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Membership Matters Blog

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


Nov 20, 2024

Central Co-op celebrate International Men's Day 2024 with their Annual 'Men's Voices' Event

On International Men's Day 2024 Central Co-op held their 5th annual Men's Voices Event. This year it took place at Central Co-op's Support Centre in Lichfield. 55 men braved the snowy weather to attend the event designed to help promote talking and discussion on issues that affect men. Our theme...

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Nov 19, 2024

Celebrate with us!

This year on the 21st December we celebrate the very first successful Coop opening on Toad Lane in Rochdale in 1844. Come & join the celbrations with our Colleagues, Members & Customers with a jolly sing song & a mince pie. Norfolk & Waveney Quartet will be playing outside our store in Carlton ...

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Nov 06, 2024

Sarah Dickins wins Most Inclusive Chief People Officer in Retail at InclusionIn Awards

Congratulation to Sarah and all the winners and finalists at InclusionIn's EDI Awards;

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Nov 04, 2024

A Musical Masterpiece... Great Barr Musical Theatre Co-operative performs 'The Addams Family'

I, along with members of Central Co-op Western Membership and Community Council went along to this year's production from our very own Member Group 'Great Barr Musical Theatre Co-operative'! What a show! What a performance from this talented group of performers! For the last two years I have bee...

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Nov 02, 2024

Democracy in Yorkshire

  blog by Carol Warham, Vice-Chair, Yorkshire Membership & Community Council. Report of the Yorkshire Interim Members' Meeting held at The Huntsman, Holmfirth on 23rd Octoober, 2024. Colleagues had been busy arranging all the tastings before members and guests began to arrive at 6pm. The staff...

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Nov 01, 2024

Markfield Co-op Celebrates 155 Years

Markfield Co-op is celebrating 155 years of serving the local community and to mark the occasion, the Southern MCC have organised an exhibition which is running from 1st November 2024 for approxomately two weeks. The exhibition includes a time-line, and some memorabilia, incuding old Markfield Co...

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Oct 31, 2024

Young Volunteer of the Year

The Southern MCC have been invited to support the Young Volunteer of the Year Award organised by blaby District Council and we are delighted to be part of the judging panel too. If you know of a young person living in the Blaby District area of Leicester who you think is worthy of this award, pl...

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Oct 30, 2024

Half Term Brings Lots of Activity

Half-term is a great opportunity for us to get involved in local community activities, especially those organised for children. We have held some intergenerational cooking sessions at The Hub in Loughborough, where children and parents were able to come together in a fun environment and make fla...

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Oct 25, 2024

Black History in Co-operation

The stories of some of the Black British men, women and societies who championed co-operation.;

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Oct 22, 2024

Humanitarian appeal for the Middle East

Every pound donated up to the value of £10 million will be matched by the UK government through its Aid Match scheme.;

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Oct 22, 2024

Making a real difference through giving.

Please donate a brand new toy or game for a child who might otherwise go without this Christmas.;

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Oct 18, 2024

On the road this Safer Business Action Week

Safer Business Action Week, co-ordinated by the National Business Crime Centre (NBCC), runs from the 14th to 20th of October and aims to raise awareness of business crime across the UK. At Central Co-op, our Loss Prevention Team has been actively involved, engaging with local communities, law enf...

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