Let's build something better together
Central England Co-op is marking Co-op Fortnight by shining a light on what it has been doing to support communities and some of the great acts of co-operation carried out by colleagues throughout
Eastern
The Eastern Membership and Community Relations Officer is Kym Hunt. She oversees Peterborough, The Fens, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire.
Eastern Membership team help food stores to support communities
While normal life is on hold as we face these testing and uncertain times, our Eastern Membership team has been busy lending a hand to our food stores to ensure their communities are
Time for a cuppa.
Many of our retail stores took part in the time for a cuppa initiative in aid to raise money for Dementia UK. Two of which were supported by Membership, taking the time out
Highlights of Fairtrade Fortnight 2020 in Eastern region
Central England Co-operative has joined together with its communities in the East of England to mark a special Fairtrade Fortnight with two weeks of activities. The celebrations coincided with the 25th anniversary of
Fairtrade Fortnight
The Eastern Membership and Community Council have supported over 1,200 children understand the importance of buying Fairtrade by delivering assemblies and workshops across the region; in the first week of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Fairtrade Fortnight being marked with community events across the East
Central England Co-operative will be holding a range of events across the East of England during Fairtrade Fortnight 2020 to get the community talking about Fairtrade. The Society will be holding everything from
Harford Manor enjoy Healthy Choices
Students from Harford Manor SEN school took part in our Interactive Healthy Choices workshop. The students enjoyed making fruit kebabs and learning all about healthy foods and a healthy lifestyle. We used extra
Two Community Groups are Supported in Loddon
The Loddon Community store team handed over vouchers to two groups supported by the MCC this week. Maureen from The Loddon Players (potential member group) was over the moon to receive £400 to
The Eastern Region Woodcraft Folk New Groups Project Celebration
The Eastern Woodcraft Folk have been running a project during 2019 to increase the number of groups in the region and support those groups during their first year. A celebration was held at
Meet Bumble
Bumble is a "sheep" that was sponsored by the Eastern MCC and sat on the Eye, Suffolk, Sheep Trail in the summer of 2019. Bumble is painted by, a local to Eye Artist;
CARESCO Community Charity Volunteer Thankyou Celebration
The Team at CARESCO in Sawtry were supported with £100 worth of vouchers, providing snacks, mince pies and drinks for their volunteer thank you celebration. There are 50 dedicated volunteers help run the
Central England Co-op helps fund Christmas dinner for homeless people in Norwich
A Norfolk retailer has given a festive boost to a homeless support group in Norwich by donating food for a Christmas dinner held in the city. Colleagues from Central England Co-op also joined