Western Fairtrade donations to 'Hit the Spot' As we are well into the first week of Fairtrade Fortnight, the Western MCC made 2 donations to local causes with Fairtrade goodies. Below is a picture of some Fairtrade Chocolate and Co-op biscuites that have been donated to the Covid Test Team volunteers working from the site at Burton
Western Co-operatives and Fairtrade: A Shared History On the 2nd March you're invited to join member of Birmingham Co-op History Group and Central England Co-op's Chief Executive, Debbie Robinson, on-line to explore the story of how Co-operatives in the UK and around the world have supported, shaped and enabled the growth of the
Western 2020... What a Year! As we have entered 2021 the Western Membership and Community Council(MCC) wanted to look back and reflect on some highlights of 2020, and how through a global pandemic we were still able to help support our members in our community. As we entered 2020 the Western MCC had lots
Western MCC Chair Shaz reviews 2020 "As Chair of the Western MCC I can say that 2020 was a year that did not turn out the way we expected it to. We had big plans that had to be cancelled. From January to March 2020 we continued with our normal plan. We attended events and
Eastern Membership and Community Relations Christmas Newsletter This year the Member and Community Relations team have produced a newsletter for members who would normally attend our Member activity and events. Below is the newsletter, but if you would like an email version please send an email to member.community@centralengland.coop The Membership and Community Team wish
Western Western MCC support community foodbank with some frozen meal deals On Friday the Western Member and Community Council supplied £200 to help fund 50 meals for people in need this Christmas. The money was used to go towards the purchase of 50 meals for families in need. Bethany foodbank had an original plan to purchase 50 turkey crowns to give
Western Membership and Community Council helps support local Foodbank Recently the Western MCC delivered essential food to Northfield Foodbank for them to distribute to people in need during these tough times. The idea to support Northfield foodbank came from Western MCC member Laurence Braithwaite. The foodbank were very grateful for the food as this will go a long way
Community MCC backs Christmas appeal supporting survivors of abuse and exploitation Funeral Director joins with Western MCC to make special festive donation to Black Country Women's Aid.
Western Family of businesses come together to celebrate stores' birthday Recently our family of businesses came together to celebrate the 10th birthday of our Dyas Road store in Great Barr, Birmingham. The socially distanced event was held outdoors with measures in place to keep our members and the local community safe while they were attending. The event was the brainchild
Western Film Co-op marks UN International Day of Peace with on-line screening of "We Are Many" Ten years ago, a group of Central England Co-op members set up Birmingham Film Co-op, with support from the society, to screen "Films for a Fairer World" each month in Birmingham. Since lockdown we have tried various ways to keep members engaged while we can't meet
Western Co-op Historians Celebrate Birmingham Heritage Week in Erdington Members of the Co-op History Group have put up a photographic display in Central England Co-op's Erdington Supermarket telling the story of "Co-operation" in that part of the city. The Birmingham Industrial Co-operative Society, as it was then known, was founded by Midland Railway workers in
Western Community Games Go Online This year the Lichfield Community Games, supported by Central England Co-operative will move online. The Community Games in Lichfield would have taken place at Beacon Park this weekend, but due to Covid-19 restrictions a decision was made to take the Games online for 2020. On Saturday you can visit https:
Western Our Stores have talent On day 13 of Coop Fortnight and International Co-op Day I want to tell you how stores in our West 1 group have come together during the fortnight to co-operate in some fun videos in the first ever 'West 1's got Talent'. The group of stores
Western Co-operation in Lichfield to Deliver Food Today on day 12 of Co-op Fortnight we celebrate a wonderful project that came about of the Covid-19 Pandemic. In Lichfield we teamed up with Lichfield District Council to ensure that local vulnerable people were able to access shopping and have it delivered. Today, the Community Delivery Hub in Lichfield
Western More Good Deeds from the Western MCC Its day 11 of Coop Fortnight and today I delivered food to two groups in Birmingham who are supporting local people during this Covid-19 Pandemic. The first group is a newly formed Covid-19 support group helping vulnerable in Chelmsley Wood. the group are working closely with the local authority who
Western Lets Co-operate to help people in need this Fortnight On day nine of Coop Fortnight, I wanted to highlight that our partners are in real need of food to help people in our community that are need it. During this lockdown our Foodbank partners have seen a decline in food being donated due to people stockpiling items as well
Western Co-op History on Display in Birmingham On day 8 of Coop Fortnight our very own Central England Co-operative Board Director, member of the Membership and Community Council and fellow co-operator Richard Bickle writes about the Co-op History Display at our Great Barr Retail Store in Birmingham. The display celebrates the history of Birmingham Co-operatives and is
Western Acts of Co-operative Kindness As we have reached the end of our first week of Coop Fortnight, I wanted to share some acts of Co-operative kindness that has taken place during the Covid-19 pandemic from the Western Membership and Community Council (MCC). In March we took the difficult decision to suspend our member groups
Western Let's Co-operate with Central England Co-operative It's day six of Coop Fortnight and I wanted to share how Central England Co-operative are keeping our members and communities informed during this pandemic When the county went into lockdown colleagues from our Business Support Center in Lichfield quickly set up an updates website, so we could
Western Introducing Online Gardening with the Co-op Gardening Club in Birmingham As we reach day five of Coop Fortnight I thought it would be nice to hear from a fellow co-operator on what they are up to during the two week celebration of co-operatives. Below is a blog post from Shaz Rahman, Chair of the Western MCC and delegate to the
Western Colleague 'Coopy' Spirit shines during Pandemic On day four of Coop Fortnight, I wanted to pay tribute to the many colleagues within our business that have supported Central England Co-operative deliver a first class service to our members and customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The way colleagues stepped up to ensure our communities were able to
Western Celebrating our Member Groups On day three of Coop Fortnight I want to celebrate our wonderful member and Coop Groups we have. Although our groups are not meeting due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and our need to social distance, it is still a great time to celebrate all they do. Our groups consist of
Western A Quiz Jim... But not as we know it Its day two of Coops Fortnight and i have been impressed by the amount of social media posts I have seen so far, it might be different this year, but we will still #KeepCooperating in different ways. On Friday 3 July the Western MCC of Central England Co-operative will be
Western Coops Fortnight Kicks Off Today marks the start of Coops Fortnight for 2020. This Coops Fortnight will be a little strange due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but we will still bring you news and activity during the next two weeks. Over the next two weeks i will be blogging about all things Co-operative and
Western 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 the Coronavirus pandemic. Co-op Fortnight takes place between Monday, June 22 and Sunday, July 5 and the
