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Western Articles

Our Membership and Community Relations Officer, James and his team, have been supporting communities in West Midlands and Staffordshire.

Apr 12, 2021

150 years of Co-operation in Halesowen

2021 marks the 150th anniversary of the Halesowen and Hasbury Industrial Co-operative Society. to mark this occasion a special commemorative display by the Birmingham Co-operative History Group has gone on display at our Spies Lane Community Store in Halesowen (1 Spies Lane, Halesowen, Birmingham...

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Apr 06, 2021

Western MCC donates 80 packs of Hot Cross Buns to local neighbourhood group

Over Easter the Whittington and Fisherwick Good Neighbours group gave out packs full of Easter goodies to over 75  households in the area. this group provides support for many elderly and vulnerable people in Whittington, a small village close to Lichfield. The group were donated 80 packs of ou...

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Mar 29, 2021

Western MCC donate funds to Birmingham Bike Project

The western Membership and Community Council recently donated £500 to local charity 'The Bike Project' in Birmingham below is a blog about the organisation from Cath Palgrave who works for the Bike Project and is also a member of the Western MCC. The Bike Project was really pleased to receive fu...

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Mar 25, 2021

'King of the North' Andy Burnham joins male Co-operators on Central England Co-op's Men's Event

On Wednesday 24 March Central England Co-operative held an online Men's Voices event. The event which would usually be held in November to coincide with International Men's Day was postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. During this online event we had Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester gi...

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Mar 17, 2021

Birmingham Co-op History Group Fairtrade Talk with Debbie Robinson

On Tuesday, 2 March the Birmingham Co-op History Group hosted a special talk with the CEO of Central England Co-op Debbie Robinson. Debbie has an extensive history with Fairtrade and the nearly 30 people attending on the Zoom call were excited to learn about it. As the meeting was held on Zoom, i...

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