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Over Easter the Whittington and Fisherwick Good Neighbours group gave out packs full of Easter goodies to over 75 households in the area. this group provides support for many elderly and vulnerable people in Whittington, a small village close to Lichfield. The group were donated 80 packs of ou...
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Central England Co-operative have entered into a pioneering partnership with Birmingham Film Co-op and Co-op News to support a social justice film festival online during Co-operatives Fortnight this year, 18 June - 4 July. Entries are now open for the submission of five minute short films in thr...
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Eastern MCC member Blain along with colleague Chloe attended and delivered a job role workshop at Reepham High School. Having not been into any schools in over a year this was a fantastic activity to support for our return in 2021. Explaining to year 11 students the benefits and progression ava...
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The western Membership and Community Council recently donated £500 to local charity 'The Bike Project' in Birmingham below is a blog about the organisation from Cath Palgrave who works for the Bike Project and is also a member of the Western MCC. The Bike Project was really pleased to receive fu...
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On Wednesday 24 March Central England Co-operative held an online Men's Voices event. The event which would usually be held in November to coincide with International Men's Day was postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. During this online event we had Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester gi...
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Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham will be the guest speaker at event designed to raise awareness of the challenges facing men in the modern world.;
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On Tuesday, 2 March the Birmingham Co-op History Group hosted a special talk with the CEO of Central England Co-op Debbie Robinson. Debbie has an extensive history with Fairtrade and the nearly 30 people attending on the Zoom call were excited to learn about it. As the meeting was held on Zoom, i...
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The Southern Membership & Community Council held an online International Women's Day event on Monday, 8 March 2021 for both members and colleagues. This year's theme was "Choose to Challenge" and we were delighted that our CEO Debbie Robinson, President Jane Avery and Vice-President Elaine Dean w...
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Cubs were tasked with creating their own fairtrade bunting!The Eastern MCC along with the manager of our Mulbarton store delivered Fairtrade workshops to over 500 people during Fairtrade fortnight. Mulbarton manager- Jamie Twell is also a Scout Leader in his spare time and caused a wave of inter...
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Usually, during Fairtrade Fortnight, we are in schools most days delivering our Fairtrade assemblies or workshops. This year has been a little different but we have still managed to educate over 250 children in the region about Fairtrade and what's behind the label. This was via on-line worksho...
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Members and customers who shop at our Market Harborough Store have been very generous in supporting the Hygiene Bank, since we launched it in store last year. Here is what Judy, Co-ordinator for the Hygiene Bank, had to say:- "Today I spent £150 of your very generous donation from the Community...
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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 Albion F...
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