Southern Joining the Generations conference coming this November A conference is being held later this year to showcase an extraordinary project in Leicestershire inspired by the Channel 4 series Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds. The Joining the Generations project children from Little Stars Nursery in Melton Mowbray make weekly visits to nearby Gretton Court Care
Southern Ashby Food Store celebrates first birthday with charity event A Central England Co-op Food Store in North West Leicestershire is marking its first birthday with a special community fundraising event. The store in School Lane, Ashby opened its doors in August 2018 and has had a fantastic first year serving the local community. Therefore the team have decided to
Southern Central England Co-op stores support Woodstock in Whitwick Three of our food stores in Leicestershire have come together to sponsor a family festival taking place this weekend. Central England Co-op Food Stores in Whitwick, Thringstone and Coalville are supporting the Woodstock in Whitwick event which takes place this Saturday and Sunday (August 17 and 18) at Hermitage Leisure
Southern Southern MCC support Leicester City Football Club - Eat Well Play Better Activity Over the Summer, LCFC in the Community are running their first four week "Eat Well Play Better" pilot, aimed at ensuring young people not only get to eat well during the school summer holidays but also get the chance to join in some fun activities too. The Society
Southern Southern MCC and Store Colleagues support Holiday Hunger Programmes across Leicestershire & Northants Over the next four weeks, the Southern MCC and Store colleagues will be volunteering to support charities and community organisations with the provision of meals for families during the school holidays. The Southern MCC have also donated over £1,000 to a number of programmes taking place across the region.
Southern Southern MCC support newly formed Wheelchair Buddies Group This week the Southern MCC have supported a newly formed Wheelchair Buddies Group who meet at the Thurnby Lodge Community Centre next to our store in Thurcourt Road. The group offers support and a friendly chat for people living in the community with limited mobility and meet every Wednesday morning
Southern GLENFIELD STORE CAR BOOT IS A HIT WITH TRADERS AND CUSTOMERS! Last Sunday, the MCC joined forces with the Glenfield Co-operative and held a Car Boot Sale on the rear car park. Over 45 traders showed up, and the pitch fees were donated to our Corporate Charity, Dementia UK. The MCC took the opportunity to promote membership and a healthy fruit
Southern MCC Support Community Fun Day at the Greenpatch in Kettering Every year The Green Patch community garden in Kettering host a community fun day. The event provides a day for locals to enjoy the vibrant green space, its chickens and - of course - to enjoy some tea and cake on the lawn. This year the Southern Membership and Community
Southern 120 students participate in Co-operative Masterclass at De-Montfort University This week, colleagues and our MCC ambassadors from across the business educated young people taking part in the National Citizenship Service about the values and principles of a co-operative, the co-operative business model as a different way of doing business, and the role co-operatives play within the community and the
Southern Ibstock store welcomes Hospice Hope for Co-op Fortnight As part of our Co-op Fortnight celebrations our food stores have opened their doors to various local community groups and good causes, giving them the opportunity to have space in store to promote themselves and raise money. At our Ibstock food store, Hospice Hope took up the opportunity to spend
Southern Colleagues mark Co-op Fortnight by volunteering in Leicester emergency food shop A city centre shop which provides emergency food to people in need is being supported by volunteers from Central England Co-operative to mark Co-op Fortnight. Colleagues and members are giving up their time to support the Action Homeless Food Stop in Leicester, as an act of ‘co-operation’ during the two-week
Southern A Flying Start to Co-operative Fortnight for the Southern MCC The Southern MCC have had a flying start to Co-operative Fortnight with ambassadors supporting various events across the region. With better weather over the weekend, free healthy fruit kebabs went down a treat at both a Health & Well-being weekend in Kettering and at the Groby Street Fair in Leicester.
Southern Southern Co-operative Member Groups getting ready for Co-operative Fortnight Co-operative Fortnight is upon us and this years theme is "Mass Co-operation". The Fortnight provides an excellent opportunity to showcase the talents of many of our groups from calligraphy and embroidery to watercolour painting. In the photograph is Jennie Fox, our embroidery tutor, with one of her students
Southern Healthy Choices Workshops in High Demand in the Southern Region Our healthy choices are always in high demand with bookings being taken for the new Autumn Term. This week we made a return visit to Fosse Primary School, which is close to our Fosse Road Central and Groby Road Stores, where we delivered an interactive classroom session on the importance
Southern Joining the Generations project bringing benefits to young and old alike An extraordinary project in Leicestershire inspired by a popular Channel 4 documentary series and supported by Central England Co-op has been showcased in a new film highlighting its benefits to the two generations taking part. The film tells the story of the Joining the Generations project, inspired by the Channel
Southern Southern MCC Support Eco-Schools & Food for Life Celebration event in Leicester 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, we were invited as part of the judging panel and we also donated some vouchers
Southern Fairtrade Assembly for 200 Pupils 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 wells, buy medicines and give children an education. They were left so inspired, they are now exploring
Southern 150 children take part in our Healthy Eating Shopping on a Challenge at our Cropston Drive Store in Coalville 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 colleagues and MCC Ambassadors it ran very smoothly. The Challenge set children the task of an imaginary
Southern Colleagues & MCC Ambassadors come together to celebrate Eid Mubarak 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 funds for our corporate charity, Dementia UK, with some lovely hampers to be won, promoted our food
Southern Riverside Festival attracts 30,000 in Leicester 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 Co-operative. They worked alongside our retail colleagues who were busy raising funds for Dementia UK and the
Southern Supporting Dementia Action Week 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 up to become Dementia Friends. The sessions help with gaining a better of understanding on how we
Southern MCC/Funeral support Twilight Games 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 active by enjoying tailored activities. Residents from seven care homes across Leicestershire came together for the event
Southern Ethical Challenges 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 the children on a journey around the store to find out the truth behind the label. They
Southern Membership & Community Strategy Meeting 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 where we review and make recommendation for our Strategy which is "to grow our membership, increase
Southern Co-operative Member Groups 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 group, bands, choirs, and watercolour painting. We also offer subsidised educational and recreational courses such
