Community Connect: Dunfermline Foodbank

Dunfermline Foodbank has been short-listed to become one of the latest recipients of funding from Scotmid Co-operative’s Community Connect initiative – potentially being awarded £15,000 in order to help strengthen the service the charity provides in the Fife area. Community Connect was launched last year and enables Scotmid members to award good cause groups in […]

Previous winners – East

  Annual General Meeting – Edinburgh – 29th April 2024 Children’s Clothing Bank Dunfermline received the most member votes and were awarded £15,000. The runners up – Lift@ The Millennium Centre and The Living Memory Association each received £5,000. CONGRATULATIONS to all three groups.     Ordinary General Meeting – Edinburgh – 2nd October 2023 […]

Scotmid Launch Recycle and Reward Initiative

Community retailer Scotmid Co-operative have unveiled their first-ever reverse vending machine to encourage customers to recycle soft drink cans and plastic bottles with funds donated to leading environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful. Entitled ‘Recycle and Reward’, the eco-friendly scheme, already popular in many countries including Scandinavia and Germany, has been launched for a three-month period […]

Whistleblowing Policy

  Scotmid is firmly committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards in all of our activities. If you have issues or concerns where you genuinely believe something is going wrong in the Society, but feel apprehensive or unable to voice your concerns through your line manager, then our Whistleblowing Policy sets out how you can […]

Charities Benefit from £75,000 Community Connect Funding

Scotmid Co-operative announced the latest winners of its popular Community Connect initiative this week with nine local charities receiving a share of £75,000 funding generated from the sale of single-use carrier bags. Launched last year, Community Connect is a popular membership and community initiative from Scotmid, which enables members to vote for good cause groups […]