Taking place again at Thornbridge Outdoors in Derbyshire, tickets are now up for Worker Co-op Weekend 2026! workers.coop members get £10 off event tickets.
We expect the programme to include opportunity for business networking, peer learning, regional and sector meet-ups, alongside open space and the chance for co-op development advisors to connect.
Attendees will be able to catch up with where the federation is at, meet its new members and connect with individuals from the 5 forming worker co-ops on the new worker co-op accelerator programme, Own The Future @evag. More on that soon.
We expect sessions on the history and future of the worker co-op movement, international solidarity, and how worker co-ops connect with wider social, environmental and political movements. For Own The Future participants, there’ll be additional sessions.
There will be time for relaxing, with movement-based activities, music and campfires, and opportunities to explore the site’s beautiful natural setting or go wild swimming.
We’ll be building on what we’ve done to make the Worker Co-op Weekend accessible, we expect bursaries, there will be childcare and we hope another minibus service. Get in touch if you can help out with driving from London or Glasgow/Edinburgh.
Propose a session
Please submit programme suggestions or requests here.
As always the programme is member-created, with individuals and worker co-ops proposing and running sessions.
Anyone can propose a session. In the past these have ranged from workshops, formal learning, networking, training, icebreakers, activities, music, games.
Ideas are welcome on any topic, whether practical learning, improving the performance of your worker co-op, or political education.
Help organise the Worker Co-op Weekend
Events group - if you’d like to help shape and deliver the Worker Co-op Weekend, come along to the next organising meeting on 30th March 11am-12pm. Looking for member support particularly around programme formation and content.
Volunteers during weekend - looking for a group of 6 dedicated volunteers to help with tasks (set up, pack down, general support, also facilitation and photography). If you can commit to a few hours during the event, sign up here.
And as always, pitch in during the event – in the DIY spirit of the Worker Co-op Weekend, there’ll be a sign-up sheet for tasks at the welcome tent.
Can your co-op…
Donate food and drink
Sponsor the bar
Sponsor the kid’s programme
Get in touch with solidarity@workers.coop
