shrub coop
Edinburgh
SHRUB Cooperative (formerly the Swap and Reuse Hub Cooperative (Edinburgh) Ltd)
was registered as the UK’s first student-led community cooperative. It was
established as a not for profit company limited by guarantee in March 2013. As
of November 2018, we are registered as a Scottish Charitable Incorporated
Organisation (SCIO), meaning we have charitable status. A large proportion of
our members are students, mostly from the University of Edinburgh (UoE) but our
membership is becoming increasingly diverse, incorporating individuals from a
range of ages and backgrounds in the local community. We no longer describe
ourselves as “student-led”, but instead we are “community-led”.