Our friend Jack Brock is a fun-loving pony with a serious mission – to help support people affected by dementia.

Charlotte and Becky were greeted with some very waggy tails when they visited the Blue Cross Suffolk rehoming centre to deliver a hamper full of goodies

Michael started out with only one hive and with our help he now has a thriving business and is part of our Sourced Locally range and winner of Producer of the Year 2017.

We've supported the Co-op Juniors for over 70 years, bringing thousands of young people together and helping their dreams come true.

We reduced anti-social behaviour near one of our stores, by talking with local children about the impact of such behaviours on our communities.

Rebecca and her family are true champions of local and have been producing delicious bacon, ham and sausages for our stores over the last 10 years. 

The Fairs family have been farming in Suffolk since 1967 and share our passion for high quality, local produce. They’ve been part of our Sourced Locally family for 10 years. 

When the Recovery Hub, an innovative addiction treatment centre, needed new premises we offered a building plus help with rent and set-up costs to get them started.

Nominated for a Travel Award wasn’t the best but for our Tiptree colleagues, it was the reaction from the local community that meant the most.

Michael Davies works in our Funeral Services team, specializing in repatriation of those who have passed away abroad. Michael’s training other colleagues to help understand this complex process.

We provide bereavement services across Essex and Suffolk for anyone who has lost a loved one and needs some extra support. We are here for you as long as you need us.

We have donated over 8,000 teabags through our Co-op Cuppa scheme, helping the Rural Coffee Caravan tackle rural isolation in their communities.

The Tacon family work closely with us to minimise food waste, agreeing volumes of their fresh produce to be supplied to our store

Our store in Colman Road looked out for Julie’s mum, a regular customer who was suffering with dementia. Letting Julie know if things were ok and helping her mum stay in her own home for longer.

Lorraine’s enthusiasm during her Sourced Locally instore food demonstrations meant she generated over 4,000 customer votes for our Producer of the Year campaign on her own!

When the hospice needed to move a shed to improve accessible parking Gary, Lewis and Chris from our Building Services team lent a helping hand.

Our environment is important to us. 100% of our food waste recycled, most of which is converted to biogas to create electricity.

We’ve helped fund this all-female barbershop Chorus, enabling them to perform and entertain hundreds of local people from all walks of life.