Creative Coop

Creative Coop Creative coop is a design studio specialising in Branding, Design and Web Development.

We specialise in working with social enterprises, community projects and organisations, charities and the public sector. Creative Coop are a graphic design studio specialising in branding, design and web development. We work with social enterprises, community projects and organisations, charities, and the public sector.

19/01/2026

Here’s our 2025 wrap-up from Creative Coop!

It's been a busy start to the year and in the spirit of better late than never, we'd like to thank every client, partner, coworker and friend who worked with us this year. We’re proud of what we built together.

While 2025 didn’t come without challenges, we have continued to work with so many amazing clients that bring positive change to the world and 2026 marks our 23rd year running, working on a huge range of projects mostly across branding, design, websites and web tools! One thing that has stayed consistent over all of these years is the work and values of clients we work with.

Some projects over the last year have included:
— Branding for Made in Essex, and CoTech
— Design and educational board games for
— Website and design work for Ltd and
— Digital Tools, as we continue developing 'Farm Carbon Calculator' with

We created a few campaigns over 2025 including 'Bloom Together' bringing awareness to the cooperative movement throughout Co-op Fortnight. Seasonal campaigns with a post out of chocolate eggs around Easter and our "Roll for Chocolate" Christmas game! Special thanks to Tommy Lloyd Steward for leading on these projects.

In collaboration with Matt Chick and we reignited Colchester Digital and co-led ten events, where we have 2 speakers a month in Common Ground cafe on the subjects of tech and digital, welcoming in excess of 100 new individuals to Minories and .cafe

We have built and crafted an amazing coworker community. We ran more than thirty Creative Spaces coworker events including pastry mornings, socials, a big summer BBQ, a very festive do at The Magnet and even Coco Pops in the woods

We have continued to do lectures at University of Essex speaking to degree students about co-ops, its positive to see a strong interest in the co-op movement from students looking at alternative ways of working. workers.coop -operatives UK

We’re heading to Chelmsford tonightWe’ll be exhibiting at the Central Co-op Members’ Event at Essex County Cricket Club;...
04/12/2025

We’re heading to Chelmsford tonight

We’ll be exhibiting at the Central Co-op Members’ Event at Essex County Cricket Club; chatting about all things digital, design and co-ops, and how we help organisations like Central Co-op bring member engagement to life.

If you’re coming along, come find us, say hi, and grab a peek at what we’ve been working on together.

See you there

21/01/2025
2024 Round up!We've found 2024 to be one of our most rewarding years. Here are a few key highlights...We celebrated our ...
21/01/2025

2024 Round up!

We've found 2024 to be one of our most rewarding years. Here are a few key highlights...

We celebrated our 1 year Anniversary since we moved into The Minories and opening our co-working space.

We have contributed to shaping local creative development, helping events evolve into a array of offerings including talks, social gatherings, advice, and more, with Ben inputting as part of the Creative Colchester Partnership board.

In March we completed an Innovate UK funded project to create our own evaluation product and are developing this further with specialists.

In April Artem Pogorielov (additional developer) and Sofia Rojas Alfaro (project manager) joined our team!

We have attended events such as a Jazz event in The Minories Garden hosted by Common Ground, a captivating theatre performance of Atom and Luna by Funnelwick Limb, inspiring talks at Makerspace and performances at Patch and Firstsite. We also teamed up with other creatives to launch a new monthly social called The Fold back in April.

We exhibited at Co-op Congress in July hosted by Co-operatives UK, and Ben was a key speaker!

We hosted a CoTech event at The Minories! We had co-ops from Glasgow, Oxford, Sheffield, Birmingham, Manchester, and London, among others, come together!

We visited workers.coop Autumn assembly in October in Sheffield, where we met people from over 20 other co-ops!

We gave a talk on the co-operative model and our experiences at Creative Coop to students at University of Essex!

We attended excellent management training over at happy recommended by our coworker Claire.

We had a festive Christmas office party in December with our amazing coworkers and guests, with party games included!
....and most importantly we've had the opportunity to work on over 60 projects! We won new clients such as Go-op Train Co-operative, Northampton Borough Council and Westmill Energy We continued working with local and national clients such as Colchester City Council, University of Essex, Farm Carbon Toolkit, ADAS, IRMO, University of the West of England, ECDP, Essex Book Festival, Central Coop, Coops UK and many others to whom we would like to say a special thank you too.

🚨We're hiring! We're on the lookout for a new mid-senior designer to join us in our Colchester studio. For more informat...
04/11/2024

🚨We're hiring! We're on the lookout for a new mid-senior designer to join us in our Colchester studio. For more information and to apply, visit https://creative.coop/careers/

We're excited to announce the launch of IRMO's new website and brand refresh! The Indoamerican Refugee & Migrant Organis...
24/10/2024

We're excited to announce the launch of IRMO's new website and brand refresh! The Indoamerican Refugee & Migrant Organisation has supported the Latin American community in the UK for over 40 years. They came to us seeking a new multi-lingual website with improved user journeys and a fresh look. Head over to the website to learn more about the project:

https://creative.coop/work/irmo/

🎬 The Radical Film Network is an international hub for people and organisations involved in politically engaged and aest...
10/10/2024

🎬 The Radical Film Network is an international hub for people and organisations involved in politically engaged and aesthetically innovative film. We were given the task to create a refreshed identity and website, and integrate it with an easy-to-manage directory and user-submitted film database. Head on over to the site to read more about the project:

https://creative.coop/work/radical-film-network/

On the 18th September we hosted 2024's   event here at the Minories in Colchester! CoTech –a collective of coops working...
03/10/2024

On the 18th September we hosted 2024's event here at the Minories in Colchester! CoTech –a collective of coops working in the tech, IT and development sectors– get together at least once a year to discuss a wide range of ethical and business-related topics, alongside all things coops! Head on over to our blog to read more about the event and delve into the topics of the day...

https://creative.coop/cotech-2024-colchester/


Our team visited this years' Coop Congress in Birmingham. Read more about what we got up to, and some interesting insights on the state of co-operatives in 2024.

🚨 Next week! Have you got your tickets yet? Link in bio!
12/09/2024

🚨 Next week! Have you got your tickets yet? Link in bio!

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