What is Chinley Co-op
Our mission is to create a friendly place where it’s easy for locals to shop with minimal waste, where our suppliers have been carefully selected to be trustworthy, sustainable and ethical.
We aim to do this through our not for profit Co-operative shop (Co-op), set up and run by local members for our surrounding communities.
To learn more, see our About Page.
YOU ARE INVITED TO CHINLEY COOP ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
THURSDAY 15TH AUGUST 7.00PM – 8.30PM
WI HALL, LOWER LANE CHINLEY
ALL WELCOME BUT ONLY MEMBERS/SHAREHOLDERS MAY VOTE
You can become a shareholder here or join at the meeting between 6.30&7.00pm for £10
Agenda
- Welcome and refreshments offered including tea and coffee by Northern Tea
- Presentation of the annual accounts by Anne Blears, our treasurer
- Vote by the shareholders to approve the annual accounts and appoint the management committee until the next AGM
- Fairtrade Tea. A presentation by James Pogson the director of Northern Tea. James will cover the ‘human’ aspect of tea, its social effects in the communities that produce it, and the physical manufacture of tea up to the point where the tea is ready to leave Kenya ready for export to tea blending and packing companies the world over. Afterwards there will be more refreshments, time to chat and the shop will be open
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Chinley Coop brings you “Fairtrade Tea”
Thursday 15th August 7pm(Doors open 6.30pm)WI Hall, Lower Lane Chinley James Pogson, director of Northern Tea Merchants, will talk about the ‘human’aspect of tea, its social effects in the communities that produce it, and the physicalmanufacture of tea up to the point where the tea is ready to leave Kenya ready for export to tea […]