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The Rochdale Pioneers are most famous for designing the Rochdale Principles, a set of principles of co-operation, which provide the foundation for the principles on which co-ops around the world operate to this day. The model the Rochdale Pioneers used is a focus of study within co-operative economics.
In 2000, the management of the Rochdale Pioneers Museum was transferred to the Co-operative College, and it became recognised as a registered museum in 2001. In 2010 it received a £1.3M Heritage Lottery Fund award, and re-opened in 2012 after a £2.3M revamp, which included an extension with additional rooms as well as restoration of the third ...
Shelves in a thrift store in Indianapolis, Indiana A charity shop in Sheringham, UK. A charity shop (British English), thrift shop or thrift store (American English and Canadian English, also includes for-profit stores such as Savers) or opportunity shop or op-shop (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.
The original shop at 31 Toad Lane in Rochdale in Lancashire, England opened on 21 December 1844 and was used for trading until 1867. It was re-opened in 1931 as the Rochdale Pioneers Museum and again reopened in 2012 after renovations costing £2.3 million.
The company's headquarters were moved to Bellevue, Washington, in 1970 and expanded to Canada with a store in Vancouver that opened in 1980. [8] Ellison was the board chairman of Value Village/Savers until 2000; he died in 2008.
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Pages in category "Charities based in Washington (state)" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Feb. 1—OLYMPIA — Providence Medical Group and affiliated hospitals in Washington must pay back millions of dollars to patients who were illegally and "aggressively" deceived, Attorney General ...