Members Directory

I am a founding member of the Belfast Cleaning Society, Northern Ireland’s first cross-community worker-owned cooperative and winner of the inaugural Living Wage Award, I lead Trademark’s co-operative economic development programme.

Architect, Artist, Farmer, Grandmother. Chair of 'Ranelagh Arts' Ltd, a Community Charity supporting Arts and Culture in Dublin 6. Part-time organic farmer of native cattle in Tipperary. Working with the 'Irish Biochar Co-operative' to promote biochar as mechanism to reduce GHGs, increase biodiversity and rural incomes.

I am a historian of the co-operative movement in Ireland. I am a Lecturer in Politics and Community Development at the University of Limerick.

I am a retired dairy farmer from a tradition of cooperative and local involvement.

I'm a new-comer to the Cooperative space having cut my teeth with the foundation of OFN Ireland since mid 2020. I'm convinced by the potential of Coops to help empower communities in the response to the challenges presented by the Climate breakdown.

I'm a co-operator, governance professional and co-operative development practitioner passionate about starting and sustaining democratic, distributive organisations.

I am a community catalyst and facilitator at Cultivate, the Sustainable Ireland Cooperative and the coordinator to the Open Food Hub at Cloughjordan Community Farm, a community-led social enterprise based in the WeCreate enterprise centre in Cloughjordan Ecovillage.

I am a researcher, educator and artist, interested in the relationships between social movements, transformative economic practices and grassroots social innovation.

Tiziana O’Hara has been living in Northern Ireland for the past 20 years and most of her working life has been spent in the local community, voluntary and social economy sector. Tiziana is one of the founder members of Co-operative Alternatives and has a passion for member-led organisations embracing the principles of co-operation and the values of fairness, equality and solidarity.