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

Nov 18, 2019

Educating 300 Children in Schools from Leicester to Oakham

Last week was a busy week in schools delivering Healthy Choices Workshops to children in Mayflower School in Leicester and Fairtade to children at Catmose Primary School in Oakham. The Workshops are part of a number of educational resources we have around being ethical and responsible - please g...

Nov 08, 2019

350 Children from Brooks Hill School in Oakham learn about Fairtrade

This week, Sue Barker, MCC Ambassador, and I were invited into Brooks Hill School in Oakham to deliver a Fairtrade Assembly. Our assemblies look at how by buying Fairtrade you can support farmers and producers by paying a fair price for their produce/products, which helps to build wells and road...

Nov 04, 2019

JOINING THE GENERATIONS CONFERENCE IS A HUGE SUCCESS

Last Friday, over 70 delegates attended our Joining the Generations Conference at the Salvation Army Centre in Leicester. Following the success of the Channel 4 documentary "Old People's Homes for 4 Year Olds", this joint-initiative with Little Stars Nursery, who are based in Melton Mowbray, exp...

Oct 25, 2019

Visits to our Educational & Recreational Courses

This week we have been busy checking in with our tutors and students where we run our classes at the Salvation Army Centre in Leicester. There is a whole range of classes from Keep Fit, Watercolour Painting, Embroidery, Lace Making, Calligraphy and Soft Furnishing to choose from and new members ...

Oct 18, 2019

A Busy Day at Kettering Funding Fair

This week we were invited along with other funding providers to the Kettering Funding Fair to talk to community organisations about the financial support we can offer. It was a very busy day with lots of organisations interested in our community dividend fund and how to apply. We also took the ...

Oct 11, 2019

Southern MCC support New Store Opening in Bottesford

MCC Ambassadors were on hand today to support retail colleagues at the opening of our new store in Bottesford by taking the time to talk to customers about the benefit of membership and how the Society supports the communities where we trade. We had a very successful day with lots of customers t...

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