Promoting Co-Operative Fortnight in Eastbourne

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Members of the Branch met with the public in Eastbourne Town Centre today, to promote Co-operatives Fortnight.

Our street stall distributed a range of information about the vital role the co-operative economy has both in the UK and worldwide, and explained more about how co-operatives work, and the work of the Co-operative Party in developing this, and related policies.

A big thank you to Neil, Ros, Jane, Phil and Dave for their hard work.

You can find out more about Co-operatives Fortnight by clicking here.

Branch AGM: 14th July 2018

THE 2018 AGM OF THE EAST SUSSEX BRANCH OF THE CO-OPERATIVE PARTY  will be held in Eastbourne on Saturday 14th July, at 11.00am 

The meeting will elect officers for 2018-9 (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary), delegates to the Sussex Co-op Party, and delegates to all of the Constituency Labour Parties in our Branch area (Lewes, Eastbourne, Wealden, Bexhill and Battle and Hastings.)

GUEST SPEAKER: ANDREW PAKES:
We are pleased to be welcoming our NEC member for the South East Region, Andrew Pakes to the meeting.  Andrew is a phenomenal campaigner who served as President of the National Union of Students in the 1990's,Chair of SERA- Labour's environmental campaign,  a Labour/Co-op councillor in Southwark, and was the  Labour and Co-operative Parliamentary candidate in Milton Keynes at the 2015 General Election.


THE MEETING WILL BE: at the RAF Association, Wish Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4NX (map) on Saturday 14th July starting at 11.00am (note slightly later start time than usual) 

The bar will be open after the meeting, and the club also serves excellent lunches (we all left the last meeting thoroughly well fed!) Please note there is a staircase to the meeting room. We look forward to seeing you there!

It's Co-operatives Fortnight!

23rd June to 7th July is Co-operatives fortnight. Co‑ops make a difference to people’s lives right around the world. Every year hundreds of co‑ops and organisations across the UK work together to promote co‑ops during Co‑operatives Fortnight.

There are around 2.6 million co-operative enterprises worldwide, with a combined membership of around 1 billion people.

The beauty of co-ops is that they have a global code of values and principles, so tend to be interested not just in business (as usual), but in re-imagining the economy to be fairer and more sustainable.

You can read case studies about the Co-operative difference by clicking here. 

End so-called "Modern Slavery"

The Co-operative Party is proud to be leading the way in campaigning against so-called Modern Slavery.

The Charter opposite is designed for local councils to commit to action on this issue.  Already Labour councils in Islington, Waltham Forest, Stevenage, Lambeth and Oxford  have signed. 

Modern Slavery is one of the great evils of our time, and it's happening under our noses. In nail bars, car washes, farms, factories and restaurants, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people in the UK could be victims. 

Find out more about the issue, and how you can get involved in our campaign by clicking here. 

Labour and Co-operative MPs have been leading the campaign in Parliament.  View the video below to hear some of their contributions. 

Fairtrade Fortnight!

A big thank you to all who came along to our Fairtrade Coffee Morning with Bexhill Fairtrade on Saturday 10th March.

Fair Trade Coffee Morning

In partnership with Bexhill Fairtrade, the East Sussex Branch will be hosting a Fairtrade Coffee Morning to mark Fairtrade Fortnight 2018.

This will be at St Mary Magadalene Church Hall, Sea Road, Bexhill (opposite Bexhill Rail Station- see map link here) on Saturday 10^th March, 10.00am-12 noon.

As well as coffee, tea and cake, there will be a number of stalls, and opportunities to find out more about the work of the Fairtrade movement and the Co-operative Party.

Next Branch Meeting: 13th January

The next meeting of the East Sussex Branch of the Co-operative Party will be held on Saturday 13th January, commencing at 11.00am at the RAF Association, Wish Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4NX (map)

A G E N D A


1. Apologies for Absence

2. Minutes of the October Meeting and any Matters arising

3. Reports:

• Membership
• Finance
• Constituency Labour Parties
• Party Council

4. Annual Conference Report

5. Events: Feedback on the Rochdale Pioneers film showing, and the proposed Housing Event with Lord Roy Kennedy

6. Campaigning in 2018, including any local elections- reference to the Co-op Party's 12 ideas for Local Government Manifestos

7. Any other Business

We will be staying for lunch afterwards, and all members are warmly invited to join us.  The RAFA lunch is always excellent!