Tami Evans

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Saturday 9th in Alconbury Weald

Everybody welcome to join in activities throughout the day, with Urban & Civic. Would you like to know more about how and why working class people in Rochdale decided to start a new type of business, and how it became a successful model for co-operatives all over the world today? We

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Members Boat Cruise

Monday 21st August 11 of our Loddon Members Friendship Group boarded the Waveney Stardust for a relaxing cruise on the Broads. The sun was shining, the views were fantastic & the vibe was chilled. The crew looked after us all well, serving tea & coffee throughout the trip. Our Eastern Member & Community

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Together for Pride in Peterborough.

WOW! What a day, vibrant, energetic & full of love! Colleagues came together to celebrate Pride! The Green Back yard was were we set up the gazebo for the day at 11.30. We all then headed to Stanley Rec Park, ready for the parade. It was an amazing experience, enjoyed

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Litter picking with Peterborough Wombles

To celebrate Coop Fortnight, Members & Community Council, Food Retail, Coop Group Pioneers & Peterborough Wombles worked together, litter picking behind Quaker House along the river & back up Thorpe Rd. 25 bags collected & more dates to work together in the diary.

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Bike Event at Pinewood Ave, Lowestoft.

Saturday 10th June at our Pinewood Avenue Food Retail we had a full day of bike realated activities. The morning was a health check for our members & customers bikes. After lunch Lee Pugh & his team delivered a workshop to educate us into how to look after our bikes & keep safe.

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Health Day at St.Ives Retail

Saturday 27th May we held a community day at St.Ives Food Retail. We had Bruce's Bikes doing health checks on our Customers bikes, Woodgreen offering advice & support for our customers pets, Liam from Fitness Rush with his mobile gym, MCC gazebo making fruit kebabs, giant snakes & ladders & the retail

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Volunteering days

Friday 9th June our Colleagues from Funeral & Retail came together to do an amazing job of decorating 8 rooms for Mencap, Suffolk Me Time in Halesworth. It was a great opportunity to take time out of our normal working schedule & create a home from home environment for the group.

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Family Fun Day in Yaxley, Peterborough.

A free event for everybody at our Yaxley Store. 11th August 11-2. Woodgreen will be delivering a talk, creative activities to make pet toys & free pet health checks. Learn hands on how to make pine come bird feeders to help feed their local wildlife at home with Project Abundance. Will

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Coop History Bingo

45 minutes of fun & education for any groups in the Eastern Region. I have delivered to Opening Doors in Cromer, Diss & Norwich. Dementia Cafe's in Reepham, Sprowston & Lowestoft. Everyone loves the bingo & enjoys receiving a prize.

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Printing Workshops this August.

Print in Cromer 2023 Cromer Artspace is holding its first print event ‘On the Edge’ from 1st to 7th August.  Seventy four printmakers will have work on show at Artspace on the prom. Come and look. There will also be printworks on display at the library, at Cromer Museum and

Coronation Celebrations

Communities Together East Anglia (CTEA) is a county-wide Suffolk charity committed to reducing loneliness and social isolation.  This is done through a number of different projects including Connecting Communities, community transport service, our very popular BeAFriend service, Community Connect - running a telephone advice service 365 days a year, our

Cooperative History Bingo

A wonderful new Day Centre, Golden Memories 5 doors down from our Kirkley Store, in Lowestoft. Enjoyed our Coop History Picture Bingo, prizes for the first 3 lines & full house. The participants enjoyed hearing all about the local Coop History & some even had memories to share of working at CWS

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Time out Thursday- Wellbeing Event

Thursday 20th April our FREE drop in event at Loddon Library - participant's decorated a pot, planted  sunflower seeds and wrote a tag with a message of something that they would like to do before the plant flowers! Some chose joining a local walking group, reading under a tree, tidying

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Peterborough Networking Event

We are holding our second event on Tuesday 6th June 10.30-12.30 at Friends Meeting House, 21 Thorpe Road, Peterborough PE3 6AB. Please email tami.evans@centralengland.coop to book your place. A Central Coop Community Network event is a unique opportunity for those engaged in serving their local

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Dying Matters Week

Talking about death isn't easy, but it matters. Join the Dying Matters campaign to help us break the stigma, challenge preconceptions and normalise public openness around dying. We are holding three events during Dying Matters Week to bring our communities, members & colleagues together. Please come & join us. Wednesday 10th May

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Intergenerational Book Battle

A wonderful afternoon at Hildesley Court on Friday with Pakefield Primary School. Get Suffolk Reading delivered a fun ‘book battle’ where Nigel Lungenmuss-Ward read a series of picture books and then together the residents and children discussed and voted for their favourite book.  It was a wonderful way to bring

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Members Friendship Group

A very warm welcome to all our members. We enjoy a chat, a giggle, interesting speakers with a nice cup of tea or coffee. Always some biscuits & cake to share too. Easy access for all with some parking outside. £1 entry. We have Elvie from Loddon History Group booked to

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Time out Thursdays at Loddon Library

A free event for everyone with a different theme each month, no need to book just come along to Loddon, Norfolk  Library NR14 6EX. Public parking available. January-One Pot Cooking February- Healthy Eating Workshop March- Fairtrade Workshop April- Wellbeing, cupcake decorating & sunflower seed potting. Local holistic therapist available. May- Dementia

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Intergenerational afternoon for World Book Day

Working along side The National Literacy Trust, we supported a fabulous event at Lilac Lodge Care Home in Oulton with 10 children from Oulton Broad Primary School. World Book Day partners with National Literacy Trust who run the local project in Lowestoft Get Suffolk Reading.  Get Suffolk Reading inspires families

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Lots of activity for Fairtrade Fortnight in our Eastern Region

Fun filled fortnight across the region. We delivered Fairtrade Workshops including mindfulness chocolate tasting to Opening Doors in Norwich, Cromer & Diss. Lowestoft Girl Guides, Loddon Juniors, Roman Hill Primary Year 4 children in Lowestoft. Family afternoon of fun including our giant Fairtrade snakes & ladders, visit from Pablo the banana, colouring

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Healthy Choice Workshop

Fun & educational day with all the children at The Hub- Kids Club Monday 8th August - The Children at The Hub in Huntingfield near our Halesworth Food Store had a fun filled day. We delivered our Healthy Choice workshop learning about 5 a day, portion sizes, eatwell guide & the traffic

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August 18th-Cromer, Food store- Community Fun Day

Local stalls & all-day children’s entertainment 10-4

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July 22nd- Lowestoft, Suffolk Beach Clean

Colleagues from retail, funeral & MCC joined together to help litter pick on Lowestoft beach, was a glorious day & lots of rubbish collected.

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July 21st- Realise Futures, Lowestoft, Suffolk- Healthy Choice Workshop

Educational & fun workshop with adults with learning difficulties & autism. They thoroughly enjoyed making the fruit kebabs.

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July 20th-Tot Spots, Reepham, Norfolk

Enjoyable morning with all the families who attend a weekly toddler group at the local Methodist Church. This a map they made showing where all the families live inside Reepham & the outskirt villages.