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Lowestoft Heritage Day 17th September

Come and learn about the Cooperative Heritage in Lowestoft for our open day at the Parcels Office in conjunction with Heritage Open Days. There will be an exhibition to showcase the former CWS canning factory and the Cooperative Holiday Camp with film shows and a chance to record memories and

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Bike events in the East

Eastern MCC have supported two bike events across the eastern region. The first took place at our Yaxley store on 30/08/2022 with donations of 10 bikes to be recycled and given to charity and another 8 repairs. The second at our Littleport Wisbech road store on 1/09/

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Leicester Pride

On Saturday 3rd September 2022, colleagues from across the Society in Leicestershire & Northamptonshire and the Membership & Community Council, took part in the traditional march for Leicester Pride.  The March started at the Curve Theatre in the Cultural Quarter and made its way through the City Centre before heading

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Co-op History Exhibition

To celebrate Heritage Week, which runs from 9th - 18th September 2022, we are taking our members and customers on a trip down memory lane.  We have recovered some artefacts, photos and memorabilia from bygone days and these will be displayed in our Whetstone Store at Dog & Gun Lane,

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Ratae Co-operative Players

The Ratae Co-operative Players are pleased to announce their next production - "Living Together" by Alan Ayckbourn, and directed by Russell Hughes. The Production runs from Thursday 13th October until Saturday 15th October 2022 at the International Arts Centre, Garden Street, Leicester LE1 3UA. For more information, follow

Birmingham Co-operative History Group Visits Chipping Norton

Shaz Rahman, MCC member joined the Birmingham Co-op History Member Group on a visit to Chipping Norton. His account of the day is below. On Saturday the 13th of August the Birmingham Co-operative History Group went on a Co-operative Tour of Chipping Norton. Well known Co-operator and Chipping Norton resident

Heritage week 9-18 September 2022

For Heritage week this year we have two fabulous, FREE opportunities to learn more about our Cooperative.

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Nottinghamshire food store receives major investment

The Central England Co-op in Chapel Street, Kirkby-in-Ashfield has been transformed inside and out.

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Healthy Choices for Mums & Tots

Today, we were invited to the Mums & Tots Group, who meet at St John's on the Grange Estate in Kettering.  We have been supporting the newly formed group with some refreshments, and today we delivered our Healthy Choices Workshops.  Whilst the children played, mums and grandparents took

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Parks Day with St Matthews Big Local

Over the summer holidays, the MCC, Retail and Funeral colleagues have been supporting St Matthews Big Local charity with their Holiday and Fun activities, aimed at ensuring that those children who usually receive free school meals during the school term, have access to good quality food.  On Friday 19th August

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Central England Co-op in Cromer hosts summer holiday fun as it launches new community space

There was hula hoop lessons, fruit kebabs, balloon modelling and even Olaf from Frozen made an appearance at the Holt Road store.

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New look for Leicestershire food store after major investment

The Burbage Central England Co-op has been transformed.

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Another Successful Bike Event

On Thursday 18th August, we once again invited Cycle Saviours to our Marston Moretaine Store for a FREE Bike Maintenance and donations event.  We were also pleased to welcome the Heart of Marston Charity who joined us with a Pop up Shop.  The Charity supports wellbeing and mental health for

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Brits flocked to stock up on hot weather essentials as second heatwave bites

New data from Central England Co-op shows the impact of recent heatwaves on shoppers buying habits.

Free Commonwealth Games sports equipment

Applications open from 15 August until 19 September

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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 &

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Major investment by Central England Co-op brings a brand new look to Kettering food store

The store in Hallwood Road has been transformed with a new look and feel.

Summer of Sport comes to Birmingham

The Western MCC teamed up with Sporting Spirit and Sport for Life International to host a Summer of Sport event in Birmingham for colleagues, members and the community inspired by Birmingham's hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. During the day there were 8 sports on offer to try

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Leicestershire Central England Co-op plays starring role in new National Lottery parkrun video

Double Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock MBE starred in the online ad.

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Common Ground Camp

We are delighted that the first International Woodcraft Folk Camp for six years is taking place in our trading area at Kelmarsh Hall near Market Harborough. The 10 day camp has catered for over 2,500 young people from both the UK and abroad.  The camp has been divided into

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Summer Healthy Choices Workshop

Today, we returned to the GreenPatch in Kettering to deliver our healthy choices workshop to children accessing the summer group activities. It was lovely to deliver the workshop outside in glorious sunshine as most of the time we deliver indoors.  The children learned about the importance of healthy eating, what

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Food and Farming Day 2022.

Food and Farming day 2022 saw 3,000 children from the Cambridgeshire area educated in the food sector. We delivered our healthy choices workshop and the fairtrade facts with the puzzle and snakes and ladders game. With help from Eastern MCC member Blain Price and our funeral colleagues the day

Visit to West Raven Community Garden

After an educational visit to the West Raven Community Garden the Eastern MCC will be working together with the volunteers to deliver educational workshops to children. Including planting wildflowers, the ecosystem and how we can support wildlife and sustainability. The fantastic facilities in the community garden means there are endless

Yaxley Sustainable space launch

Yaxley foodstore launched their sustainable space with the help of Fourfields primary school. Activities such as healthy choices workshops, planting, rock painting and a treasure hunt all took place over the the course of the morning. The children enjoyed spending time outside and using the new green space. Bumble bee

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Southern MCC support victims of Domestic Violence

Last year, the Southern MCC supported the Domestic Abuse Department at Leicestershire Police by providing vouchers to purchase emergency items and food for victims of this awful crime.  Often, victims are having to leave home and leave their belongings behind, so our contribution has been an enormous support at times