We wore hats to our monthly team meeting in aid of Wear A Hat Day 2023 for Brain Tumour Research who's theme this year is looking #SuperForScience who says you can't look both super & silly at the same time! #WearAHatDay #ItsWhatWeDo #BeingCoop #TheCoopWay #TeamAyrshire 👒🎩👑🎓⛑🧢

Brilliant to support a fantastic local group who are greatly supporting the community like Irvine Clean Up Crew by bringing Co-op Easter eggs to their beach clean on such a glorious day!🌞The children truly deserved the Easter treats! #ItsWhatWeDo #BeingCoop #TheCoopWay 💙👒🐣🍫🥚💙

Amazing #Coronation Fun Day today BABCA thankyou for the invite, free hot roll & cuppa! Such fantastic voluntary action happens here including the local Farm Basket Community Food Larder that we're delighted to support & supply #ItsWhatWeDo #BeingCoop gillian cunningham 💙🛒

What a great day supporting Irvine Clean Up Crew with a wonderful beach clean in the sun! Delighted to have been able to supply colouring books & pencils as prizes for the kids as well as bringing along Julie Coop for the day! #itswhatwedo #beingcoop #TheCoopWay gillian cunningham Tom Copeland 🌞

Was a pleasure to attend the 1st Dreghorn Gala since 2009! How amazing it was with local residents & the community coming together to celebrate the village & its local groups! A huge thank you to Co-op for supplying goodybags! Linda Watt gillian cunningham #ItsWhatWeDo #BeingCoop

Great Member Hour with Ian Young this afternoon Co-op Dreghorn where we spoke to current members & signed up some new ones too, amazing to chat all things community & meet local members to share our Member Prices & Co-op Vision #ItsWhatWeDo #BeingCoop #TheCoopWay 💙🛒🤑

Week Round Up Pt1. An amazing time spent helping keep our local riverbank clean & litter free. Was an absolute pleasure to be able to provide the fantastic Irvine Clean Up Crew with some halloween themed goodies from Co-op for the children who attend their litter picks! #ItsWhatWeDo 🚮

Week Round Up Pt2. Was great fun attending both local Co-op food stores with a Halloween display showcasing our large plastic free range of Halloween decorations whilst handing out free monster activity sheets & spooky stickers! Love the plants & mini squash! #ItsWhatWeDo 🎃👻

Week Round Up Pt3. A fun day attending Irvine Senior Forum at their Open Day. A fab experience meeting so many long standing Co-op Members. We discussed all things Co-op including food, funeralcare, mental health top tips & loneliness. Delighted to be invited! #ItsWhatWeDo 💭ℹ️

Yesterday I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the #FriendsOfRedburn Christmas Fair North Ayrshire Council #RedburnCommunityHub which was great fun! The Co-op tote bags, colouring books & pencils were well received by all who popped along! #ItsWhatWeDo #BeingCoop 🎅🎄🎁🛍

Celebration Day Pt.1 Amazing to see the local Rainbows group celebrating their achievement after working with us for the past year! What a great way to create opportunities for young people by providing activities & fun days out using the funds raised with the Co-op #ItsWhatWeDo

Celebration Day Pt2. More fantastic photos of our local cause for the past year Dreghorn 1st Rainbows who came along on the day to celebrate their fundraising year with the Co-op & share their thank you's with local members & the in store staff who have helped fundraise!

Celebration Day Pt3. Even more photos of our wonderful celebration day Co-op Caldon Rd where we celebrated the achievement of the Rainbow's past year working with the Co-op to funraise much needed funds used to run activities & fun days out #ItsWhatWeDo 🥳🤩🎈

Celebration Day Pt.4 Celebrating the amazing achievement of the past year with our local cause Irvine & Dreghorn Brass who have used the much needed funds to purchase new instruments for their local brass band! What a fantastic cause offering musical opportunities for all! #ItsWhatWedo 🎺🎷🥁🎼

Celebration Day Pt.5 A final thank you to all the Members, colleagues & cause supporters who made this past years' achievements possible by supporting your local communities by shopping with us! Our network of local causes are forever grateful for your support! #ItsWhatWeDo

Was truly wonderful to receive a generous invitation to the Monday Community Cafe Lunch yesterday run by the brilliant volunteers of #FriendsOfRedburn who offer both a 3 course meal for a minimal donation & a warm space to shelter from the cold & have a chat & a cuppa 🫖☕️🍲🥪

Both myself & Ian Young attended the Community Cafe Lunch & brang along two Co-op Goodie Bags full of treats, festive goodies, tea, coffee & useful kitchen cleaning products such as washing-up liquid which will be used at the weekly Community Cafe Lunches #ItsWhatWeDo 🎁

Wow, 4 years have flown by so fast!! I still remember my first community event. It has been & always is an absolute pleasure to work with Co-op & I will forever treasure the experience, skills & memories gained whilst working in the heart of my local community! 💙🥳🎈🤩🎉🪅💙