Co-op is proud to support the Warm Welcome campaign’s 100% pledge, ensuring that everyone in the UK can access a Warm Welcome Space within 30 minutes of their home. The Warm Welcome Campaign provides support and resources for spaces to focus on supporting their communities – enabling new connection, friendship, support, and opportunities for people…
Our network of 90 Member Activators help to raise awareness of Co-op Membership locally. They work closely with Co-op Members, local groups and other colleagues to deliver initiatives on the issues that matter most in communities across the UK. Since September 2024, our Member Activators have completed over 320,000 member interactions to help make a…
Over 100 Co-op Members and Co-op Academy students turned their hand to product design to help us give Crumbs – our gingerbread person – a summer makeover in support of our charity partner, Barnardo’s. To celebrate bringing communities together to raise £7m to support positive futures for 1million young people, Co-op is donating £10,000 to…
In recent conversations, Co-op Members asked us to help them reduce their impact on the environment. So, throughout June, our Member Activators brought their communities together to help them protect nature and take action on climate change. Here Stefan Klueter, Member Activator for Greater Manchester Central and West, tells us about all the activities he…
This year is the United Nations’ International Year of Co-operatives, and to mark it, our Co-op and Co-operatives UK – which represents thousands of independent co-ops across the country – recently welcomed world-wide co-operators to special events hosted across Rochdale and Manchester. The Festival of Co-operation saw the largest gathering of international co-operatives leaders in over a…
To celebrate our partnership with The Big Lunch, we brought Co-op Members and local communities together in June to share food and connect with each other. Mimi Lung, Member Activator for Lewisham, Southwark, Croydon, Bromley and Sutton, attended the Eden Project’s annual The Big Lunch in London. It was a great opportunity to meet local…
Together, we’re going to go even BIGGER and raise £7m to support positive futures for 1 million young peopl
2025 is a special year for Coop Fortnight as it falls in the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives and this year’s theme is #CoopHeroes. We know co-operation is key to making a difference to local communities, so we want to take some time over Co-op Fortnight to celebrate and highlight some of our inspiring Co-op…
We’re not owned by a wealthy few, we’re owned by you; our members. Which means you get a say in how we spend a share of our profits in local communities. Thanks to Co-op Members, we’ve already shared £115m with over 39,000 projects across the UK through our Local Community Fund. It’s now time to…
It is nearly time for our 2025 AGM, held on Saturday May 17 at Co-op Live, Manchester. And for those at home or looking to get involved in their communities, members can join online or at one of six new, local events with Member Activators. This is the first AGM since our brand re-launch in…
This United Nations International Year of Co-operatives, we’re helping Co-op Members-owners and their communities connect together to build a better world, by participating in local events and national campaigns. Since 2021, we’ve been campaigning for Climate Justice. As global heating caused by human kind accelerates, we’ve been calling out the need for a faster,…
In our recent conversations with Co-op Members, they asked us to help them save money and reduce their impact on the environment. So, as part of Food Waste Action Week, our Co-op Member Activators invited members to join them at local community events across the UK to share tips on how to prevent food waste…
At Co-op, we’re celebrating the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives 2025 (IYC2025) by highlighting our unique way of doing business and celebrating being part of the co-operative movement that is helping to build better futures for all. As a Co-op, we are owned and run by our members and that means they have a…