Dialogue Practitioners Co-Operative - DPC

15/05/2026

We are excited to launch the refreshed Co-op Alternatives website with a great additions: the Co‑op Knowledge Hub, a practical, user‑centred space for anyone who wants to understand co‑ops, start one, or grow the one they have.

The Hub is built around real questions people ask every day:
What actually is a co‑op? What do I need to do first? How do we make this sustainable?
You will find clear, accessible guidance, step‑by‑step tools, and examples from co‑ops across NI and beyond showing what is possible in practice.

We have designed it with the hope of being genuinely useful: no jargon, no gatekeeping, just grounded support for people building fairer, co-operative‑owned solutions.

Now we would love your help.
Take a look, explore the new resources, and tell us what you think. Your feedback will help shape the next phase of the Hub and keep it responsive to the movement it serves.

Visit the Co‑op Knowledge Hub here https://lnkd.in/eJVZNY_R
have a browse, and share your thoughts with us.

If you want to chat with us in person, come and visit our stand at the Green Party NI conference on the 16th May and at the Blackmountain Shared Centre on the 20th May for the launch of the Regional Co-op Support programme for NI Eventbrite: https://shorturl.at/NqlD9

13/05/2026

Confused?
Our dialogue workshops offer answer creating spaces.
Understanding replaces division.
Belonging grows.
For more information please get in touch.
www.dialoguecoop.org
[email protected]

02/05/2026

So wonderful to see Co-Operative Alternatives and Trademark launch this development programme. We can't thank Tiziana O'Hara enough for the support she has given us. And we are moving forward in our sustainability journey every day.

A new chapter for emerging and growing co operatives in Northern Ireland is opening!

14/04/2026

Tiziana OHara, thank you. Tiziana has been supporting and inspiring our journey as we establish and ground our new Dialogue Practitioners Co-Operative - DPC . An amazing knowledge base and inspirational guide on all things co-operative, we are learning and growing every day.
Thank you Tiziana.

14/04/2026

In every language, everywhere, human rights belong to all of us. They are non-negotiable.

Learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: https://www.ohchr.org/en/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

14/04/2026

An exceptional community of experienced dialogue practitioners in our Dialogue Practitioners Co-Operative - DPC growing together as a new business, sharing stories, skills, hopes and dreams, ably facilitated by our mentor and friend Tiziana O'Hara from Co-operative Alternatives

28/03/2026

And to add to the amazing achievements of our DPC practitioners this last week, Kathy Wolff and her team of volunteers at the Community Relations Forum, received the King's Award for Voluntary Service last night. The Forum has done terrific work across Glengormley and district for 35 years. This is the highest royal honour which can be bestowed upon a community organisation. So many congratulations!!

28/03/2026

And another amazing award for one of our fabulous DPC practitioners!
We are over the moon to see Charmain Jones, firstly nominated, and then winning the
CO3 Award for Advancing and Leading Community Relations. And what a fabulous event it seems to have been.
We all know how dedicated and committed Charmain is and has been for so many years to building a fair and shared future for all.
Such a wonderful acknowledgement.
And congratulations go to her colleague in NIRWN, Louise as well, for her award. They are an amazing team.
So well done!!

27/03/2026

Always very special to be out and about with Community Dialogue and DPC so delighted to bring our initial dialogue workshop
'Citizenship and Participation'
to Lurgan Town Hall on Tuesday evening. Creating spaces where every voice matters, where possibility flows and where new understanding emerges, is important. It was CD and DPC practitioners David Holloway and Jim O'Neill co-guiding this lively conversation. Thank you to all the those who joined us. And to Ascert Training for the opportunity.

24/03/2026