Our Membership and Community Relations Officer, Karen and her team, have been supporting communities in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and North Warwickshire.
We are pleased to report that we have a new Keep Fit Class in Anstey which takes place on Friday mornings from 10am until 11am at the Anstey Methodist Church on Cropston Road (close to our Co-op Store). The sessions are run by Tracey Wilson who supported our other Keep Fit class which meets at t...
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We were pleased to support the Sustainable Schools Celebration Awards evening in Leicester on 10th January 2023 by providing the refreshments for the event. We have worked with Sustainable Schools for a number of years, usually by supporting the children in various health and environmental proje...
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As Membership & Community activity in the Southern region draws to a close in time for Christmas, I worked a shift on the eve of Christmas eve in my local Co-op Store in Newbold Verdon. Stores are so busy with extra deliveries and members and customers shopping for their festive treats, I decid...
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The Southern MCC, along with our Funeral Colleagues, this week have been helping to serve hot meals to children accessing Holiday and Fun activities at St Matthews Big Local. The children accessing the activity have come from various areas across the city and come from hard pressed families who ...
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We are excited to share that we have new Keep Fit class opening in Anstey in Leicester after Christmas with Tracey Wilson, Instructor. The new class starts on Friday 6th January 2023 at the Methodist Church, Cropston Road, Anstey, Leicester LE7 7BP from 10am-11am and is suitable for all levels. ...
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Andrea Rudge, Southern Membership & Community Council member, and myself have been invited by North Northants Council to a number of meetings across the region to look at local area partnerships. The meetings have also been attended by the police and care providers, schools, and churches etc. Th...
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We were again pleased to invite nearby Badgerbrook Primary School back into store their annual visit. 60 children visited the store to learn about food labelling and what is behind the label, from the Fairtrade Logo, to One Water, to RSPCA and British Farm Standards. Once the learning was compl...
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After numerous invitations, Jody from our team who provides all of our admin support, and I finally had the opportunity to visit our Floristry class in Fleckney. There are now four member classes running each week, due to its popularity. Under the watchful eye of our expert Tutor, Sharon McKind...
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Our new Co-operative "Mind Your Money" board game received the thumbs up from a group of young people with learning disabilities. The group is supported by Leicester City in the Community and as part of their programme we offer a range of educational workshops in support of our partnership. Tod...
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On Friday, we supported Green Friday, which is a campaign to encourage everyone to do some something active and enjoy the great outdoors, with the return of our Can't Play Players Football match. This year, were joined by the wonderful Active Women's Group, which encourages women of colour to ge...
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On Saturday, we supported the Rutland Fairtrade Group with their annual Christmas Fairtrade Market, which takes place at Oakham Castle. We were very fortunate to have Geoff from our Oakham Store on the day who has an extensive knowledge on our Fairtrade wine. It is a joy to listen to him share...
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At the Southern MCC, we run 14 educational classes for our members. We have 4 Floristry classes at Fleckney, and the rest are based at the Salvation Army premises in South Wigston, Leicester. I spent the whole of last week visiting the classes in Wigston – we have courses for Calligraphy; Creativ...
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