Karen Bevan

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Ratby Co-op Band Night at the Proms - Sunday 18th June 2023

Join our award winning Ratby Co-op Band for a Night at the Proms on Saturday 18th June 2023 at 630pm at Kirby Muxloe Village Hall in Leicester. With tickets costing just £10, the evening guarantees a night to remember, with some popular tunes to suit everyone's taste.

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Glenfield Ladies Co-operative Choir Summer Concert

The Glenfield Ladies Co-operative Choir and St Anne's PCC will be holding their Summer Concert on Saturday 24th June 2023 at 7pm The venue is The Hall at St. Anne’s, Letchworth Road, Western Park, Leicester LE3 6FH Tickets are £8.50 per person and this includes refreshments.

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Free Bike Maintenance - Whetstone Store

Join us for FREE bike maintenance on Wednesday 31st May 2023 (half term) at our Dog and Gun Lane Whetstone Store. We will be there from 11am until 2pm so it is a great chance to take advantage of this free offer and ensure that you and your families bicycles

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Dying Matters Awareness Week

This year's Dying Matters Awareness Week takes place from 8-14th May 2023.  The aim is to encourage communities across the country to come together to talk about death, dying and bereavement.  The focus is to bring people together to break the stigma, challenge preconceptions and help people to

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Coronation Weekend

The Southern MCC are supporting a couple of events in celebration of the Coronation.  Firstly, our Ratby Co-op Band are hosting a Kings Coronation Community Picnic at their Band Room on Sunday 7th May from 12.00 - 2pm (LE6 0HQ), with some live music and all are welcome.   We

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Lutterworth Watercolour Artists' Co-operative

This week, Hilary Allen, Chair of the Southern Membership & Community Council, and I visited our Lutterworth Watercolour Artists' Co-operative who meet in the Town Hall in Lutterworth on Tuesday mornings.  We took the opportunity to inform the group about our new Central Co-op APP which is now available

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BillyChip in Action

Following the very recent launch of BillyChip in our stores, Yvonne Smith, Retail Area Manager, and I walked out of the one of our stores in the Corby area to find a man who was living on the streets close by.  We both purchased a chip and went over to

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Ratby Co-op Band

Our talented Ratby Co-op Band will be playing at St Phillips & St James Church, Ratby, Leicester LE6 OJE this coming Sunday 23rd April 2023 at 3pm.  Tickets are £10 and under 12's are FREE. The Ratby Co-op Band play at competition level and for the last few

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Free Bicycle Maintenance Offer

On Friday 14th April 2023, we will be returning to our Eyres Monsell Store in Sturdee Road, Leicester with our partners Northside Bikes to offer members and customers free bicycle maintenance.  The event takes place from 11am - 2pm in the car park outside of the store.  There is also

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Holiday and Fun Activities

For many, school holidays can bring added pressures to families to feed children during this time.  For four years, we have been supporting St Matthews Big Local Charity with the tremendous work that they do to support their local community.  St Matthews in Leicester is one of the most deprived

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Health & Wellbeing Session

We are delighted to receive this lovely feedback on a recent health and well-being session with the SoundCafe. Dear Karen, On behalf of SoundCafe Leicester I would like to thank you for your recent Healthy Eating Choices presentation which you recently delivered to the players of SoundCafe’s Homeless Football

Swaps, Interesting Speakers & Refreshments

We have partnered with The Co-op Group and A Place to Grow to offer a tool donation, tool swap and seed swap.  We are delighted to welcome Julian Rees from Incredible Edible, Tim Adkin, a volunteer for the National Forest as speakers and Sue Grant from A Place to Grow

A safe space for adults

Thanks to our amazing partnership with Leicester City in the Community, I had the absolute pleasure of meeting a group from the Sound Cafe in Leicester who meet every Tuesday for a game of a football and a bite to eat together.  Sound Cafe in Leicester provides safe creatives spaces

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2023

Fairtrade Fortnight has arrived and runs from Monday 27th February to Sunday 12th March 2023. We are as busy as ever promoting Fairtrade and sharing information on why the Co-op Supports Fairtrade across our region. Our Fairtrade plans include assemblies in schools and to the Woodcraft Folk, talks to local

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Educational Visit to the Peace Centre

Our closest stores have been supporting The Peace Centre food bank for a number of years and we have got to know Mohammed very well over the years.  He is an inspiring leader in the Centre and has worked hard to be a part of the the local community.  During

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TIME TO TALK

Last week, on 2nd February 2023, we held our very first "Time to Talk" event at our new Insomnia Cafe in Blaby in Leicester.  We also teamed up with the Member Pioneers from Co-op Group.  We raised awareness with customers and members through a variety of resources from

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Savvy Shopping At Sturdee Road

Yesterday evening, we were delighted to invite a group of young adults from the Eyres Monsell Club for Young People into our Sturdee Road Store. The purpose of the visit was to get savvy about your shopping so we set them the challenge of feeding a family of four, breakfast,

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Careers Day at Maplewell School

Colleagues from across the Society took place in the first of two careers day with Maplewell School near Loughborough. The school supports students with learning disabilities and has partnered with Central Co-op to prepare students for the world of work.  The students were given the opportunity to learn about different

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Time to Talk - Thursday 2nd February 2023

Next Thursday we are partnering with Co-op Group at a Time to Talk event at our new Insomnia Café in Blaby in Leicestershire. We have lots of resources to help everyone get talking, including some fun and interactive games.  We are also offering half price tea and coffee for all

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New Keep Fit Group in Anstey

We are pleased to report that we have a new Keep Fit Class in Anstey which takes place on Friday mornings from 10am until 11am at the Anstey Methodist Church on Cropston Road (close to our Co-op Store).  The sessions are run by Tracey Wilson who supported our other Keep

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Sustainable Schools Celebrations

We were pleased to support the Sustainable Schools Celebration Awards evening in Leicester on 10th January 2023 by providing the refreshments for the event.  We have worked with Sustainable Schools for a number of years, usually by supporting the children in various health and environmental projects.   So it was lovely

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A Shift at Newbold Verdon Store

As Membership & Community activity in the Southern region draws to a close in time for Christmas, I worked a shift on the eve of Christmas eve in my local Co-op Store in Newbold Verdon.  Stores are so busy with extra deliveries and members and customers shopping for their festive

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Helping to Feed Children

The Southern MCC, along with our Funeral Colleagues, this week have been helping to serve hot meals to children accessing Holiday and Fun activities at St Matthews Big Local.  The children accessing the activity have come from various areas across the city and come from hard pressed families who receive

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New Keep Fit Group for Members

We are excited to share that we have new Keep Fit class opening in Anstey in Leicester after Christmas with Tracey Wilson, Instructor. The new class starts on Friday 6th January 2023 at the Methodist Church, Cropston Road, Anstey, Leicester LE7 7BP from 10am-11am and is suitable for all levels.

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Local Area Partnership Meetings

Andrea Rudge, Southern Membership & Community Council member, and myself have been invited by North Northants Council to a number of meetings across the region to look at local area partnerships.  The meetings have also been attended by the police and care providers, schools, and churches etc. The purpose of