Our Membership and Community Relations Officer, James and his team, have been supporting communities in West Midlands and Staffordshire.
Co-op West Midlands are the representative body of co-operative enterprise in the region. Our ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others resonate well in today’s society as a better way of doing business. As the West Midlands regional arm of Cooperatives UK w...
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Tonight I spent some time with Whittington FC Under 11s and their coach Jen, where I presented them with some Fairtrade footballs courtesy of the Western MCC. These footballs will be used to help ensure they can continue to train with one ball per player as their team grows. All the players were...
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School children from Windy Arbor Primary School have been working with our Chelmsley Wood Retail Store today as part of their enterprise initiative. The pupils decided they wanted to bake goods to sell to their parents to help raise funds for the school. Sarah, a teacher from the school, got in ...
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Today I took the opportunity to visit our Modern Sequence Dance Member Group in Birmingham. The Member Group dance every Monday and Wednesday at the Polish Centre in Central Birmingham. This long standing Member Group has been running in Birmingham for over 20 years and has many members attendin...
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This week our Western Membership and Community Council (MCC) elected their new Chair and Vice Chair for the democratic year. Shaz Rahman has been elected as Western MCC Chair. Shaz has served on the MCC for 2 years and has been very active in the Birmingham area, promoting Fairtrade and Ethics. ...
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Our Membership and Community Council Member Shaz talks about his experience at the Central England Co-operative Gardening Group in Birmingham: "Recently I gave a short speech at the MCC induction day about how valuable the Central England Co-op Gardening Club and what a great example it is of ho...
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