Western A weekend of Fun and Fruit at the Lichfield Community Games This weekend saw the second Lichfield Community Games take place at Beacon Park in the City. The event supported by Central England Co-operative Western Membership and Community Council(MCC) gave the City of Lichfield the opportunity to take part in activities put on by local groups. The event is the
Western Musical Theatre comes to Central England Co-operative On Thursday last week I met with the Great Barr Musical Theatre Company. This long standing community based group have been using our Co-operative Great Barr rooms to rehearse. The meeting was held to look at the opportunity of the company becoming a Central England Co-operative Member Group. After a
Western Western MCC Support Store Community day in Stafford On Saturday the Western MCC supported Silkmore Lane Co-operative store community day. We gave the community the opportunity to make their own healthy fruit kebab and also learn more about membership and the work we do in the community. During the day we gave the public the opportunity to make
Western New Central England Member Group YOGA starts in Birmingham Our newest Member Group started recently in Great Barr, Birmingham offering the local community the chance to take part in YOGA. Nat McCready, our qualified YOGA tutor says... "The purpose of yoga is to build strength, awareness and harmony whilst integrating mind and body. It's not about
Western Central England Co-operative support local bash in Stirchley Recently our Western Membership and Community Council Ambassador and Chair Shaz Rahman supported a local event in Stirchley to promote Membership to the attendees. In late Summer, Stirchley Park host a Summer Bash. Conveniently for us at Central England Co-operative, Stirchley Park is next door to our Stirchley retail store.
Western South Birmingham Co-operators talk Co-operatives Our Western MCC Ambassador and Chair Shaz attended the August meeting of the South Birmingham Co-operatives Group. Below is Shaz's account of the meeting: "Approximately once a quarter, members of various Co-operatives based in and around South Birmingham meet up to network and to discuss ways that
Central England Co-operative and MCC support local police in Solihull Recently our Lyndon Road store in Solihull supported a local community event which was held by West Midlands Police. The Store Manager Neil, who also represents the Society on the Western Membership and Community Council (MCC), supported the event with Co-operative Fairtrade tea and coffee along with Co-operative biscuits and
Western Central England Co-operative Brings YOGA to Great Barr Members On Sunday 1 September a new Central England Co-operative Member Group starts in Great Barr, Birmingham. The new YOGA sessions are part of our commitment to offer Education, Culture and Information sessions to our members at a competitive rate to allow more of our community to benefit from being a
Western Central England Co-operative support local Food Bank Recently Central England Co-operative Western MCC supported the Bournville Labour Party with a top up donation to their latest fundraising initiative for the B30 Food bank based in Cotteridge. With the Western MCC topping up the amount, the total amount to spend on food for people on real need was
Western Uprisers Graduate Our MCC Ambassador Shaz Rahman, has been working with Uprising, Birmingham this year, below is an account of his time at their most recent event. This year I've had the pleasure of supporting the Uprising Programme on behalf of Central England Co-op. In October I helped run a
Western Central England Co-op supports safety initiatives Ten years ago Safeside in Birmingham was set up to provide young people in the West Midlands an opportunity to learn about safety in a controlled safe environment that is as close to real life as possible. The site is run by West Midlands Fire Service with the aim of
Western FairTrade in Dudley Yesterday I was invited to spend the day with Year 7 and 8 students to deliver a talk on Fairtrade and talk about Central England Co-operative and the Co-operative Movement. I taked to the students about Fairtrade and we dscussed how Fairtrade helps and supports people in developing countries to
Western MCC Ambassadors and colleagues go ‘MAD’ Recently colleagues and MCC Ambassadors attended a local community festival in Cotteridge, Birmingham to promote Central England Co-operative Membership and food. This year was another lovely day with thousands of locals coming out to CoCoMAD (Cotteridge Community Music and Dance) Festival. we attended and gave out some popcorn and chocolate
Western MCC Ambassador has a 'Buzzing' Time I had the opportunity to visit the bee education program run by Eco Birmingham at Allens Cross Community Garden in Northfield. Since the garden is two miles from my house and it was a lovely day, I decided to cycle to the Garden, though it is well hidden so I
Western Co-op Community Event Marks the Summer of Love Twice a year the Co-op Florists in Great Barr organise a Community Day with stalls running along the street outside the Florists, Funeral, Travel and Food stores, and activities in the Co-op Hall upstairs. The summer event co-incides with International Co-operatives Day on the first Saturday in July and this
Western Co-operative United FC Week 2 of Co-operatives fortnight kicked off this week with a Co-operatives Fortnight Football Tournament. MCC Ambassador Laurence gives his account of the night. Having not played football since 2003, agreeing to take part in this event filled me with a mixture of fear and excitement. I quickly established that
Western Co-op Fortnight 1 Week In This week we have been celebrating the first week of Co-ops Fortnight with activity and promotion of the period in which we celebrate all things Co-op for two weeks. I started the week with visiting some of our stores and talking to our colleagues about how important it is to
Co-operators ‘Unite’ at Congress This weekend saw hundreds of Co-operators from around the UK unite at Co-operatives UK annual Congress. I am honoured to be one of many delegations from Central England Co-operative, and this is my account of the main day on Saturday. This year Congress was held in Manchester, a mere 14
Western Hundreds of young people ‘Tri’ a Mini Triathlon in Staffordshire On Thursday close to 900 young people took on a Mini-Triathlon in Burntwood, Satffordshire thanks to a partnership with the Triathlon Trust and Central England Co-operative. The event in its second year took place at Burntwood Leisure Centre with young people from schools in the area coming along to take
Western Community Games in Kings Norton On Saturday the 15th of August [outlook-data-detector://0] James and myself attended the Kings Norton games. This is the second year that I've represented Central England Co-op at the Kings Norton Games. Just like last year a whole host of community groups and sports societies provided activities for
Co-operation in the West Midlands Tuesday saw the Annual General Meeting of Co-operatives West Midlands take place. The meeting saw Co-operators from over the West Midlands come together for a networking and question session. Our Society Chief Executive Debbie Robinson joined Co-operator Tom on the panel to talk about their thoughts and answer questions around
Western School Children ‘Buzzing’ about Bees Today 30 year six pupils from a local Primary School in Kingstanding, Birmingham came to visit the Central England Co-operative Bee Education program in Northfield. The Bee Education program is delivered by Jackie and her team from EcoBirmingham. The beehives are located at Allens Cross Community Garden the the heart
Western Co-operatives West Midlands reignites its Member Education Co-op West Midlands are the representative body of co-operative enterprise in the region. Our ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others resonate well in today’s society as a better way of doing business. As the West Midlands regional arm of Cooperatives UK we are proud
Western Footballs that are Fair! Tonight I spent some time with Whittington FC Under 11s and their coach Jen, where I presented them with some Fairtrade footballs courtesy of the Western MCC. These footballs will be used to help ensure they can continue to train with one ball per player as their team grows. All
Western Chelmsley Wood working with local school School children from Windy Arbor Primary School have been working with our Chelmsley Wood Retail Store today as part of their enterprise initiative. The pupils decided they wanted to bake goods to sell to their parents to help raise funds for the school. Sarah, a teacher from the school, got
