Western Community Days at Central England Co-operative Recently we teamed up with our Retail stores in Lichfield and Stafford to hold some community days with the aim of promoting our co-operative difference. During the events we spoke with members and customers about Co-operative membership and community work and what we do to support our local members, talked
Western Co-operative History in Birmingham Our Member and Community Council Ambassador Shaz recently went to visit our Central England Co-operative History group in Birmingham. Shaz speaks of his time at the group: "I visited the Birmingham Co-op History group this month. They had a very interesting discussion event where group member John Goodman talked
Western Free half-term Halloween fun for the family at Stafford supermarket A Central England Co-op supermarket in Stafford is hosting a day of spooky fun to give local youngsters a half-term Halloween treat. The Wildwood supermarket in Cannock Road will be offering a range of free activities to keep youngsters entertained from face painting to Halloween craft making, while there will
Eastern Co-operation in action at our Interim Members' Meetings 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 who could not make it, here is our half-year review film that
Northern Fairtrade at 25: How we embrace Fairtrade at Central England Co-op 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 Society serves is constantly at the heart of what we do in the form of our Fairtrade
Western Central England Co-operative supporting Young People in Atherstone On Monday, we had youngsters from Sheepy Magna Primary School come to visit our Atherstone store in Warwickshire. The children were taking a trip out of school to learn more about food and where their food comes from. The children went round the store looking at different food products and
Eastern Central England Co-operative supports Dementia Information Session to primary School Today central England Co-operative and Dementia UK spent some time in Willows Primary School, Lichfield to deliver Dementia awareness sessions to young people. The pilot which is taking place is to see if this type of activity will help young people learn more about Dementia and how we can all
Western A weekend of Fun and Fruit at the Lichfield Community Games This weekend saw the second Lichfield Community Games take place at Beacon Park in the City. The event supported by Central England Co-operative Western Membership and Community Council(MCC) gave the City of Lichfield the opportunity to take part in activities put on by local groups. The event is the
Western Musical Theatre comes to Central England Co-operative On Thursday last week I met with the Great Barr Musical Theatre Company. This long standing community based group have been using our Co-operative Great Barr rooms to rehearse. The meeting was held to look at the opportunity of the company becoming a Central England Co-operative Member Group. After a
Western Western MCC Support Store Community day in Stafford On Saturday the Western MCC supported Silkmore Lane Co-operative store community day. We gave the community the opportunity to make their own healthy fruit kebab and also learn more about membership and the work we do in the community. During the day we gave the public the opportunity to make
Western New Central England Member Group YOGA starts in Birmingham Our newest Member Group started recently in Great Barr, Birmingham offering the local community the chance to take part in YOGA. Nat McCready, our qualified YOGA tutor says... "The purpose of yoga is to build strength, awareness and harmony whilst integrating mind and body. It's not about
Western Central England Co-operative support local bash in Stirchley Recently our Western Membership and Community Council Ambassador and Chair Shaz Rahman supported a local event in Stirchley to promote Membership to the attendees. In late Summer, Stirchley Park host a Summer Bash. Conveniently for us at Central England Co-operative, Stirchley Park is next door to our Stirchley retail store.
Western South Birmingham Co-operators talk Co-operatives Our Western MCC Ambassador and Chair Shaz attended the August meeting of the South Birmingham Co-operatives Group. Below is Shaz's account of the meeting: "Approximately once a quarter, members of various Co-operatives based in and around South Birmingham meet up to network and to discuss ways that
Western Central England Co-operative Brings YOGA to Great Barr Members On Sunday 1 September a new Central England Co-operative Member Group starts in Great Barr, Birmingham. The new YOGA sessions are part of our commitment to offer Education, Culture and Information sessions to our members at a competitive rate to allow more of our community to benefit from being a
Western Central England Co-operative support local Food Bank Recently Central England Co-operative Western MCC supported the Bournville Labour Party with a top up donation to their latest fundraising initiative for the B30 Food bank based in Cotteridge. With the Western MCC topping up the amount, the total amount to spend on food for people on real need was
Western Uprisers Graduate Our MCC Ambassador Shaz Rahman, has been working with Uprising, Birmingham this year, below is an account of his time at their most recent event. This year I've had the pleasure of supporting the Uprising Programme on behalf of Central England Co-op. In October I helped run a
Western Central England Co-op supports safety initiatives Ten years ago Safeside in Birmingham was set up to provide young people in the West Midlands an opportunity to learn about safety in a controlled safe environment that is as close to real life as possible. The site is run by West Midlands Fire Service with the aim of
Western FairTrade in Dudley Yesterday I was invited to spend the day with Year 7 and 8 students to deliver a talk on Fairtrade and talk about Central England Co-operative and the Co-operative Movement. I taked to the students about Fairtrade and we dscussed how Fairtrade helps and supports people in developing countries to
Western MCC Ambassadors and colleagues go ‘MAD’ Recently colleagues and MCC Ambassadors attended a local community festival in Cotteridge, Birmingham to promote Central England Co-operative Membership and food. This year was another lovely day with thousands of locals coming out to CoCoMAD (Cotteridge Community Music and Dance) Festival. we attended and gave out some popcorn and chocolate
Western MCC Ambassador has a 'Buzzing' Time I had the opportunity to visit the bee education program run by Eco Birmingham at Allens Cross Community Garden in Northfield. Since the garden is two miles from my house and it was a lovely day, I decided to cycle to the Garden, though it is well hidden so I
Western Co-op Community Event Marks the Summer of Love Twice a year the Co-op Florists in Great Barr organise a Community Day with stalls running along the street outside the Florists, Funeral, Travel and Food stores, and activities in the Co-op Hall upstairs. The summer event co-incides with International Co-operatives Day on the first Saturday in July and this
Western Co-operative United FC Week 2 of Co-operatives fortnight kicked off this week with a Co-operatives Fortnight Football Tournament. MCC Ambassador Laurence gives his account of the night. Having not played football since 2003, agreeing to take part in this event filled me with a mixture of fear and excitement. I quickly established that
Western Co-op Fortnight 1 Week In This week we have been celebrating the first week of Co-ops Fortnight with activity and promotion of the period in which we celebrate all things Co-op for two weeks. I started the week with visiting some of our stores and talking to our colleagues about how important it is to
Western Hundreds of young people ‘Tri’ a Mini Triathlon in Staffordshire On Thursday close to 900 young people took on a Mini-Triathlon in Burntwood, Satffordshire thanks to a partnership with the Triathlon Trust and Central England Co-operative. The event in its second year took place at Burntwood Leisure Centre with young people from schools in the area coming along to take
Western Community Games in Kings Norton On Saturday the 15th of August [outlook-data-detector://0] James and myself attended the Kings Norton games. This is the second year that I've represented Central England Co-op at the Kings Norton Games. Just like last year a whole host of community groups and sports societies provided activities for
