Timmy the travelling bear is helping youngsters in Derbyshire learn more about their travels around

Posted by nathan lloyd | Published: 08/02/2017

A new venture designed to encourage young travellers to broaden their horizon is proving to be a big hit with schoolchildren.

Timmy the Travelling Bear was the brainchild of Lorraine Jeffries, Branch Manager at Central England Co-operative Travel in Alvaston, and Assistant Manager Sarah
Stevens in a bid to help youngsters discover more about the exciting places they visit when heading off on holiday.

All youngsters have to do is take ‘Timmy’ with them, take some pictures to be shared via social media on @mycoopfood and then fill in a specially created question and answer sheet to show how much they have learned from their adventures.

The new venture has so far been a huge success and now Central England Co-operative Travel in Alvaston has teamed up with Alvaston Junior School to try and help broaden the horizons of even more youngsters.

Lorraine said: “Here at Central England Co-operative Travel in Alvaston, we have been pioneering a new venture to encourage the young travellers of today and tomorrow to discover something exciting about the places they visit.

“Whether it is on an overseas trip, a family day out, or a UK break, we would all love to learn an interesting fact about trips by youngsters as they holiday across the world via Timmy the Travelling Bear

“Timmy enjoys travelling and would love to venture out with families and at the same time youngsters can answer a few questions regarding where they have been to give them an opportunity to learn more about travel.

“We look forward to seeing Timmy and his adventures with youngsters from across the area.”

Anyone interested in helping to fulfil Timmy’s travelling dream should contact Alvaston Travel Branch on 01332 752296 or call into the store.

Notes to editors

About Central England Co-operative

Central England Co-operative is one of the largest independent retail co-operative societies in the UK. It is a modern, forward-looking organisation employing over 8,000 staff, with projected gross sales of £958million for 2016/17. The Society recently celebrated being named Leading Co-operative of the Year 2016 by Co-operatives UK. The Society’s principal areas of activity are food, funeral services, and property. Central England Co-operative has more than 430 trading outlets across 16 counties including; West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.  The Society has an ambitious food store development programme for 2017.
Central England Co-operative is proud of its reputation for ethical business practices and corporate responsibility.  It is a member of Business in the Community, the membership organisation that stands for responsible business, and has also won many business awards for excellence.  The Society supports a number of charities including Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children and invests a percentage of its trading profit into local communities.
Becoming a member of Central England Co-operative offers a whole host of benefits ranging from collecting points every time you spend in store to earn a share of the profits, access to members activities and community initiatives including the Community Dividend Fund, which hands out grants of up to £5,000 to charities and good causes across the Society’s trading estate.
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Rob Smyth – PR officer - Central England Co-operative - 01543 414140
Email – publicrelations@centralengland.coop