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Central England Co-operative support local Food Bank

Recently Central England Co-operative Western MCC supported the Bournville Labour Party with a top up donation to their latest fundraising initiative for the B30 Food bank based in Cotteridge. With the Western MCC topping up the amount, the total amount to spend on food for people on real need was

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Southern MCC at the Greenbelt Festival in Kettering supporting Food Justice

Southern MCC Ambassadors worked tirelessly with other colleagues from across the business and guests at the Greenbelt Festival this Bank Holiday Weekend. There were presentations by our CEO Debbie Robinson, FareShare East Midlands, Co-op Party, our Corporate Responsibility Manager Hannah Gallimore, and Board Director Richard Bickle on the subject of

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Southern MCC support Community Day at our Ashby de-la Zouch Store

Southern MCC Ambassadors were recently on hand to support a community day held by our Ashby-de-la Zouch Store, as part of their one year celebrations. Celebrations included an amazing display of cakes to choose from, with funds being donated to Dementia UK, along with tastings and the opportunity to hear

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Southern MCC support Parks Day for the community of St Matthews

A Parks Day was held for the people living in the community of St Matthews which was a real treat for the children.  Children who had been accessing the holiday hunger programme over the school summer holidays were each treated to a free BBQ and lot's of different

Co-operative spirit in the air at Greenbelt Festival

We were proud to link-up with the Co-op Party to talk about the issue of food justice as part of the annual Greenbelt Festival. Thousands of people from across the country descended on Broughton House, in Northamptonshire, for four days of arts, faith and justice related activities. Central England Co-op

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Magic and much, much more as charity community fun day comes to Ripley

Central England Co-op’s Ripley Supermarket will be hosting a free community fun day for all the family next week with a magic show and face painting among the entertainment on offer. The event will help raise money for Dementia UK, as well as offering a range of fun activities

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Eckington Mini Summer Fair raises over £800 for Dementia UK

A mini summer fair at Central England Co-op's Eckington Food Store has raised over £800 for Dementia UK. The event at the Pinfold Street store on Friday, 16 August saw children’s games, a bake sale, a children’s lucky dip, a raffle and tombola – all in aid

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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

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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

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Southern MCC support Retail Colleagues at the Woodstock Festival in Whitwick

There is something for everyone at the Woodstock Festival, from fairground rides, to live music, to food and a licensed bar, and this year the sunshine brought in crowds from across the county.  The Southern MCC joined forces with retail colleagues from across the business and held a tombola stall

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Busiest Day So Far supporting St Matthews Big Local Holiday Hunger Programme

Friday was our busiest day so far serving 107 breakfasts to families in need.  Working with volunteers from De-Montfort University and British Gas - over 1200 meals have been served over the summer holidays.  It was a privilege to once again meet the Lord Lieutenant of Leicester, Mike Kapur, who

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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

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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

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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

Southern MCC support Stores with Membership & Community Days

This week, the Southern MCC have supported our Newbold Verdon Store with their Membership & Community Day and also supported our Evington Road Store, who took the opportunity once again to celebrate Eid.  Events like these are a great opportunity to promote our difference and the benefits of membership, whilst

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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

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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

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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...

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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,

Filbert Fox helps deliver our Healthy Choices Workshop

It's not every day Filbert Fox joins us to help deliver our healthy choices workshop but he paid a surprise visit to the Eat Well Play Better summer activity which is being run by Leicester City in the Community with support from the Southern MCC and Fareshare East

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

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Southern MCC support Leicester City Football Club - Eat Well Play Better Activity

Over the Summer, LCFC in the Community are running their first four week "Eat Well Play Better" pilot, aimed at ensuring young people not only get to eat well during the school summer holidays but also get the chance to join in some fun activities too. The Society

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Holiday fun at Barnsley Library

Children were able to take part in the Healthy Choices workshop in the new Lightbox Library in Barnsley.  As well as tasting the different fruits they were able to learn about portion sizes, the traffic light system and the importance of eating healthily. Assisted by Carol and Rayne from the