Our Membership and Community Relations Officer, Karen and her team, have been supporting communities in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and North Warwickshire.
We will be at our Co-op in Linden Drive, Lutterworth on Friday 21st July 2023 from 11am until 2pm with Northside Bikes. Come along and take advantage of a free maintenance check and if you have any unwanted bikes, bring them along too. The bikes will be upgraded and passed on to low income fami...
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On a rainy July day, we attended a Football Tournament for people living in Leicester experiencing homelessness. The SoundCafe, who organised the event, provides safe creative spaces for people who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless or are socially isolated or living in vulnerable housin...
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The Southern Membership and Community Council were once again delighted to be invited back to be judges for the work on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and plastic pollution taking place in schools across Leicester City. The Eco Schools programme provides a seven-s...
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To celebrate Co-op Fortnight, we once again returned to the wonderful Saffron Brook in Leicester. The Saving Saffron Brook project aims to restore the heavily modified ecosystem along the Saffron/Wash Brook area via direct channel improvements, re-naturalisation and flood plain reconnection, whi...
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In the second week of Co-op Fortnight, Funeral, Floral, Retail and the Membership & Community Council were invited into Robert Smyth School in Market Harborough to talk about careers and roles with Central Co-op. Starting with an introduction to Central Co-op and its history, we presented in det...
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During the second week of Co-op Fortnight, Funeral, Retail and the Membership & Community Council delivered anti-bullying and co-op values sessions to 180 children over two days. The children were encouraged to talk openly about bullying, using some child friendly resources, and the values sess...
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Last night we held our very first evening event to celebrate Co-op Fortnight in our Insomnia Café in Blaby. And it was a sell out! The very talented Whetstone Drama Group, who receive an annual grant from us, performed their murder mystery evening, entitled Oliver with a Twist. The audience wer...
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