Interviews at Co-op  Party Conference 2008

A collection of interviews by Tower Hamlets children of politicians and business people about co-operatives and social enterprise. You will need Quicktime Player to watch the videos, click here to download.

Interview with Gareth Thomas, Minister for International Development and Chair of the Co-op Party, by Hazera:

1. Who are you and what do you do?

2. Why is it important for children to learn about co-ops?

3. If you were a co-op what would you do and why?

4. What do co-ops do and why?

5. What do co-ops do to help the community?

6. If children work for a co-op what would they get?

Interview of Gareth by Albion:

1. What is your name?

2. What do you do?

3. Are you a member of co-ops?

4. Where do you work?

5. What do children get from co-ops?

6. Do co-ops get money?

7. Are co-ops better than others?

Interview with Fair and Square a project about shopping from the Co-op College:

1. What is your name?
2. What do you do?
3. Are you a member of a co-op?
4. Where do you work?
5. What do children get from co-ops?
6. Do co-ops get money?
7. Are co-ops better than others?
8. Why is it important to think about the third world rather than yourself?
9. Why do we have to think before we shop instead of just getting on with it?
10.Can you give us another example? (bottled water)
11. When should people get interested in Fairtrade?
12. When did you personally get interested in the issues?

Greenwich Leisure
1. What is your name?
2. Why do you work for Greenwich Leisure?
3. Can you tell us more about Greenwich Leisure?

Principal of the Co-op College
1. What is your name?
2. What do you do?
3. Are you a member of co-ops?
4. What place do you work?
5. What do children get from co-ops?
6. Do co-ops get money?
7. Are co-ops better than others?
8. Why should children learn about co-ops?
9. Which country has the most co-ops?
10. What do co-ops do to help the community?
11. If you were a co-op what would you do and why?

Liberation Nuts
1. What is your name?
2. When did you start working and how was Liberation started?
3. What inspires you to work for Liberation?
4. Why is Fairtrade so important?

Divine Chocolate
1. What is your favourite chocolate?
2. Who  made the chocolate and why are you selling it?

Pants to Poverty
1. Are pants your heroes?
2. Changing the world from the seat of our pants!
3. What would you call yourself?

Work done by Langdon Park students on their local Credit Union, including video clips, click here.

Tower Hamlets Co-operative Development Agency directory of co-ops, click here.