"Financing freedom: how we funded our co-op", from Ray of Wirksworth Co-op.
https://raythespirit.com/blog/2025/12/8/financing-freedom-how-we-funded-our-co-op
Radical Routes
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A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change.
Sharing news from within the #RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement.
The current humans operating this account are Danny (@da5nsy@social.coop) and Pat (@Veggies@social.coop). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us!
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Feb 16, 2026
# Love & solidarity
We welcome ourselves in
To a world we long to meet
At a gathering that feels like luxury
When the climb to change feels this long and that steep.
But when we practice being present
It's not about escaping from the fight
It's about readying our foundations
To hold more people through the night.
This is love. This is resistance. This is solidarity.
We learn to feel it in our bones right here
So that we can feel it in the streets
Disrupting all the patterns
That we have known from old.
It takes more than just campaigning
If we want to dismantle narratives we were sold.
Every single slow and thoughtful conversation
Is a rehearsal for the time
When we've got to tell that judge, that cop, that bailiff
That if it's my neighbours problem, it's also mine.
This is love. This is resistance. This is solidarity.
Slow down to feel it in your bones right here
So that you can feel it in the streets.
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Jan 17, 2026
Wirksworth Civic Society present
Empty Homes Update
From empty buildings
to lived in homes
With contributions from:
DDDC empty homes officer
#Wirksworth Co-housing Project
Skylark Housing Coop / #RadicalRoutes
7pm Wednesday 28 January
Wellspring Church, Wood Street, #Wirksworth DE4 4DS
Free entry
Donations welcome
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Dec 10, 2025
Hello from Lichen Cooperative
I hope this is ok to share here.
One of our beloved coop members is fundraising for his visa to remain in the UK. He came here from Syria to study, and is now facing a visa deadline.
Any support would or sharing would be greatly appreciated.
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Dec 08, 2025
Since they secured Glenorchy Centre as home to #Wirksworth Housing Co-operative they've welcomed over 150 people to enjoy the space - from hosting musicians for a local festival; to afternoon tea with investors, friends & neighbours; to big wholesome dinners with the local queer group to kids parties.
Whilst a housing co-operative feels like an obvious way to live, the capitalist system sees equality & security as an incredibly political act.
They discuss this more at
https://raythespirit.com/blog/2025/8/28/moving-at-the-speed-of-love
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
social.coop
Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Nov 15, 2025
Perennial Housing Co-op had a really lovely time staffing their first Radical Routes stall at London Anarchist Bookfair last month.
A stall also appeared at the Bristol #Anarchist Bookfair, assisted by #SumacCentre.
Meanwhile @Veggies@social.coop displayed the #RadicalRoutes banner at the @ethicalconsumer@campaign.openworlds.info Conference at #Richmix in Whitechapel, London and at Nottingham Green Festival #NottmGreenFest
'So many people excited to hear about #RR' - great news!
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Nov 03, 2025
Meanwhile, this Saturday 8th November see the Manchester &
Salford Anarchist Bookfair at the People’s History Museum .
Stall included AK Press, PM Press, Freedom Press, Active Distro, Sparrows Nest,
And of course #RadicalRoutes
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
social.coop
Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Oct 31, 2025
Just two weeks to go.
Who's going to the Radical Routes Gathering, 14-16th November at #BidstonObservatory?
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
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Oct 23, 2025
Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis
One in every five citizens in Zurich now lives in a cooperative – meaning they have bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block.
This means that despite being a major global financial hub and pleasantly located on the edge of a large lake, poorer, younger people, families and students can still find somewhere they can afford in the centre of the city.
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Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
social.coop
Radical Routes
@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
A mutual-aid network of co-ops committed to working together for radical social change. Sharing news from within the # RadicalRoutes network and the wider cooperative movement. The current humans operating this account are Danny ( @ da5nsy ) and Pat ( @ Veggies ). This is a new account and we're still working out how we want to use it - bear with us! # coop # coops # cooperative # cooperatives # activism
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@RadicalRoutes@social.coop
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Oct 23, 2025
Radical Routes is a network of radical housing co-ops, workers co-ops and social centres, whose members are committed to working for positive social change.
The next Gathering will be 14th – 16th November 2025
Venue:
Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (BOARC) Wilding Way, Prenton, CH43 7RA
radicalroutes.org.uk/next-gathering/
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