We’re giving away £500,000 worth of prizes this year and you could win a part of it. Each month 10 Co-op members will win £500 for themselves and £5,000 for their chosen Local Community Fund cause, as part of our prize draw, ‘Winners Share It All’.
Don’t forget to choose your cause and swipe your card* instore or online and you could be winning for you and your cause, like some of our recent Co-op Members winners, Elisha (Wallingford), Clara (Isla of Man) and Debbie (Blackpool).
Supporting your local community
Every time members shop, they’re supporting local communities through Co-op’s Local Community Fund, which has supported 36,000 causes since it began in 2016.
The ‘The Winners Share It All’ prize draw is designed to help boost Co-op’s existing support for thousands of local grassroot causes across the UK, such as last month’s winners:
Sandy Bear Children’s Bereavement charity support children and young people bereaved of someone close to them.
“We are delighted to find out we have won £5,000 from the Winners Share it All prize draw with the Co-op and are so pleased that we are being supported by our local community. The money will be used to allow us to continue to support bereaved children, young people and their families through a range of one-to-one and peer group support to develop understanding and remember their loved ones in a positive way.”
Friends of Upper Beeding School wish to create a space in their school so children can spend more time playing and learning outside, whatever the weather, improving their mental and physical health.
“The team are over the moon to be awarded this prize money. We are on a mission to create an amazing outdoor play environment for all the children at school and this will go towards creating fantastic areas in den building, swings, sandpits and mud cafes! Thank you Co-op and all its members!”
Food For Families helps local families who are struggling with the increased cost of living. They provide a ready-made, nutritious family meals each week.
“When we received the phone call from the Co-op, we were all stunned. It was absolutely amazing. Lesley cried, and the other Team members were speechless. It was completely out of the blue. £5,000 will allow us to be able to look at other projects, such as a Lunch Club for the elderly and our cookery school called Let’s Cook. Thank you”
AWARE (Airedale and Wharfedale Autism Resource) is a family support group for parent and carers with autistic children and young people.
“Wow, we are absolutely delighted to hear that we will be receiving an additional £5 000 from the Co-op, and especially because this is as a result of a member! As a small, local charity, we are very dependent on individuals supporting us with their time and expertise in our work and at our fundraising events, but this is the cherry on the cake – quite appropriate given that Co-op is currently funding our cookery sessions for autistic teenagers! THANK YOU so much!”
Gildersome’s Happy Memories Cafe provide a space for people with dementia and/or Alzheimer’s to meet on a monthly basis.
“Next month we celebrate our 1st birthday, and this is the best present ever! Thank you so much. We’ll use the money to continue to enhance the provisions at the cafe. We’d like to buy more games that focus on movement/physical activity. A big wish would be to buy a projector and screen which would enable us to have sing-alongs, chair exercise sessions, visual quizzes, themed movie and meal sessions – the possibilities are endless. Thank you so much.”
Knockbreda Community Wildlife Garden is an outdoor energy-efficient gardening facility on former desolate land for all of the community to join and to learn to produce plant-based food.
“Surprised, delighted, overjoyed, lost for words! Thank you. We have several projects in planning — this award will help us build a shelter to accommodate seating where member of the garden community and many others can meet and find friendship and comfort.”
Footsteps Foundation provides bespoke, long-term unique physiotherapy for children with neurological disorders to provide independent life-skills and greatly improve levels of confidence.
“On behalf of all the children who attend Footsteps, thank you! This money will be used to provide specialist physiotherapy for children with neurological disorders that will help improve their mobility, confidence and independence. We’re very grateful to the Co-op and to the Co-op customers who nominated us for this prize.”
Fylde Coast Women’s Aid provide therapeutic group support through art activities for women who have been subjected to domestic abuse and help them to recover by building up their confidence and self-worth.
“Fylde Coast Women’s Aid is thrilled to win £5,000 from the Co-op’s Winners Share it All and thankful to the winner who chose FCWA as their local cause. FCWA supports survivors of domestic abuse and their children across the Fylde Coast, managing 3 refuges and delivering support services in the community. The money will be spent covering costs that go beyond funded projects which could include additional groups and outings during school holidays; creative supplies or crisis funding. Thank you Co-op!”
Southlands Amenity Fund is a community garden, which improves wellbeing through the creation of a wildlife-friendly space for local people to enjoy.
“We are delighted to receive this boost to our charity. We will be using the money to continue to develop our Community Garden to benefit the mental health and wellbeing of the people who live here and who visit.”
Winners Share It All
Our monthly prize draw, ‘Winners Share It All’*, continues until the end of the year and now with more chances to win! Existing and new Co-op member-owners*** will be entered into the prize draw every time you spend £5 in store or online**.
Could you and your Local Community Fund cause be our next winners?
** For example, when a member spends £5 you will receive one entry, £10 two entries, £15 three entries etc.
*** Non-members can sign up for just £1 via the Co-op App.
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