Scotmid President Talks About Importance of Co-ops At Scottish Parliament
Scotmid Co-operative President Harry Cairney was invited to talk about our Society at Scottish Parliament on Wednesday evening in the Cross Party Group on Co-operatives event as part of Co-operatives Fortnight 2018. Speakers at the event included Ed Mayo, Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, James Kelly MSP, John Nevin from Greencity Wholefoods and Paul Farrell […]
Scotmid Promotes Fair Tax Mark At Holyrood
Scotmid President Harry Cairney gave a speech at Scottish Parliament to MSPs earlier this week – highlighting the Society’s support of the Fair Tax Mark and encouraging other Scottish businesses to follow suit as part of Fair Tax Fortnight. The Fair Tax Mark is an accreditation scheme growing in demand as businesses recognise the benefit […]
Community Connect: Laurencekirk Memorial Park
Laurencekirk Memorial Park has been short-listed to become the latest recipient of funding from Scotmid Co-operative’s Community Connect initiative – the charity could be awarded up to £15,000 to further their services. Community Connect was initially trialled in the North of Scotland last year and enables Scotmid members to award good cause groups in their local […]
Scotmid Provides Three Minibuses To Erskine
Scotmid were delighted to be able to donate three specially-adapted VW Caddy vehicles to Erskine – a Scottish charity that provides long-term care for veterans of the British Armed Forces. The specially-adapted VW Caddy vehicles were presented in May and will be housed at Erskine’s four homes across Scotland’s Central Belt – the two homes […]
Community Connect: Pillar Kincardine
Pillar Kincardine has been short-listed to become the latest recipient of funding from Scotmid Co-operative’s Community Connect initiative – the charity could be awarded up to £15,000 to further their services. Community Connect was initially trialled in the North of Scotland last year and enables Scotmid members to award good cause groups in their local area […]