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Central England Co-op officially opens new £1.85m store to support Nottinghamshire community - creating 15 new jobs

Launch of new store in Warsop saw the Gruffalo in attendance to entertain local children on their summer holidays

Community

School children take part in healthy activity

Six schools in Staffordshire took part in healthy activity events in the final term of the school year. The initiative came about through our ongoing relationship with James Austin, Lichfield School Sports coordinator. The events were offered to the schools and allowed individual classes to take part in safe '

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Funeral directors' project to transform cemetery garden to create ‘sanctuary’ for families

The team from Wellings Funeral Home in Burton are transforming the area at Stapenhill Cemetery.

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Refill station trial extended to include range of non-food products

We are expanding a trial that allows our customers to fill their own containers with food to now include body care and home cleaning products. We are extending our partnership with Suma Wholefoods to widen the offering available at its zero waste refill station, which can be found at our

Northern

Birthday Boxes a treat for children in Derby

Earlier this year a member of our Northern Membership & Community Council spotted a call for help to make birthdays better for disadvantaged children. Joanna West saw a request online from Claire Twells who works at Smith Partnership Solicitors, and also has involvement with Revive Healthy Living Centre in Derby.

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Co-op Friendship Group

Today, I visited our Co-op Friendship Group who meet on Tuesday mornings from 10am-12.00noon at the Woodgate Resources Centre, 36 Woodgate in Leicester.  The group are always open to new members joining them, even if you just want to come along for some company and a cup of tea.

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Nottinghamshire food store’s fresh new look after £105k makeover

Central England Co-op in Giltbrook receives a transformation.

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Upcycling vinyl records in an art come back.

Working with Spiral Arts and the YMCA in Derby to promote health and wellbeing through art.  As part of a wider project with the Will Garvey Trust Foundation, a suicide prevention charity, the work is to engage with students to talk to them through art and share their experiences of

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Share your positive lockdown experience in a Creative Arts Project

Working with a Suicide Prevention Charity, Will Garvey Trust Foundation, Spiral Arts and the YMCA to offer a Creative Arts Project across Derbyshire to promote positive actions or feelings during the Coronavirus Lockdown. The Project runs until Friday, 27th August, 2021 with a showcase of work in September.  Aimed at

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Providing healthy snacks with mobile library services in Barnsley

Working in partnership with Barnsley Library services and mobile services to deliver books and healthy snacks to the homes near our Co-op Store on Keresforth Road.  The Uplift artists were also doing textile printing and the locals to create a washing line of art. We have developed a partnership with

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Outdoor learning is key

The Yorkshire Member & Community Council member Shirley Bly and Member & Community Relations Officer visited Eden's Forest where Adam showed us the benefits of outdoor learning. Eden's Forest is a Community Interest Company that offers practical and guided sessions and enables young people, adults and

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We roll out app that allows shoppers eco-friendly home deliveries in less than an hour to over 100 stores

Over 100 stores are now offering eco-friendly home deliveries in under one hour. Our ongoing link with Snappy Shopper allows customers to order their co-op shop via a dedicated app and have it delivered to their door within the hour. Shoppers choose items using the app which are then picked

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The importance of a 'natter'

What a wonderful afternoon to enjoy coffee and cake with the Co-op members from the Chesterfield Painting Group.  Before they return in September after a long time away due to the pandemic, it was a great opportunity to get everyone together to share stories and meet up again.  The Group

Northern

Fun with wheels

The Northern Membership & Community Council has teamed up again with Inclusive Pedals to offer free bike maintenance.  These workshops are becoming very popular and set up at the Co-op in Inkersall, Chesterfield over 14 bikes were repaired and 3 donated. Speaking to the owners of the bikes from young

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Bike event takes place at our Groby Store

Thursday saw temperatures reach 31 degrees, but that didn't deter the public from coming along and taking advantage of FREE bicycle maintenance checks at our Groby Store in Leicester.  We thought we would show you a photograph of Chris and John from Northside Bikes who have done a

Customers can dispose of hard to recycle plastics at special collection points in Central England Co-op stores

Central England Co-op customers can now go even further in their efforts to help protect the environment thanks to a newly launched plastic recycling scheme. The majority of all the retailer’s 240 plus stores based across 16 counties now have a specially created collection point that will allow people

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Mum's & Tots Healthy Choices Session

With thanks to our brilliant links with Leicester City in the Community, I was invited along to deliver our Healthy Choices Workshop at a Mum's and Tots session at The Hub in New Parks, a deprived area in the City.  As you can see from the photo, little

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First look at new Notts store ahead of launch featuring apperance by children’s favourite the Gruffalo

New Central England Co-op in Warsop to open on Friday, 30 July with an exciting launch event.

Prouder together!

Pride is all about communities coming together (regardless of sexuality) in celebration, protest, unity and solidarity.

Reepham community support for young refugees

The Eastern MCC have supported a young group of refugees in Reepham with outdoor clothing and healthy lunches. The group of youngsters have been engaging in horticultural education at "Fields of Joy" small holding in Reepham. They have learned how to work with tools, aswell as the animals

Community

We join in the fun of the Eye Sculpture Trail

You can see our tortoise outside our Eye store in Suffolk until September.

Bike repairs at Sutton in the Isle

MCC members from the East- Tim Hoof and Amber Cook along with store colleagues have supported our bike repair initiative at our new Sutton store. Working alongside Living Sports and Brucie's bikes 17 bicycles were repaired over the duration of the day.

Support for local Sensory garden

MCC members in the Eastern Region have been out with their green fingers supporting a primary school in Fressingfield- near Eye in Suffolk. The children at the school have designed their sensory garden from ideas in the classrooms and our MCC members have supported these coming to real life in

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Bicycle Maintenance at Hallam Crescent Store

We once again worked in partnership with Northside Bikes by offering FREE bicycle maintenance checks at our Hallam Crescent East Store in Leicester.  It was particularly encouraging to see so many children come along and take advantage of the offer.  As this event took part in the City, we were

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Former supermarket site gets temporary new lease of life from local street artist and charity

Street artist 'Wingy' has begun giving the site a makeover while Newlife open a temporary store.