---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dez. Lieza Dessein <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 12:19 PM Subject: TR: Last week to apply for our FREE accelerator! NEWS FROM THE UK ;) ;) >>> *De :* Stir To Action [mailto:events=stirtoaction. [email protected]] *De la part de* Stir To Action *Envoyé :* lundi 26 mars 2018 12:01 *À :* Dez. Lieza Dessein *Objet :* Last week to apply for our FREE accelerator! <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=397742d50c&e=d7cc925b0a> Last week to apply: Join our Platform Co-op Accelerator! <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=acb7b83684&e=d7cc925b0a> *Stir To Action <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=a156aaad85&e=d7cc925b0a> have teamed up with Co-operatives UK <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=e27c46491f&e=d7cc925b0a>to launch — UnFound <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=d2378c249d&e=d7cc925b0a> — an accelerator for Platform Co-operatives between May and June 2018. * *Find out more* <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=471fbbe17d&e=d7cc925b0a> *“Platform Cooperativism is about creating the tools and strategies to shift power on the internet from extractive monopolies to generative democracy.” **— Nathan Schneider <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=dd8c85e2f8&e=d7cc925b0a>* *The Internet is broken. Investor-owned digital platforms are monopolising key economic sectors, controlling our data, and distributing profits to the few. This needs to fundamentally change according to Co-operatives UK and Stir to Action.* * As part of an effort to make the ‘digital economy our own’, these organisations have joined forces to launch a new pilot accelerator — UnFound <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=0206cee66d&e=d7cc925b0a> — to support ‘platform co-operatives’, digital platforms that are democratically owned by their members or users. UnFound <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=331795bab4&e=d7cc925b0a> will give these early-stage platforms the opportunity to access the UK’s first structured programme of support. Teams can apply for the accelerator programme at www.unfound.coop <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=565faa8d92&e=d7cc925b0a> between now and 31st March. Successful applicants will benefit from a team of six mentors and a series of masterclasses to support and develop the business planning and co-operative governance of their platform. Support is being made available through The Hive <https://stirtoaction.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ecb0f7a613961bd4463e0c67e&id=bcd93b02c9&e=d7cc925b0a>, the business support programme for co-operatives from Co-operatives UK and The Co-operative Bank. 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