Supporters and Members
The FairShares Association is now dormant and is no longer recruiting supporters or members. 
History
Our membership system gave recognition to those creating and using FairShares IP to advance cooperative social entrepreneurship. Membership could not be bought – it was free to anyone who made a “lasting and substantial contribution to the development or dissemination of the FairShares Model”.
Members have been granted a BY-SA Creative Commons licence to FairShares IP that has a BY-NC-SA licence. This grants permission to use this IP for commercial gain and in commercial settings.
There were automatic qualifying contributions for membership.
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- Have created a FairShares enterprise using FairShares Association’s ‘model rules‘;
- Have embedded materials about the FairShares Model in a course curriculum;
- Have signed an agreement or organised a project with Social Enterprise International to promote FairShares;
- Are a FairShares Certified Practitioner, Trainer, Social Auditor or Professional;
- Are a trainer in an approved FairShares Lab, or a partner in the FairShares Lab project (Erasmus+)
- Have made any other ‘substantial and lasting contribution’ to the development of the FairShares Model or FairShares Association