FairShares Co-operative

A FairShares Co-operative is an organisation that implements the FairShares Brand under Co-operative Law or Industrial and Provident Society Law. These bodies of law require co-operative shares to have particular characteristics. The FairShares Association provides three models.

• FairShares Social Co-operative

• FairShares Worker Co-operative

• FairShares User Co-operative

For those wishing to incorporate under Company Law, see the page on creating a FairShares Company.

For those wishing to establish an unincorporated co-operative association, you can use the following model

• FairShares Association Model Articles.

These rules are identical to a FairShares Social Co-operative except that there is no reference to co-operative law, and the term co-operative has been replaced with association throughout.

If you want more information on FairShares Articles of Association, there are dedicated pages for learning about and discussing them.