45Z")

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No, like i said, I asked if they wanted us to be involved and no-one came back with a “yes” and I never chased it beyond that initial ask. So by all mean contact their events team.

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### Author: ![louise](https://forum.workers.coop/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@louise](https://forum.workers.coop/u/louise)
#### Post date: [18 April 2024 18:06 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/5 "2024-04-18T18:06:12Z")

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by ‘they’ do you mean YCN … or Coops UK?

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### Author: ![AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/user_avatar/forum.workers.coop/athertonjohn/32/99_2.png) [@AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/u/AthertonJohn)
#### Post date: [19 April 2024 07:21 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/6 "2024-04-19T07:21:02Z")

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Coops UK as it’s their event not sure what role YCN has in it.

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### Author: ![louise](https://forum.workers.coop/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@louise](https://forum.workers.coop/u/louise)
#### Post date: [19 April 2024 11:35 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/7 "2024-04-19T11:35:43Z")

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Is it too late to ask CUK to have a workers.coop -led session?  
If we can cobble something together?

We get a free place at Congress on that day if we do if we’re involved - which is gold dust to some of us!

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### Author: ![Buncey](https://forum.workers.coop/user_avatar/forum.workers.coop/buncey/32/83_2.png) [@Buncey](https://forum.workers.coop/u/Buncey)
#### Post date: [2 May 2024 05:36 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/8 "2024-05-02T05:36:17Z")

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@louise Sorry both for the slow response - I find this system harder to navigate than Loomio!  
The YCN currently has no involvement with the CUK Youth Summit this year. We ran identical workshops at both Congress and Youth Summit last year and took away the fact that young people want their own event, hence the Young Cooperators Weekend (24th to 26th May 2024).

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### Author: ![AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/user_avatar/forum.workers.coop/athertonjohn/32/99_2.png) [@AthertonJohn](https://forum.workers.coop/u/AthertonJohn)
#### Post date: [2 May 2024 09:14 UTC](https://forum.workers.coop/t/congress-2024-workers-coop-session/797/9 "2024-05-02T09:14:37Z")

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Ah that’s a shame but entirely understandable. Very interested in your Weekend goes after its done.
