Community Intergenerational Workshops- Appreciating Windowsills. Our Eastern Membership & Community Council have been working with Partners Sally Connick, from National Literacy Trust for over two years in Lowestoft to support the campaign "Get Suffolk Reading" In February we delivered three wonderful workshops with Caroline England, from Featherbed Tales. Our first event was with
Community UP BEAT! Monthly Singing & Music making group in Halesworth Community Room. In partnership with Communities Together East Anglia. Fully inclusive & accessible monthly sessions using music & singing for health & wellbeing. Everybody welcome & no singing voice is necessary. Helen Hayes is well known locally for her passion & enthusiasm.
Community Dementia Awareness Week 2024 This year, Dementia Awareness Week begins on May 13th to 19t. Did you know that someone develops dementia every three minutes in the U.K.? It’s true, and dementia not only affects old people (over the age of 65), but it can also affect people in their 30s, 40s,
Community International Women’s Day: Inspiring women every day At Central Co-op, we believe in the power of diversity, inclusion and empowerment.
Community Free Bike Health Checks at our store on Badgeney Road in March, Cambridgeshire. Friday 23rd February get your bikes ready for the Spring! We will be offering free bike health checks at our store between 11&2pm & if you have any unwanted bikes, Chris from Brucies Bikes will happily take them to be recycled. Our Membership & Community Council will be
News Celebrating 2023: Our year in numbers We're taking a look back at 2023 to celebrate everything our Members, customers and colleagues have helped us to achieve!
Community We're doubling the number of Member offers in store! Take a sneak peek at the new Co-operative Member offers that'll be landing in store soon as part of an exciting trial!
Community Working From Home Hub Every Thursday 9.30-3.30 in our Community Room in Halesworth, come and join others who work from home. Have a cuppa in the warm.
Community UP BEAT- Singing for Health A new group starting 15th January in our Community Room in Halesworth, everybody welcome.
Community Festive Activities Some wonderful festive activities took place in the Eastern region. From wellbeing crafts sessions to Christmas meals & parties. Thank you to all wonderful groups we support & our partners, Rachel Wiles, Loddon Library, Mencap, Cromer Friendship Group, Halesworth Lions. We wish you all a Happy New Year from our
Community Career Talk Students in year 11 participated in our Career talk today with Brad Tuckfield, Store Manager & Board Director, Anya Newton, Team Leader & myself. Great engagement & lots of questions. A real delight being part of their career talks at Fred Nicholas School in Dereham, Norfolk who have not had
Community Loddon Re-gen opening event 24th Nov we welcomed Loddon Juniors Eco group for a visit of our new look store in Loddon. The eight children were delighted to have a tour & speak with our colleagues. The smell of the cookies baking were a very tempting, distraction from the cold & wet weather outside.
Community Careers Day at Reepham High School Store Manager & Board Director Bradley Tuckfield & I spent the day at Reepham High School 8th November. We delivered a presentation to the year 11 students about the career opportunities at Central Coop, including work experience & debt free degrees. We spoke about joining our Membership Community Council &
Community How to make salt dough decorations Follow our step-by-step guide to making these super easy and fun decorations that can be used as tree decorations, present toppers or festive ornaments.
Community Fighting food waste with Olio To create a sustainable Society for All, we're keen to reduce food waste in our stores. We've enlisted the help of Olio to help us manage our food waste more effectively.
Community Halesworth Members Meeting. The live broadcasting meeting was streamed from the Derby Conference Centre to other satellite venues in Yorkshire, Halesworth, Market Harborough and Stafford plus online. We had a wonderful evening at The Rifle Hall in Halesworth, We opened the event with Helen Hayes with a sing along & musical instruments for
Community Brampton Community Day Great community engagement at our Brampton Store with Brucies Bikes offering free bike checks & minor repairs, Project abundance supporting the children with making fantastic pinecone bird feeders, delicious fruit kebabs were enjoyed by all & Funeral & Retail team working together to raise money for Dementia UK.
Eastern Yaxley Community Event The sun was shining & families enjoyed learning about caring for their pets & making toys with Woodgreen Pet Charity, creating pinecone bird feeders with Lewis from Project Abundance & delicious fruit kebabs with Funeral colleagues outside our store in Yaxley.
Community Toy Appeal 2023 Jump into the season of giving with our Toy Appeal campaign. Donate toys at our stores or find a festive event to attend!
Community 10 creative uses for your pumpkin We’ve picked out 10 of the best uses for pumpkins which make full use of these ghastly gourds. Pick up a pumpkin and try out a new creative Halloween idea this season.
Community 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?
Eastern 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
Community 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,
Community 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.
Community 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