Open at last
We are now fully open. Our usual opening hours are [see link here]. We had a lovely opening day on the 9th April starting with Peter Berriman cutting the ribbon. We shared snacks made with our ingredients and had a plant swap outside. Around 70 people shopped with us on our first day. We’ve had great support from our […]
Our Progress
Here are a few milestones towards opening our community shop. Don’t forget our 2nd pop-up shop on Saturday the 19th March 10-4. We became officially registered with the Financial Conduct Authority on the 22 February 2022 as Chinley Community Benefit Society. As of the 17th March we had 64 shareholders (members) and have raised £6650 […]
Another milestone
Another milestone as our first delivery from sumawholefoods arrived ready for our pop up shop on Saturday 5th March 10am-4pm. Suma are a worker owned co-operative based in Yorkshire, supplying ethically and sustainably sourced foods and household items so a great fit with our values.
Another busy day renovating
Another busy day renovating the shop, lots of painting today! But @thegreenlanesocial20 kept us going with great coffee and brownies We are reusing materials wherever we can, including leftover paint from volunteers and the wooden platforms in the shop windows have been made from some old garage doors #reusereducerecycle #ecoshop #ecofriendly #painting #renovation #chinley #ethicalshop […]
Our first renovation day
We have begun fixing up the shop in readiness for our new coop. It was a little sad to see Lal and Veena’s sign come down but exciting to take the first steps towards opening the Coop on the 9th April. All our renovations will use second hand and donated items as much as possible. […]
A belated Happy New Year!
Things have been busy behind the scenes getting all that bit closer to opening Chinley’s first community-ran low waste shop! We even have some dates for your diaries!: 5 & 19th March there’ll be pop up shops whereby prior to these dates you’ll be able to order from our stock list and come in and […]
‘Social’ meeting
‘Social’ meeting talking all things cooperative for our new shop…with the added touch of mulled wine from one of our members Check in again with us in the New Year on our development, but in the meantime we wish the community all a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year Follow us on Facebook, […]
New window display
What a beautiful sunny day to showcase our new window display. Hope you enjoy it and thanks to our members for their talent and time.
End of an era
When Lalit and Veena Parmar recently retired from their newsagent business they wanted their shop to continue to serve the community as it had done for many years.
Planning Meeting – 28th Nov 2021
We’re holding a planning meeting on Sunday the 28th November at 2pm in the W.I. Hall and would like to invite everyone to come along and find out what we’re planning, contribute and help us create something awesome together!