Central England Co-op raises over £7k after holding 78 events for Macmillan Cancer Support

Posted by rob smyth | Published: 04/10/2017


Colleagues at Central England Co-operative Funeral Care have raised over £7,000 by hosting dozens of World’s Biggest Coffee Morning events for Macmillan Cancer Support.

A total of 78 Central England Co-operative Funeral Homes took part in the annual fundraising event for the cancer charity – raising £7,000 in the process by selling tea, coffee and cakes.

Kevin Crute, Head of Funeral at Central England Co-operative, said: “Central England Co-operative Funeralcare colleagues raised over £7,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support by hosting coffee morning across our trading estate.

“By holding events such as these we not only raise money for charity, but also give people the opportunity to see that Funeral Homes are welcoming and friendly places.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank our guests for giving so generously at the coffee mornings and my colleagues for their time and support.”

The 78 events saw people enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake while having a good catch up.

Across the entire country millions of pounds have been raised as part of the annual flagship fundraiser.

Pauline Lewis, fund-raising manager for Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “One in two of us will face a cancer diagnosis in our life time, and the money Central England Co-operative raised at their coffee mornings will have a massive impact on the vital cancer services we are able to provide to support people affected by cancer. We can’t thank them enough for their support.”

 

Notes to editors

 

Events took place in the following funeral homes:

  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 180 Robin Hood Lane, Hall Green, from 10am to noon on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Boldmere Road Funeral Home, in 30 Boldmere Road, from 9am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 339 Chester Road, Castle Bromwich, from 10am to 2pm on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 103 High Street, Coleshill, from 11am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 313 Marsh Lane, Erdington, from 11.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 19 Great Brook Street, Nechells, from noon on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 57 Hobs Moat Road, Solihull, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 36 East Meadway, Kitts Green, from noon  on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 1017 Alcester Road South, Maypole, from 11.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 228 Stratford Road, Shirley, from 9am to noon on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 677 Warwick Road, Solihull, from 9am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 1290 Pershore Road, Stirchley, from 9am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 156 Weoley Castle Road, Weoley Castle, from 10am to Friday 29h September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 359 High Street, West Bromwich, from 10am on Friday 29th September, will hold the event at Wesley Methodist Church, 291 High Street
  • N Wheatley and Sons Funeral Home, Queens House, 428-430 Moseley Road, Moseley, from 9am to noon on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 1735 Coventry Road, Yardley, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 62 High Street, Harborne, from 10am on Monday 25th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Enterprise House, Minworth, from noon on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 356 Bradford Road, Castle Bromwich, from 11am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Beeches Road, Great Barr, from 10.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 200 Hawthorn Road, Kingstanding, from 11.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 1085 Chester Road, Pype Hayes, from 2pm on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 1048 Yardley Wood Road, Yardley Road, from 11am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 295 Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Fox & Goose Shopping Centre, Ward End, from 11am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 582 Chester Road, Chelmsley Wood, from noon on Friday 29th September
  • W B Bradford Funeral Services, held at Age Concern, High Street, Measham, from 10am to noon on Friday 29th September
  • Ward and Brewin, West Street, Swadlincote, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Wellings Funeral Service, Derby Street, Burton, from 10.30am on Friday 29th September
  • A E Grice Funeral Service, held at Ashby Methodist Church, Burton Road, from noon on Friday 29th September
  • Co-operative Funeralcare, Borough Street, Castle Donington, from 10am on Monday, 25th September
  • Central England Co-operative Huntingdon Funeral Home, 3 Peters Road, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • M J Claypole Funeral Directors, 37 Main Street, Yaxley, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • A Coley & Son Funeral Directors, Quaker House, West Street, Crowland, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Old Royal Standard, Wisbech, from 10am on Friday 29th September.
  • HE Bull & Son Funeral Service, 61 Inhams Road, Whittlesey, from 10am on Friday 29th September.
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Fitzwilliam Street, Peterborough, from 10am on Friday 29th September.
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Crowson House, 1150 Lincoln Road, Werrington, from 9am on Friday 29th September
  • RJ Scholes, Wherrys Lane, Bourne, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, High Street, Chatteris , from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 4 Horsegate , Deeping St James, from 10.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 30 Wootton Road, King’s Lynn, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 71 Westgate, Hunstanton, from 11am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Green End Road, Sawtry, from 1pm on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Peterborough Road, Stanground, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Market Hill, St Ives, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative St Neots at Nelson Lodge Care Home, off Nelson Road, from 10.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, St George Street, Stamford, from 11am on Friday 29th September
  • Ward and Brewin, West Street, Swadlincote, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Co-operative Funeralcare, Borough Street, Castle Donington, from 10am on Monday, 25th September
  • Central England Co-operative Sinfin Funeral Home, held at Sinfin Library from 10am to on Thursday, 28th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 177 Chaddesden Lane, Chaddesden, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 113 Victoria Avenue, Borrowash, from 10am to on Friday 29th September
  • A Storer and Sons Funeral Service, 173 Nottingham Road, Somercotes, Alfreton, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Park Farm Centre, Allestree, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Osmaston Road, Allenton, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Market Street, Staveley, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Park Farm Centre, Allestree, from 1.30pm on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, High Street, Clay Cross, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • W B Bradford Funeral Services, held at Age Concern, High Street, Measham, from 10am to noon on Friday 29th September
  • A E Grice Funeral Service, held at Ashby Methodist Church, Burton Road, from noon on Friday 29th September
  • Co-operative Funeralcare, Borough Street, Castle Donington, from 10am on Monday, 25th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 60 High Street, Oakham, from 10.30am on Friday 29th September.
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 1116 Melton Road, Syston, from 10am to 2pm on Friday 29th September.
  • Swanns Funeral Service, 4 Bridge Street, Loughborough, from 10am to noon on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 33 Pinfold Gate, Loughborough, from 2pm on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 1-3 Crossways, Birstall, from noon on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, 182 Thurncourt Road, Leicester, from noon on Friday 29th September
  • The event will take place at J R Norris Funeral Service, 59 Edinburgh Road, Kettering, from 11am on Friday 29th September
  • Compton Close Meeting Road, in Lichfield Road, from 10am on Friday, 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeralcare Stafford, in Stone Road, from 10am on Friday, 29th September
  • Harvey Brothers Funeral Directors, in Newgate, Kirby Cane, from 10.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeralcare, in Yarmouth Road, Caister on Sea, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeralcare, in Police Station Road, Lowestoft, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeralcare, in Parkfield Street, Lowestoft, from 10.30am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeralcare, in Church Lane, Gorleston, from 10am on Friday 29th September
  • Central England Co-operative Funeral Home, Spondon, September 23 at St Werburgh’s
  • JH Grice, in Hatton, held at Tutbury Institute on September 29

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 £927million for 2016/17. The Society’s principal areas of activity are food, funeral services, and property. The company’s funeral business consists of over 120 funeral homes across 16 counties, 10 florists, masonry production and administration, Bretby Crematorium and Terry Smiths coffin factory.

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 and funeral home 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 Dementia UK 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.

Find out how to become a Central England Co-operative member by calling 0800 0501 601, emailing members@centralengland.coop or visiting https://www.members.coop

For more information visit www.centralengland.coop, follow Central England Co-operative on Twitter: @mycoopfood, @mycooplife and on Facebook: facebook.com/centralenglandcooperative

Rob Smyth at Central England Co-operative on 01543 414140

Email – publicrelations@centralengland.coop