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Southern Articles

Our Membership and Community Relations Officer, Karen and her team, have been supporting communities in Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and North Warwickshire.

Dec 23, 2022

Helping to Feed Children

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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Dec 14, 2022

New Keep Fit Group for Members

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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Dec 14, 2022

Local Area Partnership Meetings

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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Dec 09, 2022

Whetstone Co-op Host 60 Children

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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Dec 07, 2022

Christmas Wreath Making

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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Nov 30, 2022

Mind Your Money Game Gets The Thumbs Up!

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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Nov 28, 2022

Can't Play Players support Green Friday

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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Nov 21, 2022

Oakham Fairtrade Christmas Market

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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Nov 21, 2022

Member Courses

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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Nov 21, 2022

Support for Sustainable Schools Leicester

We were again delighted to partner with Sustainable Schools Leicester at their climate change roadshow which took place at Anstey High School last week.  Sustainable Schools Leicester work with schools to help them become more sustainable in all that they do.  We welcomed children from Mayflower,...

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Nov 02, 2022

Wednesday Afternoon Visit

It was an absolute pleasure to be invited to the Wednesday Afternoon Group in Leicester, who meet on the first Wednesday of the month.  It was good to see that some residents from the local assisted living and care home come along to enjoy the activities too. This afternoon, I once again deliver...

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