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Scotmid raises £120K to fund 24,000 Samaritans calls

The Scottish retailer aims to raise a total of £300,000 for the suicide prevention charity

Heart of England Co-op raised £50k for charities through carrier bag levy

15 charities across the society’s trading area will share proceeeds from the 5p bags

Southern Co-op celebrates £500k donations from two years of the carrier bag levy

The society has added money from its own community fund, supporting groups such as Scope, Wildlife…

Co-op Group plays ‘sound of silence’ to support national Autism Hour

Stores turned off their radio systems for an hour to give autistic people a break from…

Scotmid smashes its fundraising target and makes £345,000 for Childline

The co-op has run a year-long partnership with the charity which also promoted ways for staff…

Southern Co-operative teams up with Shaw Trust to help people back to work

After just two months, the project has seen three permanent staff hired at a store on…

Scotmid Co-operative launches partnership with Samaritans

The society hopes to raise £300,000 for the charity – which would allow it to deal…

Central England raises £1.5m for children’s charity Newlife

Central England Co-operative has announced it has raised £1.5m for its corporate charity partner, Newlife, which…

Southern Co-op donates £98,000 during charity awareness week

Southern Co-op kicks off its annual Charity Awareness Week by donating £1,000 to each of its…

Scotmid Co-op boosts first aid charity with £15,500 donation

A £15,50o donation from Scotmid Co-operative has enabled charity St Andrew’s First Aid to aid 15 new…

How charities can improve by adopting co-op principles

There has always been a gulf between the co-operative movement and charitable work – but now…

Central England invests almost £1.2m in community projects

Figures from Central England Co-operative reveal it has invested more than £1m in the community. Ahead of…