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
Eastern Membership and Community Relations Christmas Newsletter This year the Member and Community Relations team have produced a newsletter for members who would normally attend our Member activity and events. Below is the newsletter, but if you would like an email version please send an email to member.community@centralengland.coop The Membership and Community Team wish
Community Borrowash funeral home supports local charity’s Christmas appeal bringing festive cheer Central England Co-op Funeralcare support local charity in Borrowash and Ockbrook with festive appeal.
Community MCC backs Christmas appeal supporting survivors of abuse and exploitation Funeral Director joins with Western MCC to make special festive donation to Black Country Women's Aid.
Community Leicestershire funeral director’s drive to support homeless leaves her ‘overwhelmed’ with support Oadby and Wigston Funeral Director Janette Macleod will deliver the packages in the run-up to Christmas.
Community Further support for hygiene poverty project with second donation point Kibworth Food Store now offering donation point to the Market Harborough Hygiene Bank.
Community Central England Co-op hold second virtual workshop to help educate youngsters in lockdown Fairtrade is the subject of second virtual educational workshop for children.
Community Communities giving backing to Christmas Toybox Appeal Donations start rolling in for Central England Co-op's Christmas Toybox Appeal.
Community Derbyshire funeral colleagues help to improve local environment Central England Co-op Funeralcare in Allenton help to keep local area clean and tidy.
Community Mountsorrel food store gets fresh new look with £55k makeover Central England Co-op in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire receives a raft of updates.
Community Community groups and good causes benefit from vital funding from Northern MCC Hundreds of pounds handed to good causes by Central England Co-op's Northern members.
Community Virtual workshop to help educate children about making healthy choices Popular healthy choices workshops offered by Central England Co-op to be piloted online.
