The Southern Membership and Community Relations Officer is Karen Bevan. She oversees Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and North Warwickshire.
A Leicester community hero has showcased the best in co-operative values by volunteering to support her local Central England Co-op store to provide food and essentials to her community. Hilary Allen is a
Central England Co-operative has joined together with its communities in Leicestershire and Northamptonshire to mark a special Fairtrade Fortnight with two weeks of activities. The celebrations coincided with the 25th anniversary of Fairtrade
A special charity football game has been held in Leicester to mark Fairtrade Fortnight where fun and fundraising rather than finesse was the name of the game. The ‘Can’t Play Players’ women’
Central England Co-op members put their dancing shoes on to take part in a special event to help mark Fairtrade Fortnight at Burton Town Hall. Over 100 people attended the Fairtrade Tea Dance
Central England Co-op will be holding a range of events across Leicestershire and Northamptonshire during Fairtrade Fortnight 2020 to get the community talking about Fairtrade. The Society will be holding everything from tea
Our Southern MCC support a number of groups who meet in our local communities and this week I caught up with our Women of Wisdom Co-operative, who meet in Braunstone, our Thorncroft Friendship
This year, our Ratae Co-operative Players put on a first class pantomime based on this very popular nursery rhyme. Our Players are so talented and it is wonderful to see them working with
Our educational and recreational courses are back in full swing after the Christmas break and today I visited just one of our Calligraphy courses which take place at the Salvation Army Centre in
An inspiring project which is giving a group of green-fingered adult mental health service users the opportunity to grow food in a hospital’s ‘secret garden’ has been boosted by over £1,700
This week students who attend Juniper Training in Leicester enjoyed taking part in our Co-operative Masterclass. The Masterclass looks at our values and principles and co-operatives as a different business model. The students
This week we are busy supporting schools, after-school clubs and healthy hero's sessions in libraries with a healthy start to January. Activities include delivering our popular healthy choices workshops followed by delicious and
A successful and award-winning Leicestershire theatre group has received backing from Central England Co-op as it continues to thrive 57 years after it was originally founded. Whetstone Drama Group has teamed up with