Community

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…

Driven by Co-op Members, we’ve been championing Fairtrade for more than 29 years. So, as we look forward to celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight from 27 February to 12 March, we asked members to taste our latest own brand Fairtrade coffees that are making a difference to producers globally, as well as supporting communities locally too. At…

Co-op launched its £1 million Warm Spaces funding boost in partnership with Crowdfunder in December. Just by shopping and being a Co-op Member, you’ve so far helped us give more than £400,000 to over 400 groups to help communities stay warm this winter.  Now, with just a few days remaining for groups to apply for…

Sandeep Saib tells us why it’s important to talk about mental health in the run-up to Time to Talk Day.

Thanks to the generosity of our members, we’ve been able to support thousands of local projects and causes during 2022. Here’s how three of them are celebrating the end of a successful year. We spoke to leaders from three different community projects and causes across the UK, which have all received support from Co-op this…

Co-op partners with Your Local Pantry to bring communities together around food. Everyone should be able to eat good food. That’s why Co-op has teamed up with Your Local Pantry to help people enjoy big meals on smaller budgets. Your Local Pantry creates spaces for communities to come together around food. Each Pantry is stocked…

Today, 12 October 2022, Co-op Foundation launches our exciting new five-year strategy, ‘Building communities of the future together’. The product of more than 18 months of development and learning, this is a watershed moment for Co-op’s charity as we define how we’ll deliver on, and add value to, Co-op’s vision of ‘Co-operating for a Fairer…