Mike Ankers

Northern

Barnsley store raises vital funds for good causes

Our Carlton Road store in Barnsley has held a successful charity community event raising vital funds for two good causes. The event on August 12 saw colleagues organise a range of activities to keep locals entertained, while also raising funds through a raffle and a tombola. A total of £500

Our Board of Directors

Co-ops: Here to Stay, for Good

This weekend Central England Co-operative are going to be co-hosting a venue called "The Exchange" at the Greenbelt Festival in Northamptonshire.  Organised by our friends at Anthony Collins Solicitors, this is a space for conversation and reflection about the role of business in society, and how it can

Southern

Joining the Generations conference coming this November

A conference is being held later this year to showcase an extraordinary project in Leicestershire inspired by the Channel 4 series Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds. The Joining the Generations project children from Little Stars Nursery in Melton Mowbray make weekly visits to nearby Gretton Court Care

Southern

Ashby Food Store celebrates first birthday with charity event

A Central England Co-op Food Store in North West Leicestershire is marking its first birthday with a special community fundraising event. The store in School Lane, Ashby opened its doors in August 2018 and has had a fantastic first year serving the local community. Therefore the team have decided to

Southern

Central England Co-op stores support Woodstock in Whitwick

Three of our food stores in Leicestershire have come together to sponsor a family festival taking place this weekend. Central England Co-op Food Stores in Whitwick, Thringstone and Coalville are supporting the Woodstock in Whitwick event which takes place this Saturday and Sunday (August 17 and 18) at Hermitage Leisure

Plea for shoppers to continue to support its Summer Food Bank Appeal and help it ensure children don’t go hungry during the school holidays

We have issued a plea for shoppers to continue donating items to our Summer Food Bank Appeal – after communities revealed that they were seeing unprecedented levels of youngsters in need of food during the school holidays. We marked the halfway point of our three-month food bank appeal by revealing that

Northern

Community event for Accessible Belper

Central England Co-op’s Belper Supermarket will be holding a community event later this month to raise money for Accessible Belper. The event will take place at the Strutt Street supermarket on Saturday, 24 August and activities will include a car boot sale in the store’s car park, art

Eastern

Halesworth Community event will have Hawaiian theme

Shoppers will be able to enjoy Hawaii in Halesworth later this month as Central England Co-op’s Saxon Way supermarket holds a special event for its community which will raise funds for Dementia UK. The theme of the event is summer holidays and will have a Hawaiian twist, while there

Eastern

Mundesley On Show supported by Eastern MCC

Six nights of music, dancing and murder mystery kick off in Mundesley this week and the event has received backing from Central England Co-op’s Eastern Membership and Community Council (MCC). The Mundesley On Show event will see six fabulous evenings of entertainment at Coronation Hall in Mundesley starting on

Thank you for supporting Co-op Fortnight 2019

Thank you for supporting this year's Co-op Fortnight. This is what we achieved in 2019...

Northern

Mini Summer Fair for Dementia UK

If you are looking for something to keep the children occupied in the summer holidays in North Derbyshire, Central England Co-op’s Eckington store is holding a Mini Summer Fair this August with lots of fun activities on offer. The event takes place at the Pinfold Street store on Friday,

The issue of food justice is top of the bill for Central England Co-op at this year’s Greenbelt Festival

We are teaming up with the Co-op Party [https://party.coop/] to highlight the issue of food justice and campaign for change at Greenbelt Festival [https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/]. The annual three-day event, which takes place from 23 August to 26 August at Broughton House, in Northamptonshire,  is an

Central England Co-op masonry team help makes a mark on the history of Coleshill

A local trail marking out the history of Coleshill has been given a new lease of life thanks to the memorial team at Central England Co-operative. Co-operative Memorials were asked by Coleshill Town Council to step in and fix brass plaques at various points throughout the town detailing its history.

Trolley donation will help vital South Derbyshire good cause support those in need

Our Food Store in South Derbyshire has donated one of its shopping trolleys to help a local food bank ensure vital support packages get to those who need them. Petra Parker, from South Derbyshire CVS, picked up the trolley from the Overseal Food Store, in Burton Road, as part of

Our Board of Directors

June and July update from our President Elaine Dean

It has been a busy month yet again and I've been out and about meeting members and colleagues and representing the Society at events. On June 21st we had the reconvened Press Board which passed off totally uneventfully and I was presented with a necklace, flowers and taken

Central England Co-operative puts community at the heart of its Co-op Fortnight celebrations

Central England Co-op has showcased its community ethos during the two weeks of Co-op Fortnight with Brazilian drumming at a Yorkshire food store, volunteering at a Leicester food bank and litter picking in Norfolk among the many highlights. The Society backed the two-week annual event by giving dozens of its

Thirty-six community groups and charities handed share of £44,000 funding boost from our Community Dividend Fund

Thirty-six projects are celebrating after sharing £44,000 in the latest payout from Central England Co-operative’s Community Dividend Fund. Grants of between £100 and £5,000 are handed out every three months to a wide range of applicants. The fund guarantees that at least one per cent of the

Co-op Fortnight ends after two weeks of mass co-operation

Co-op Fortnight 2019 has come to a close and it was full of highlights with colleagues, members and our local communities truly coming together in the spirit of co-operation. Dozens of our own member groups, community groups, local projects and good causes took the opportunity to come into our food

Southern

Ibstock store welcomes Hospice Hope for Co-op Fortnight

As part of our Co-op Fortnight celebrations our food stores have opened their doors to various local community groups and good causes, giving them the opportunity to have space in store to promote themselves and raise money. At our Ibstock food store, Hospice Hope took up the opportunity to spend

Northern

Long-running Tai-Chi class continues to thrive in Ilkeston

Central England Co-operative members in Ilkeston have been making firm friends and keeping active thanks to a Tai-Chi group that continues to go from strength to strength over a decade since it was formed. The weekly sessions, held at the Flamsteed Centre, in Albert Street, remain one of the Society’

Coop Fortnight first week full of great ‘coopy’ activities

It has been a fantastic first week of Co-op Fortnight at Central England Co-operative with some great opportunities to be ‘coopy’ and work with our communities. The Society’s big act of co-operation this year has been to open the doors of our food stores to local member groups, community

Southern

Colleagues mark Co-op Fortnight by volunteering in Leicester emergency food shop

A city centre shop which provides emergency food to people in need is being supported by volunteers from Central England Co-operative to mark Co-op Fortnight. Colleagues and members are giving up their time to support the Action Homeless Food Stop in Leicester, as an act of ‘co-operation’ during the two-week

Our Board of Directors

May and June update from our President Elaine Dean

It has been quite a busy month again and here are some of the highlights of my work. 26th May - I attended the lovely wedding of Operations Manager Matt Garton and Paula Broadhurst at Rothley Court, in Leicestershire. It was a beautiful day. 28th May - Southern Membership and

Our Board of Directors

Derby Area Members’ Educational Visit to Crosby Beach and Southport

Central England Co-op President Elaine Dean reflected on the Derby Area Members' Educational Visit to Crosby Beach and Southport We drove in pouring rain to Merseyside and our first stop was Crosby Beach to view the amazing ‘Another Place’ by Antony Gormley. These are 100 cast iron life sized

Our Summer Food Bank Appeal aims to combat holiday hunger

Central England Co-op is launching a Summer Food Bank Appeal to try and combat holiday hunger after new figures revealed that over 350,000 children are currently living in child poverty across the area. We will be hosting special collection points in all of its local stores from 8 July