There have been numerous tributes to Pat Conaty, one of our founder members, who passed away earlier this autumn.
Pat was a prolific co-op activist, researcher and author, and is sadly missed.
You can see some of them here:-
Pat has an obituary in the Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/09/pat-conaty-obituary
Also tributes on LinkedIn (closed access) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ed-mayo-471b6914_pat-conaty-wanted-to-turn-the-economy-upside-activity-7523821108937236480-f0Sz
And another (open access) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/coopnews_alex-bird-remembers-pat-conaty-a-co-op-researcher-activity-7518602529602093056-7Yoq
And Coop News https://www.thenews.coop/obituary-pat-conaty-1951-2026/
