GSD Cooperative Group
The GSD Cooperative Group aims to promote and participate in the development of cooperative business initiatives, as well as to create alliances that encourage solidarity and business efficiency. The aim is to reinforce the role of cooperatives in our society as agents of social and economic transformation, in order to achieve a fairer, more caring society.
GSD currently acts as the head of the Co-operative Group, participating in the following companies:
El Mercante was created in 2007 and has four members. It operates in the field of creating, designing, producing and marketing all kinds of textile-related products. It specialises in school and work uniforms, adapting designs to each business’s corporate identity.elmercante.es
TOSANDE is a co-operative operating in Business Services, partnering with Macrosad, an Andalusian co-operative that works mainly in the field of long-term care, and Gredos San Diego.
It owns the Los Balcones residential home for the elderly and day centre in Leganés, which opened in 2006 with a vocation to help the elderly, providing a service that entails a substantial improvement to the quality of life, standing out for the professionalism and compassion of its services.
losbalcones.es
This worker co-operative was founded by education employees in Alcalá de Henares in 2005. It operates in the GSD Alcalá school which, ever since it became part of GSD, works with the same education plan to welcome pupils from pre-school education to the Baccalaureate. Since 2007, it also manages the Escuela Infantil Galatea pre-school centre, run by the Alcalá de Henares Town Hall.eacomplutense.es
Physed is a co-operative in the multi-disciplinary healthcare field which was set up with the foundational aim of improving people’s quality of life. It is made up of three members and offers multiple services linked to improving physical health: physiotherapy treatments, maintenance, dietetics and Pilates.clinicaphysed.com
The Artemus co-operative was created in 2010 by three members and is made up of experts in government-regulated and non-government-regulated training and teaching in music, dance and performing arts. Ever since its foundation, it has developed and managed the GSD music and arts plan in all its education centres, as well as different Municipal Schools of Music and Dance in various town halls in the Community of Madrid. It provides services for over 2,700 pupils.artemus.coop
Endesys focuses on comprehensive computer services, with experience in implementing IT models in education centres, companies and public authorities.endesys.es
SERYES is an ethical insurance broker that specialises in the education sector and in individuals. Ever since it was set up, it has been linked to the world of co-operatives. It has the EthSI standard which guarantees quality and transparency in its management. seryes.com