Aims & Objectives 1. To provide space, resources & facilities for the local community on a not-for-profit basis, ensuring no one is excluded due to limited finances. 2. To provide a space that is welcoming to everyone, irrespective of their ethnicity, colour, age, ability, gender or sexual orientation; and to actively work to break down barriers between people. 3. To promote the practice of living in an environmentally & ecologically sustainable way; both through education & information, and by creating living examples of this through the co-op's work. 4. To create within the co-op a series of autonomous collectives, that take responsibility for running certain functions/services of the co-op, ie., Café, Library, Infoshop, Bike Workshop, maintenance, IT, finance. 5. To provide affordable, self-managed housing for co-op members, dependant on the co-op's available space, finances and agreement. 6. To encourage non-hierarchical ways of organising, via self-organisation, co-operation and shared responsibility; and to promote autonomy, solidarity and mutual aid. 7. To provide a space that encourages free-thinking, radical critiques and creativity; and the exploration & development of radical political & social solutions to the challenges of modern day society. 8. To be a base, space and contact for local and grassroots campaigns; and to act as a tool for social change by promoting a range of activities, such as film & music nights, info-sharing, exhibitions, meetings and actions. 9. To work collectively with other likeminded individuals, co-ops, groups and networks, locally and nationally. back