Lovely afternoon in Hardwick the area I grew up in. 'Change' the word on the doorstep from residents.

#LabourDoorstep

Seeing Coventry Building Society Arena from the train made me hope that their acquisition and consequent #remutualisation of The Co-operative Bank UK will come to fruition. #mutuals

Remarkable achievements in terms of growth in numbers of Co-operative Party elected representatives reported by Joe Fortune speaking at #coopretail conference

Shadow Police Minister and @coopparty parliamentarian Alex Norris MP lays out a clear route to tackle retail violence and crime at #coopretail conference.

Shocking revelations from Jas, of Central Co-op Food, on retail crime. Serious assaults on colleagues; daily abuse; brazen theft. And importantly, the serious impact on people who are just trying to do their job.
We can't stop highlighting this growing issue.
#CoopRetail

Alex Norris MP speaking about the work Co-operative Party have been doing to challenge and reduce violence against staff at #COOPRETAIL with the support of Co-operatives UK

Powerful and sobering speech from Alex Norris MP at #coopretail conference. He underlines that the Co-op Movement working with Co-operative Party has been pivotal in getting key legislative changes on retail crime through Parliament. #coops

A real thought-provoking DEI slide at #CoopRetail :
77% believe women face additional challenges in reaching leadership position
43% have experienced some sort of discrimination at work
40% believe maternity leave has had a detrimental effect on their career

Speaking at #coopretail , Paul Gerrard introduces the session on retail crime, which will focus on the root causes of this issue, stressing that prison doesn't work.

Sarah Dickins of Central Co-op Food tells #coopretail conference about their initiative to enable all colleagues to make a difference in their co-op and their community. #coops

This was a fabulous presentation, as you'd expect from UnicornGrocery!

Exhibiting at #CoopRetail today we have:
Kandoroo, Co-operative Party, TPT, Animorph Co-op, Sol PV Group Ltd, The Co-op Credit Union, Co-operative News, Your Co-op, Octopus Energy and The Co-operative College and Revolver World.
They've all got interesting things to tell you 👋

Great to be with some amazing women leaders in the cooperative movement who are CEOs, Chairs and Presidents at the #coopretail conference Co-operatives UK rosem

Only at #CoopRetail could you see this line-up (following a video intro from Co-op Group Chair Debbie White):
Shirine Khoury-Haq, CEO of Co-op
Philip Ponsonby, CEO of Your Co-op
Debbie Robinson, CEO of Central Co-op Food
Alison Hands, CEO of Lincolnshire Co-op CEO
and our own CEO Rose Marley

Such a hugely important session this at #CoopRetail chaired by climate, culture and wildlife presented Lindsey Chapman 🌱🎥. Lindsey highlighted some facts about #coops and climate action. See here: uk.coop/resources/race…

#COOPRETAIL #cooperatives and #sustainability what Your Co-op is doing to reduce carbon

At #coopretail conference Mike Pickering from Your Co-op describes their work with BigSolarCoop to install solar panels on stores #principle6 #coops

At #Coopretail conference James Wright of Co-operatives UK describes how they are working with others in the mutual sector to shape policy asks to political parties.

Excellent policy workshop at #coopretail conference this afternoon. Hearing how Co-operatives UK is working with political parties in advance of the general election.

. Co-operatives UK has joined with 10GMpartners to launch a new #cooperative , Our Business, to grow and support the #GreaterManchester #socialeconomy , backed by Greater Manchester Combined Authority mayor Andy Burnham #coops #socent

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