Community 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
Western Members come Together and Dance for Fairtrade Fortnight Central Co-op members got together this week to celebrate Fairtrade and Co-operation at a special Tea-Dance in Burton upon Trent. Over 80 members from our Birmingham and Eastwood member groups joined together for the event that was compered and led by Pierre, our Birmingham Modern Sequence Dance tutor. The dancers
Western Bike Events prove popular for our communities Recently the Western MCC held two bike events in Birmingham and Stafford during the Autumn half term break. The events in Wildwood, Stafford and Northfield, Birmingham proved a popular choice and many members of our community came along and had their bikes checked with some minor repairs take place. In
Community Co-op Gardening Club Learns About Urban Willow Richard Bickle, MCC Member in Birmingham tells his account of the latest Co-op Gardening Club visit below. On Wednesday evening, member of the Co-op Gardening Club in Birmingham spent an enjoyable evening with Marcus Belben, community activist and local Woodcraft Folk leader, learning about the growing and uses for willow
Community Birmingham Co-operatives present 'Left Feet Forward' Exhibition On 28 October "Left Feet Forward; Birmingham Co-operative Art Exhibition launches at Artefact. The Exhibition celebrates both the history of the Co-operative movement and examines the current Co-op scene in Birmingham. Artefact is a workers Coop art gallery and performance space in Stirchley, a vibrant area of South Birmingham
Community Great Barr Musical Theatre Co-operative perform Cinderella On Friday 4 & Saturday 5 November our very own musical theatre member group perform their pantomime production of Cinderella! The group are made up of dedicated musical theatre members from the community who come together to perform, socialise and have fun. you can find out more on the group
Community Free Bike Maintenance Events During half term two bike maintenance events are taking place in Stafford and Birmingham. The events are free for members and customers to get their bike checked and basic repairs completed free of charge. On Thursday 27 October the team from local bike repair and community bike shop 'Back
Community 'Men's Voices' returns for 2022 Our annual Men's Voices returns on Wednesday 16 November and is once again taking place at Burton Albion Football Club. This years theme is around wellbeing and mindfulness! We have two great key note speakers coming along; Lord Roy Kennedy, member of the House of Lords and Charlie
Western The Woodland Games On 3 September our Central England Co-op MCC member Shaz attend the Woodland Games in South Birmingham. Hear his account of the day below Central England Co-op Western MCC supported the Woodland Games in south Birmingham. The Woodland Games an art adventure that helped the participants learn about ecology and
Community Colleagues celebrate Birmingham Pride Colleagues from Central England Co-op Retail, Funeral and Support Centre businesses came together on Saturday to celebrate Pride. This Year's Pride was celebrating 25 years in Birmingham! Over 30 colleagues took part in either the parade or the community stand in Pride's Community Village. The parade
Eastern 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 &
Community Great Barr celebrates new look store and Birmingham's Summer of Sport Last week our Store at Great Barr in Birmingham celebrated their new look store in time for Birmingham's Summer of Sport. The store is located just up the road from Alexander Stadium, the venue for this year's Commonwealth Games. The official opening of of the store
Community Co-op Film Festival takes place during Co-ops Fortnight During Co-ops Fortnight this year the Co-op Film Club in Birmingham held their second Film Festival. Kate Palser of the Film Co-op writes about what took place during the two weeks. Reflection on an undertaking like Just Film Festival is an important part of the whole process. Although the features
Community Co-op Songwriting sessions come to Stirchley Shaz Rahman, Western MCC member writes how he attends and is part of a song writing co-op that meets at the Artefact Cafe in Stirchley. These sessions have been enabled by the funding of the Western MCC. On Friday July the 1st the Co-op Songwriting Group met for the third
Community Fairtrade sessions with local Beavers' Group Recently MCC member Amanda and myself went along to see a local Beaver Group in Kings Heath to talk to them about all things Fairtrade. During the Sessions Amanda and myself spoke about the importance of Fairtrade and how buying these products help farmers and workers of developing countries lead
Eastern August 18th-Cromer, Food store- Community Fun Day Local stalls & all-day children’s entertainment 10-4
Community 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.
Eastern 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.
Eastern 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.
Western Great Barr Community Day On Thursday 28 July come Join us at Walsall Road Great Barr for some fun community activity. There we be a tombola, raffle, prizes, food tastings, refreshments and lots more with all money raised going to our Colleague elected charity Dementia UK. Colleagues from our Food, Funeral, floral and membership
Community Summer of Sport Event comes to Birmingham Central England Co-op have teamed up with Sporting Spirit, a Birmingham based youth sports provider to hold a fun sporting event on Saturday 6 August between 11am - 3.00pm at the Co-op Sports Ground in Yardley Birmingham to celebrate Birmingham's Summer of Sport. Teams of 6 (Don&
Community Robin Hood Comes to Lichfield Recently the cast of Robin Hood came to our Lichfield Boley Park store to promote the community musical supported by Central England Co-op. During the day the cast spoke to members of the public about the musical and sang songs outside our store to shoppers. As part of our ongoing
Community Central England Co-op officially opens its first store in Lancashire creating 18 new jobs The store in Clayton-le-Woods has created 18 new jobs and offers a range of great features for shoppers.
News New green space for local community launches in Northamptonshire The sustainable space has been created at the Gladstone Street Central England Co-op in Desborough.
News Volunteers help provide hundreds of meals to help fight Easter holiday hunger in Leicester Central England Co-op volunteers from across its food stores, funeral teams and Southern Membership and Community Council (MCC) helped out.
