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

Jul 29, 2020

Southern MCC Support Holiday Hunger Projects

Three Leicester projects running programmes this summer to support children impacted by holiday hunger have been boosted with funding from the Southern Membership & Community Council to help them give healthy lunches to youngsters over the school holidays. Christ the King Foodbank in Beaumont Le...

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Jul 27, 2020

Co-op Band features on East Midlands Today News

Our acclaimed Leicestershire Co-operative Brass Band created a special performance to bring some joy during lock-down.  The Band put together a video recording of the Lou Read classic "Perfect Day" with each member performing their parts from home. It's a great way for the band to keep in touch ...

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Jul 23, 2020

Store/MCC support re-opening of Markfield Library

Team Leader and Vice Chair of the Southern MCC, Elaine Rowley, jumped into action when she heard about the re-opening of the Markfield Library which is close to our Store.  Following an enquiry from the local Parish Council seeking advice on how we put our safety measures in place in store, Elain...

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Jul 21, 2020

Southern MCC welcomes new member

The Southern MCC are really pleased to welcome our latest new member, Nutan Modi. Nutan lives in Leicester and we asked her why she wanted to get involved and here is what she had to say:- "I remember as a teenager, attending commerce lessons at school and a very fine teacher presenting Co-opera...

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Jul 16, 2020

Supporting Soldiers in Leicester

Soldiers who have recently been tasked with carrying out Covid19 tests for the local community at a dedicated site close to our Rowlatts Hill Store had a lovely surprise when they visited our store today for their lunch.  The Soldiers have been coming in everyday to buy lunch and Liz Phillips, St...

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Jul 09, 2020

New Hygiene Bank in Market Harborough

When the Southern Membership & Community Council heard about a new Hygiene Bank being set up in Market Harborough, they were very pleased to donate some vouchers to support with the early set up. The Hygiene Bank is a national organisation, run by volunteers, that recognises that people can be i...

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Jul 06, 2020

Rounding Up Co-op Fortnight in 2020

It's no surprise to any of us that this year has certainly tested us but the Southern Membership & Council and I have been humbled by the co-operative spirit of our member groups and tutors and as  Co-op Fortnight draws to an end we wanted to reflect on some of their great acts of co-operation ta...

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Jul 03, 2020

Beautiful Images from the Lutterworth Photographic Society Co-operative

Members from our Lutterworth Photographic Society have been keeping themselves busy and testing their photographic skills by running two competitions on set themes. The images show the top three best images for Snow & Ice and Garden Flowers. Well done to our very talented members and thank you f...

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