The Southern Membership and Community Relations Officer is Karen Bevan. She oversees Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and North Warwickshire.
Our Floristry class students, under the expertise of Sharon Kinder, have been busy making their own Christmas Wreaths for Christmas. The two groups that run on a Thursday morning and afternoon in Fleckney,
Last Saturday we joined other Fairtrade groups & retailers at a Fairtrade Christmas Market at Oakham Castle. There were lots of ideas for Christmas gifts amongst the many stall holders and the Southern
The Southern MCC are pleased to announce that after being approached by Whetstone Drama Group for support with funding, it has been agreed for the group to come under the Central England Co-operative
Last week was a busy week in schools delivering Healthy Choices Workshops to children in Mayflower School in Leicester and Fairtade to children at Catmose Primary School in Oakham. The Workshops are part
This week, Sue Barker, MCC Ambassador, and I were invited into Brooks Hill School in Oakham to deliver a Fairtrade Assembly. Our assemblies look at how by buying Fairtrade you can support farmers
Last Friday, over 70 delegates attended our Joining the Generations Conference at the Salvation Army Centre in Leicester. Following the success of the Channel 4 documentary "Old People's Homes for 4 Year Olds"
This week we have been busy checking in with our tutors and students where we run our classes at the Salvation Army Centre in Leicester. There is a whole range of classes from
This week we were invited along with other funding providers to the Kettering Funding Fair to talk to community organisations about the financial support we can offer. It was a very busy day
MCC Ambassadors were on hand today to support retail colleagues at the opening of our new store in Bottesford by taking the time to talk to customers about the benefit of membership and
This week we have hosted 12 Interim Members' Evenings across our trading estate to update our members on the Society's half-year performance, as well as how we've supported our local communities. For those
Recently, Accommodation Concern, based in Kettering, received a community dividend from the Society to buy much needed chairs and office equipment for their new premises in the centre of the Town. Today, at
As Fairtrade celebrates its 25th birthday, we are taking a look back over some of the great ways we support Fairtrade within our Society. Educating young people about Fairtrade in the communities the