Longlevens Co-op launches 1,000 sq ft community space in-store

The Midcounties Co-operative has launched a community space in its Longlevens Your Co-op Food store.

The 1,000 sq ft space will give the community an area to meet, run events or host information sessions free of charge. It will also host the second charity shop of the Cotswold Riding for the Disabled Association (Cotswold RDA).

The charity shop will be run by participants from the Aston Project, an initiative that helps young people find work placements and apprenticeship schemes as well as volunteers from the Cotswold RDA and members of The Midcounties Co-operative.

To mark the launch of the new facility, Midcounties Co-op presented donations of £10,000 to two of its local community partners, Aston Project and Gloucestershire Young Carers. The funds were raised by the people across the community through the regional co-operative’s community and charity partnership programme.

“Supporting our communities is at the heart of everything we do. There are so many amazing organisations working hard to help those most in need, and I’m so pleased that we’re able to play our part in ensuring this invaluable work continues – whether that’s by offering them space to bring people together, or through our fundraising efforts,” Matt Windridge, of the Midcounties Co-op, said.