Central Co-op Members making Music in Birmingham

Shaz Rahman, who is a member of the Western MCC details below the first session of Central Co-op's Music Member Group in Birmingham. On Thursday the 9th of November the Central Co-op Music Member’s Group met for the first time. Those attending introduced themselves and talked about their musical

Top up your shop for charity

See how you can support people affected by homelessness by shopping with us over the festive period.

Community

Career Talk

Students in year 11 participated in our Career talk today with Brad Tuckfield, Store Manager & Board Director, Anya Newton, Team Leader & myself. Great engagement & lots of questions. A real delight being part of their career talks at Fred Nicholas School in Dereham, Norfolk who have not had any visitors since

Southern

Disability Awareness Month

On Sunday, we teamed up with member pioneers from Co-op Group and colleagues from the Outdoor Pursuit Centre in Leicester to support families with disabilities, including young carers. The unfortunate snow reduced numbers able to attend but those who did manage to get there enjoyed a variety of activities from

Southern

Floristry Courses Get Festive

We have four Co-op floristry courses running in Fleckney in Leicestershire and once again Jody, who looks after the courses, and I were invited back to make a Christmas Wreath with some of the students. After a warm and friendly welcome and a mince pie and a cup of tea

Our Board of Directors

Board members out and about with the Toy Lorry

Blog written by Elaine Dean, President. Central Co-op Society has held a toy collection for the last few years but this year we had no less than 9 stops for the lorry and a collection point in every store. Commencing at Northfield store, Birmingham the lorry, expertly driven and manoeuvred

Western

Christmas comes to Central Co-op

This last week saw colleagues, MCC members and the community come together and celebrate Christmas in the communities of Kings Norton and Stafford. Thursday saw us attend the Christmas Farmers Market at Kings Norton on the coldest night of the year so far! We interacted with the community on membership

Community

Loddon Re-gen opening event

24th Nov we welcomed Loddon Juniors Eco group for a visit of our new look store in Loddon. The eight children were delighted to have a tour & speak with our colleagues. The smell of the cookies baking were a very tempting, distraction from the cold & wet weather outside. Team Leader,

Community

Careers Day at Reepham High School

Store Manager & Board Director Bradley Tuckfield & I spent the day at Reepham High School 8th November. We delivered a presentation to the year 11 students about the career opportunities at Central Coop, including work experience & debt free degrees. We spoke about joining our Membership Community Council & the opportunities Brad & I

Southern

Member Groups are busy with Concerts, Shows and Carol Services

It is always a busy time for member groups, who work hard to spread joy across our region. Why not show your support and enjoy being entertained by one of our talented groups during the festive season. Please also note that our Leicester Co-op Band will also be playing Christmas

Southern

Badgerbrook school children visit our Whetstone Store

Last week we welcomed over 60 children into our Whetstone Store. The school have been bringing their children for a number of years now and we always enjoy their visits. For this visit, we delivered a mini healthy choices workshop on the shop floor, before setting the task for the

Southern

An Afternoon with Women4Change

Women4change is a not for profit organisation based in Leicester whose mission is to strive, educate, support and empower local women and young people in the community. It was first set up by a group of mothers living in or around the St.Matthews estate, and today the organisation is

Community

How to make salt dough decorations

Follow our step-by-step guide to making these super easy and fun decorations that can be used as tree decorations, present toppers or festive ornaments.

Community

Fighting food waste with Olio

To create a sustainable Society for All, we're keen to reduce food waste in our stores. We've enlisted the help of Olio to help us manage our food waste more effectively.

Community

Halesworth Members Meeting.

The live broadcasting meeting was streamed from the Derby Conference Centre to other satellite venues in Yorkshire, Halesworth, Market Harborough and Stafford plus online. We had a wonderful evening at The Rifle Hall in Halesworth, We opened the event with Helen Hayes with a sing along & musical instruments for all.

Community

Brampton Community Day

Great community engagement at our Brampton Store with Brucies Bikes offering free bike checks & minor repairs, Project abundance supporting the children with making fantastic pinecone bird feeders, delicious fruit kebabs were enjoyed by all & Funeral & Retail team working together to raise money for Dementia UK.

Eastern

Yaxley Community Event

The sun was shining & families enjoyed learning about caring for their pets & making toys with Woodgreen Pet Charity, creating pinecone bird feeders with Lewis from Project Abundance & delicious fruit kebabs with Funeral colleagues outside our store in Yaxley.

Western

Men's Voices - A day for men to talk

Central Co-op's Men's Voices 2023 took place at Burton Albion Football Club. The day was attended by male colleagues, members, and the community to help spread the positive message of talking and supporting each other. Sometimes men find it hard to open up, this event, with the workshops and activity

Rugby World Cup Competition

Thanks to everyone who took the time to share their creativity with us.

Southern

Ratby Co-op Band Festival of Remembrance

Our Award winning Ratby Co-op Band will be joining the choirs of St. James the Greater and St. James the Choral Project at a festival of remembrance this Friday, 10th November 2023 at St James the Greater Church, Leicester, LE2 1NA. Lest we forget.

Western

Panto season kicks off with 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

Our Central Co-op member Group 'Great Barr Musical Theatre Co-operative' (GBMTC) performed their production of Jack and the Beanstalk at the Highbury Theatre in Sutton Coldfield Following the raving success, and award winning production of Cinderella last year, this years performance did not disappoint. A slapstick comedy by a super

Southern

Diwali Health & Wellbeing event

This week, we were invited to an event organised by the Centre for Ethnic Health Research based at Leicester University,which took place at the Belgrave Neighbourhood Centre in Leicester. "Mast Khana Swath Khana", meaning Eat Well, Eat Healthy in Gujarati, was organised as part of the build up for

Western

Halloween Carving Sessions prove popular with young people

This halloween the Member and Community Council visited stores in Birmingham, Stafford, Dudley, Atherstone and Lichfield to offer young people the chance to carve a pumpkin for free. During our time at the events we spoke to parents about Central Co-op Membership and the work we do in the community.

Western

New Member Music Group coming to Birmingham

"A new Songwriting Group will start at Anjuna Lounge in Stirchley on Thursday the 9th of November.  Every second Thursday of the month from 7-9pm we will explore a different aspect of Songwriting from chords, to melodies, to lyric writing. We will learn about each aspect of Songwriting and then

Northern

Members in Derby showing democracy in action

Blog written by Tanya Noon, Member & Community Relations Officer. The live broadcasting meeting was streamed from the Derby Conference Centre to other satellite venues in Yorkshire, Halesworth, Market Harborough and Stafford plus online. The evening in Derby was set with the talented Bex, from the Open Expression Group which runs