Scotmid & Bala Sport Supporting the Homeless World Cup

The Homeless World Cup will be played with Fairtrade footballs thanks to Scotmid Co-operative and Bala Sport who have teamed up as official match ball partners to support the unique sporting event to be held in Glasgow in July. The co-sponsorship announcement comes within Fairtrade fortnight (29th Feb – 13th March). Alexandra Black, Homeless World […]

£132,000 Raised for Alzheimer Scotland and Alzheimer’s Society

Scotmid Co-operative held a wonderful vintage tea party – complete with bunting and cakes – at the East Calder Dementia Café with our 2015/16 charity partners, Alzheimer Scotland and Alzheimer’s Society, to celebrate raising over £132,000 just six months in. Over the last 6 months, Scotmid Co-operative staff, members and customers from the Lake District […]

VQs Awarded in December 2015 and January 2016

Well done to the following people who completed a Vocational Qualification recently: Stuart Mouncher Retail Management 3 Ryan Barrie Retail Skills 2 Alison Birnie Retail Skills 2 Liam Kirkman Retail Skills 2 Laura  Glancy Retail Management 3 Cameron Murray Retail Management 3 Stephanie Houston Retail Skills 2 Josh Harris Retail Skills 2 Fraser Goodall Retail Management 3 Emma Faichney Retail Skills 2 Bright Simutenda Retail Skills […]

James Watson

Full name:  James Watson Length of Society Membership:  41 years Length of Service on the Board:  14 years I joined Carluke Co-operative in 1974 and have been a member of Scotmid since the merger of St Cuthbert’s and Dalziel Co-operative formed the present Society. In an ever changing economic world I view the Values and […]

Anthony Nolan Donor Registration Update

Scotmid Co-operative has been working with the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan since September 2014. During that time, Scotmid staff and shoppers have taken part in everything from an icy lake swim to a hike up Mount Kilimanjaro, all in a bid to raise funds for the charity. To date the partnership has allowed Anthony […]