Harlow Co-operative Development Agency (Harlow CDA) is a not-for-profit company which was set up in 1987 to provide support to existing co-operatives, and to offer help to those who would like to start their own co-operative business or social enterprise.

A number of local small businesses, charities, social enterprises and co-operatives have been helped over the years by the Harlow CDA.  Most of these, many set up jointly with the Harlow CDA, can be found on our local groups page.  If you would like to know more about co-operatives and social enterprises please refer to what's a co-op?  If you wish to contact us directly, then we will be pleased to hear from you .  Visitors to our office are very welcome - please make an appointment and we can be prepared to give you our best attention and service at our town centre office location.

We also have a comprehensive listing of local, regional and national organisations to do with co-operation and economic success on our links page.  A new feature of our business service is our in-house IT consultancy and support.   This complements our existing services of social business support and development - services we hope will enable us to meet our mission objectives.