The Southern Membership and Community Relations Officer is Karen Bevan. She oversees Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and North Warwickshire.
The Southern MCC support Eco-Schools Leicester, who are funded by the City's Council, to educate children on how to protect the environment, where food comes from, and the importance of healthy eating. Today,
Pupils from Fosse Primary School in Leicester enjoyed learning all about the difference Fairtrade makes to farmers and producers in third world countries and how by buying Fairtrade they can help to build
This week, 150 children visited our Cropston Drive Store to take part in our Shopping on Challenge - 5 classes of 30 visited throughout the morning, needless to say, with the help of
This week we joined in the celebrations for Eid Mubarak with our Evington Road Store colleagues. There was lots of activity outside of the store too, where we took the opportunity to raise
For the third year running, the Southern MCC Ambassadors were busy making and giving away free fruit kebabs and talking to festival goers about the benefits of being a member of Central England
As a Dementia Friends Champion, I have been spending time in some of our stores this week delivering Dementia Friends Sessions to our colleagues and members of the public, who have now signed
The Southern Membership & Community Council partnered with our Funeral business to support the Twilight Games Championships, an initiative set up by Leicestershire & Rutland Sports, for the elderly to keep fit and
This week our Grange Place Store in Kettering hosted the children from the nearby Greenpatch after school club who were visiting the store to take part in our ethical challenge. The challenge takes
This week was exciting for the MCS Committee as we were joined for the first time by our new CEO, Debbie Robinson. The Committee meet four times a year and it is here
Central England Co-operative support many local groups for members who come together through interests and for friendship. In the Southern region, you can choose from a variety groups such as drama, photography, women's
On Wednesday we worked with students from Juniper Training, who took part in our Co-operative Masterclass. The Masterclass explores co-operatives as a different way of doing business, our values and principles that helps
Aylestone Beavers in Leicester enjoyed learning all about what counts as part of your five a day, the importance of eating healthily, and understanding food labelling. They made some delicious fruit kebabs and