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Northern Articles

Our Membership and Community Relations Officer, Tanya and her team, have been supporting communities in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South / West Yorkshire.

Aug 18, 2020

Tai Chi in the park

Since the lockdown our member groups have found it hard to keep in touch. They have set up WhatsApp groups and met via Zoom and other social media links, but it has not been the same and not all members can access social media. Our Tai Chi group who normally meet at the Flamsteed Centre started ...

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Aug 18, 2020

Virtual support of the Chernobyl Children's Lifeline charity

As the annual visit of young people from Belarus was cancelled due to Covid, the Northern MCC made a decision to provide a donation instead to enable the Chernobyl Children Lifeline in Pinxton, Derbyshire to raise funds for next year. This included a £1,000 donation and £300 in Co-op gift vouche...

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Jul 30, 2020

Campaigning - how to deal with violence against shopworkers

At a meeting of the Notts, Lincs & Erewash Co-operative Party meeting held on 28th July, members were able to engage on how to deal with violence against shopworkers. Speakers included Alex Norris MP (Labour & Co-operative MP for Nottingham North and a leading parliamentary voice for the Party o...

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Jul 10, 2020

Food Bank collection in Barnby Dun

We have partnered with Doncaster Food Bank to provide a food bank collection service at our new store in Barnby Dun.  We work with a number of food banks across our trading area to provide this vital service and to assist financial throughout the year from Holiday Hunger campaigns to the purchase...

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Jul 10, 2020

New Store at Barnby Dun, Doncaster

It was great to visit the new store at Barnby Dun in Doncaster.  A pub conversion to a community store, which included seating area, free water dispenser, instore phone charging and seating plus electric car charging in the car park.  Neil the Manager welcomed myself and President, Elaine Dean.  ...

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