Community Co-op Heritage Weekend at Wythall Transport Museum Central England Co-op has a rich heritage reaching back into dozens communities across the country where people came together to supply themselves with honest goods at fair prices by forming their own local co-operative societies. Join us at Wythall transport Museum to celebrate the 140th anniversary of one of those
Community Holiday Hunger Program helps Support Families in Staffordshire During the first four weeks of the summer holidays the Western Membership and Community Council (MCC) teamed up with Progressive Sports and FareShare Midlands to help support younger people in the area. Progressive sports run Holiday Camps in the area during the summer holidays. The days are filled with fun
Community FREE Bike Maintenance Event in Cotteridge, Birmingham on Thursday 26 August Central England Co-op have teamed up with a local worker coop the Bike Foundry to put on FREE bike maintenance sessions at our store in Cotteridge. The event will take place between 10.00am and 4.00pm. Bring your bike, have it checked by the Bike
Community Central England Supports Geocaching event in South Birmingham On Saturday the 14th of August. I supported members of the Geocaching Association of Great Britain (GAGB), with an event Cotteridge Park. Geocaching is an activity where people find pre-set GPS co-ordinates in what can be described as a treasure hunt. Items will be set at the GPS locations and
Eastern Don’t miss the chance to serve your community as temporary roles created The deadline is approaching for two roles at Central England Co-op supporting the membership and community team in the Eastern region. The Society is on the lookout for two people passionate about their community who could take on the roles of Member and Community Events Co-ordinators to support the work
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 '
Community We join in the fun of the Eye Sculpture Trail You can see our tortoise outside our Eye store in Suffolk until September.
Our Board of Directors Birmingham Film Co-op organise a Just Film Festival for Co-op Fortnight Below is a blog from Central England Co-op Western MCC Shaz about his experience during the awards ceremony of the Just Film Festival organised by the Birmingham Film Co-op. The Just Film festival concluded on Sunday the 4th of July with a hybrid awards ceremony conducted at the Warehouse Café
Community Elaine Dean Co-op voices women’s event Elaine Dean who is the current Vice President of Central England Co-op (amongst many other Co-op leadership roles) was interviewed by Rebecca Harvey from Co-op Press and Sarah Alldred from Co-op College about her life as a co-operator. It was great to hear from Elaine directly about her experiences in
Community Lights, Camera, Co-op for Co-operatives Fortnight! Starting on Friday 18th June, Birmingham Film Co-op are working with Central England Co-operative and Co-op News to bring you a special fortnight of films all available to watch from the comfort of your home. Films enrich our lives - they educate, entertain, delight and transport us. But the films
Community Co-op Fortnight and celebrating Robert Owen The Membership & Community Councils wanted to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of Robert Owen with a new booklet to be shared with colleagues, members and customers to educate them about the role of Owen. He played a major part in our successful Co-operative Society. The Poster and booklets are available
Community Charities and community groups can apply for up to £5,000 as part of relaunched Community Dividend Fund We have relaunched our Community Dividend Fund in an effort to offer vital support to good causes, groups and charities. Groups can now apply for between £100 to £5,000 every two months to support projects that aim to support access to food, health and wellbeing, inclusion and the environment.
Community We have cut food waste by 40% thanks to ground-breaking schemes Central England Co-op reduces food waste by 40%
News Central England Co-op unveil special portrait and join celebrations to mark 250th birthday of pioneering co-operator How Central England Co-op is marking the 250th birthday of Robert Owen
Community Join us in celebrating the 250th anniversary of Robert Owen We are supporting a special virtual event on Friday 14 May - book your free place now.
Community Central England Co-op members to help create new woodland in the National Forest Southern MCC at Central England Co-op donate £3,000 to plant 300 trees.
Community We join with Black Country Living Museum to mark 150 years of Co-op history in Halesowen Call for memories of the Co-op in Halesowen as anniversary marked.
Western 150 years of Co-operation in Halesowen 2021 marks the 150th anniversary of the Halesowen and Hasbury Industrial Co-operative Society. to mark this occasion a special commemorative display by the Birmingham Co-operative History Group has gone on display at our Spies Lane Community Store in Halesowen (1 Spies Lane, Halesowen, Birmingham B62 9SS). Below is information relating
Community Co-ops seek entries from budding film-makers for "Just Film Festival" Central England Co-operative have entered into a pioneering partnership with Birmingham Film Co-op and Co-op News to support a social justice film festival online during Co-operatives Fortnight this year, 18 June - 4 July. Entries are now open for the submission of five minute short films in three categories: -
Western 'King of the North' Andy Burnham joins male Co-operators on Central England Co-op's Men's Event On Wednesday 24 March Central England Co-operative held an online Men's Voices event. The event which would usually be held in November to coincide with International Men's Day was postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. During this online event we had Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater
Community Central England Co-op Men’s Voices event to welcome Andy Burnham as guest speaker Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham will be the guest speaker at event designed to raise awareness of the challenges facing men in the modern world.
Western Birmingham Co-op History Group Fairtrade Talk with Debbie Robinson On Tuesday, 2 March the Birmingham Co-op History Group hosted a special talk with the CEO of Central England Co-op Debbie Robinson. Debbie has an extensive history with Fairtrade and the nearly 30 people attending on the Zoom call were excited to learn about it. As the meeting was held
Community Thousands of children to be reached with Fairtrade message during Fairtrade Fortnight Central England Co-op is set to talk about the importance of Fairtrade to thousands of children as they provide a range of exciting content during two weeks of celebrations. The retailer will be hosting virtual workshops and supplying schools with home learning materials across the communities it serves to help
Community Free home delivery for members in effort to ease the impact of lockdown Members get free delivery bonus
Community Lifesaving frontline NHS heroes in Leicester boosted by donation of 1,000 bottles of water Our Southern MCC support project donating refreshments to frontline NHS workers in Leicester
