Community

Last year, we worked with Co-op Members to develop ideas on how you want to be rewarded through your membership. Members took part in a test and learn app trial, which used digital stamps to reward members for shopping at Co-op. Thousands of you also joined us online, at local events and at our first-ever…

Thousands of Co-op Members joined in to shape and support Time to Talk Day 2025 to get communities comfortable to talk about their mental wellbeing. For the fourth year, we partnered with Mind, SAMH and Inspire for Time to Talk Day on 6 February – the UK’s biggest mental wellbeing conversation. The theme for this…

Co-op Members took part in a series of workshops to help develop ideas related to their membership at our first-ever Co-op Member Hackathon and got to see Paul McCartney live at Co-op Live for free! Joining us from as far afield as Wigan, Leeds, Pontefract, and London, members spent the day at our Support Centre…

£4m raised and we’re going BIGGER than ever! Together we’ve reached a huge milestone; because of colleagues, members, customers, suppliers and our communities we have now raised an incredible £4m for our partnership with Barnardo’s. Thank you for helping us fund local community services and online support to help over 200,000 young people so far. Following the…

Join Co-op Members, colleagues, customers and local communities in the biggest conversation about mental wellbeing on 6 February 2025.   A third of people in the UK say they would prefer to not talk about their mental health rather than risk an awkward conversation, this growing to 45% in 16 – 24 year olds*.   Talking helps…

With so many events and activities planned to bring members and local groups together in 2025, it’s shaping up to be an exciting year for Geraldine Strohm, Co-op Member Activator for Hertfordshire. Co-op and the Warm Welcome Campaign have joined together to help grow the number of Warm Welcome Spaces and help people stay warm this winter. Co-op…

In 2024 we launched our ‘Winners Share It All’ prize draw, which saw Co-op Members and Local Community Fund causes sharing £500,000. 10 Co-op members won £500 for themselves and £5,000 for their chosen cause each month. Good news, we’re extending the prize draw in to 2025, and you could be next!  We’re not owned…

Thousands of you popped along to our pop-up cafés in Edinburgh, Cardiff and London and over 100 events in communities around the UK, as we brought Co-op, our difference and all the ways you can play your part as a Co-op Member to life. Colleagues and local groups also got the chance to thank members…

We’re both excited and proud to be Co-op Live’s Official Charity Partner. Through an annual £1m donation to us at the Foundation, gigs at Co-op Live really will give back!   We’ve just received our first donation which will support initiatives like our Young Gamechangers Fund. The fund is a partnership with Co-op and awards grants…

We’re not owned by a wealthy few, we’re owned by you; our members. Which means our members get a say in how we spend a share of our profits in local communities. Co-op Members support over 2,500 causes each year through our Local Community Fund.   Co-op Members and Local Community Fund causes are winning thanks…

This November, we’re celebrating the incredible impact Co-op Members have had in communities across the UK, and we’re inviting you to join the celebrations too.   At 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…

At Co-op, we’re not owned by a wealthy few, we’re owned by you; our members. Which means you can shape your membership by helping us develop our products and services.  This year, Co-op Members have been working with us to design and shape how they are rewarded through their membership, by taking part in an exclusive trial…