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A Co-operatives UK guide to consent-based decision-making, domains, review dates, decision records, and iterative governance.
The guidance ties consent to defined authority, recorded decisions, and review dates, so the practice is more than a meeting technique.
UK co-op members and facilitators introducing consent inside a circle, committee, or delegated governance domain.
Heirloom Library entries are summaries and wayfinding notes. The original source is the best place to read the full resource.
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Co-operatives UK
A Co-operatives UK template page offering practical downloads for co-ops beginning to use sociocratic governance practices.
Co-operatives UK
A Co-operatives UK guide explaining sociocracy for co-ops, including consent decision-making, circle working, double-linking, open elections, benefits, drawbacks, and templates.
Sociocracy for All
A Sociocracy for All resource explaining why sociocracy can fit cooperative governance and how consent, circles, and peer learning can support co-ops.
This short section of Co-operatives UK's broader sociocracy guidance explains consent as seeking a proposal that is good enough for now and safe enough to try, with objections tested against the circle's aim. It connects the decision method to domains, written records, review dates, and accountability, and links to the guidance's free editable templates.
Use it when a team already understands who holds authority and needs a repeatable way to make and revisit policy decisions. It does not by itself explain how to establish a full sociocratic structure, and its governance context is written for UK co-operatives.