Topic: Community Support

Our Member Activators supported more than 100 Co-op’s Right By You events across the UK in September, bringing members together to highlight the difference they make by choosing Co-op. Members discovered the impact of their everyday choices, learned about the positive change they’re helping to create and explored actions they can take to make an…

Pop along to your local Co-op Ashton-on-Mersey community event  I’m Stefan, your Member Activator, and I’d like to personally invite you to join me and Beth, your Store Manager, at our upcoming member event at your local Ashton-on-Mersey Co-op store.  As a Co-op Member, you’re part of something bigger than a membership card. Co-op is…

Co-op Foundation, in partnership with Co-op and the #iwill Fund is delivering the £4.5m Young Gamechangers Fund, a one-of-kind fund that puts funding directly in the hands of young leaders.  The young people are already making a huge difference in their communities – tackling issues they care deeply about, supporting their peers and creating positive change where they live.  Last weekend, we had the chance…

Throughout June, our Member Activators hosted and supported over 130 community get‑togethers across the UK, creating moments of connection, joy, and belonging for our member owners. These gatherings took place everywhere, from our stores and local parks to community centres. Each one focused around something simple and powerful: sharing great food and bringing people together.  In our stores, members sampled our delicious summer range and picked up easy, affordable recipes they could make…

Late last year, members came together at pop-up and local Co-op events across the country to share what matters most to them. Over tastings and activities, you told your Council Members and Member Activators what was working well, where improvements were needed, and how your Co-op could better support you and your local communities. We…

Our members have continuously told us that Climate Action is so important to them which is why on the 14 February we are asking our members to come together to celebrate the communities in which we live and the people we love.  With Valentines’ Day approaching, why don’t you show the love to raise awareness of protecting our world? You could grab some Fairtrade chocolate, pick…

Co-op is proud to support the Warm Welcome campaign, ensuring that everyone in the UK can access a Warm Welcome Space within 30 minutes of their home. Warm Welcome Week will be taking place 19-25 January, to help chase away the winter blues. Spaces throughout the week will focus on supporting their communities – enabling new connection, friendship, support, and opportunities for people to…

This November, we’re celebrating the incredible impact Co-op Members have had in communities across the UK.

We’ve been celebrating with Co-op Members and thanking them for the incredible impact they’ve made to thousands of local causes across the UK. By choosing a local cause to support online or via the Co-op App, Co-op Members have helped 39,000 causes support 9.5m people through the Local Community Fund since 2016. As part of…

As we head into the festive season, I wanted to let you know how your National Members’ Council has been working for you, our 7m member owners, over the past few months.  Your Council is made up of 100 member owners just like you from all parts of the UK and we are passionate about making sure that the value you get as member owners is at the heart of…

Whether it’s a Boxing Day Feast, Pigs Under Blankets, Brie and Cranberry or one of our other festive lunchtime meal deal sandwiches

In October, we welcomed hundreds of members to our Co-op Corner Cafés and pop-up events in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast and Manchester, while our Member Activators hosted over 120 local events and engaged with more than 7,700 Co-op Members across the UK. For those that couldn’t join us in person, we also ran online conversations.…