Community

Co-op Members have been at the heart of our responsible retailing journey for decades, challenging us to do more, championing our ethical credentials and stepping up to support campaigns and lend their voice on the issues they care about. This year, as we celebrate and reflect on 30 years since launching our ground-breaking Responsible Retailing…

Each year, Co-op Members have the chance to vote on motions at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) to help us understand what matters most to you and shape what we work on next. That’s because as a member of Co-op, you own the business too, so it’s important that we’re meeting your needs, involving you…

Thousands of Co-op Members joined in to find out what the buzz is about The Apiary scheme as we look to find the next small-scale, values-led and innovative food businesses to join our incubator programme. Launched in February 2022, The Apiary is designed to mentor and support small suppliers from a range of different backgrounds…

Sometimes we say ‘nah I’m all good’. Because sometimes it’s harder to say how we really feel. But talking can make all the difference. Nearly two thirds of people in the UK say they put on a ‘brave face’ to avoid talking about their mental health*.  Although sometimes it may feel easier to tell people…

Every year at our Annual General Meeting (AGM), Co-op Members have the chance to vote on motions to help us understand what matters most to you and shape what we work on next.  That’s because as a member of Co-op, you own the business too, so it’s important that we’re meeting your needs, involving you…

This Celebration Day, we’re bringing colleagues and local causes together to thank and celebrate the contribution our members make to supporting local communities by choosing Co-op.

As a Co-op member, you can help raise funds for the local projects you care about every time you shop at Co-op. By choosing a local cause to support through the Co-op Local Community Fund, you make amazing things happen in communities right across the UK.  It’s thanks to you that 422 Community Pantry in…

More than 100,000 Co-op Members joined in with our summer campaign as we showcased how members like you are powering amazing work in communities across the UK, simply by shopping with us. During the 7-week email campaign, which ran throughout June and July, Co-op Members from across the country told us all about their favourite Co-op own brand…

Local gamechangers bring people together to tackle big issues Co-op members and their communities care about. They work to make communities a little bit fairer for everyone, whether this is through bringing their community together, spending time volunteering or by choosing a local cause to support. Meet some of our local gamechangers to find out…

Last year, thousands of Co-op Members and hundreds of our Co-op Academy students and their families joined in with their Co-op to celebrate nature in their communities and to lend their ideas to the creation of the People’s Plan for Nature – a unique project that harnessed the passion and voices of people from across…

A massive thanks to you, our amazing Co-op Members, for helping to raise a whopping £2.5million to help almost 600 good causes across the UK provide valuable places for people to stay warm, connect with others and access food as part of our Warm Spaces funding boost. In partnership with Crowdfunder, we launched our £1m…

The events of the last few years have left two fifths (41%) of young people worried about their mental wellbeing, while 42% worry about how their parents/carers are coping with the cost of living. The cost of living and long-term effects of the pandemic have an impact on the decisions that young people are having…