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Membership Matters Blog

Hear from our Membership Community team about all the great things going on in your area.


May 19, 2023

Board President, and Vice-President Election Results 2023

"I look forward to working with Richard, my fellow Board Directors and the Executive over the coming year to help continue our work to be a successful co-operative in the interest of our Members.";

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May 12, 2023

Our Coronation Stamp Competition Gallery

We’ve chosen the following wonderful pictures as our winning entries.;

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May 08, 2023

Coronation Celebrations

Communities Together East Anglia (CTEA) is a county-wide Suffolk charity committed to reducing loneliness and social isolation.  This is done through a number of different projects including Connecting Communities, community transport service, our very popular BeAFriend service, Community Connect...

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May 08, 2023

Cooperative History Bingo

A wonderful new Day Centre, Golden Memories 5 doors down from our Kirkley Store, in Lowestoft. Enjoyed our Coop History Picture Bingo, prizes for the first 3 lines & full house. The participants enjoyed hearing all about the local Coop History & some even had memories to share of working at CWS F...

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May 08, 2023

Time out Thursday- Wellbeing Event

Thursday 20th April our FREE drop in event at Loddon Library - participant's decorated a pot, planted  sunflower seeds and wrote a tag with a message of something that they would like to do before the plant flowers! Some chose joining a local walking group, reading under a tree, tidying out the ...

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May 05, 2023

Co-operation amongst Co-operatives

Derby Retired Employees visiting Midcounties Co-operative. Blog by Elaine Dean and Janet Morris. The Derby Area Retired Employees' Association organised a recent visit to Oxford and Bourton on the Water. A full coach left Derby on time and had fun en route with raffles with some lovely prizes in...

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May 05, 2023

Dying Matters Awareness Week

This year's Dying Matters Awareness Week takes place from 8-14th May 2023.  The aim is to encourage communities across the country to come together to talk about death, dying and bereavement.  The focus is to bring people together to break the stigma, challenge preconceptions and help people to t...

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May 03, 2023

Retired Employees' Association in Derby

Post written by Elaine Dean. Central Co-op supports our Retired Employees‘ Associations and encourages their activities across our trading areas. The Derby Association is particularly active with many members and lots of events. On April 17th they held their Spring Luncheon and party afternoon...

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May 03, 2023

Coronation Weekend

The Southern MCC are supporting a couple of events in celebration of the Coronation.  Firstly, our Ratby Co-op Band are hosting a Kings Coronation Community Picnic at their Band Room on Sunday 7th May from 12.00 - 2pm (LE6 0HQ), with some live music and all are welcome.   We will also be support...

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May 01, 2023

Peterborough Networking Event

We are holding our second event on Tuesday 6th June 10.30-12.30 at Friends Meeting House, 21 Thorpe Road, Peterborough PE3 6AB. Please email tami.evans@centralengland.coop to book your place. A Central Coop Community Network event is a unique opportunity for those engaged in serving their local ...

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May 01, 2023

Dying Matters Week

Talking about death isn't easy, but it matters. Join the Dying Matters campaign to help us break the stigma, challenge preconceptions and normalise public openness around dying. We are holding three events during Dying Matters Week to bring our communities, members & colleagues together. Please...

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