Community Council Blossoms with Donation from Scotmid

A £500 donation from Scotmid Co-operative had enabled Montrose Community Council to get off to a blossoming start by supporting the purchase of several hundred bedding plants for the town.   The Community Council for the Royal Burgh of Montrose, the eyes and ears of the Montrose community, is invested in ensuring the town retains civic […]

Scotmid’s Donation to Kick-Start Clearance at Woodland Site

A project to develop an area of woodland as a unique educational, leisure and environmental amenity for the Coupar Angus community has received a kick-start from the Scotmid Community Grant fund. The Coupar Angus Community Woodland project, which is formally constituted under Forward Coupar Angus, has been founded to develop the town’s Butterybank field, next […]

Scotmid’s Donation to Grow Young Minds

A charity whose aim is to help children and their teachers in the North east of Scotland develop a greater understanding of farming and the working countryside has received a boost from the Scotmid Community Grant fund. The Royal Northern Countryside Initiative (RNCI) is an educational charity established in 1987.  It covers Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire […]

New ecopad at the Heart of Lazonby Community

The Lakes and Dales Co-operative store in Lazonby, Cumbria has unveiled an ecopad; a new external cabinet for the store’s community public access defibrillator (CPAD). A defibrillator was placed in the store as part of a wider initiative by Scotmid.  Scotmid has been working with local ambulance services since 2011 to bring defibrillators to communities […]

Scotmid Opens New Store in Boghall

The community of Boghall in West Lothian turned out in force to welcome the opening of their brand new Scotmid Co-operative store on Friday 7th November.  Over 150 customers waited patiently for the doors of their new community convenience store on Elizabeth Drive to open at 12.30pm and were kept entertained by a piper and […]