Succeed Together Award (team award) - PaCT – (Parents and Carers Together) –Colleague Choice Winner
PaCT has grown and developed even more over the last 12 months, tackling difficult conversations about topics such as self-harm, mental health in children, adoption, fertility, infant loss and caring responsibilities. Read more
Succeed Together Award (team award) - Time to Talk Day Working Group – CEO's Choice Winner
Time to Talk Day (TTTD) is the nation’s biggest conversation about mental health. As part of Co-op’s vision ‘Co-operating for a fairer world’ and our mental wellbeing mission, we partnered on the day alongside Mind, SAMH and Inspire to encourage more people to talk about their mental wellbeing. Read more
Be Yourself Always - Kathy O’Grady – CEO's Choice Winner
Funeral Arranger - Plymouth
Kathy has worked for the Co-op for over 15 years. It’s important to know that she’ll be turning 70 on her next birthday. Read more
Be Yourself Always - Natasha Wilding – CEO's Choice Winner
Store Manager - Fortuneswell – Food Store South
I am nominating Nat Wilding for the Be Yourself Always Award because she’s the most deserving person I can think of for this title. Read more
Community Star - James Pentland – CEO's Choice Winner
Demand Planner - Category Supply Team - Manchester - Angel Square MHQ
James is the first to say he didn’t have an easy time of it as an adolescent and as such, is absolutely committed to providing safe, healthy, and productive activities for the community of Platt Bridge. Read more
Community Star - Kate Parsons – Colleague Choice Winner
Funeral Service Manager - Exeter RM FC – Exeter
I don't think you could find anyone more deserving than Kate Parsons to receive the Community Star Award for Co-op. Read more
Do What Matters Most - Amy Wickham – Colleague Choice Winner
Junior Product Developer - Commercial Delicious Food – Product Development – Manchester – Angel Square MHQ
I am nominating my colleague Amy because she has impeccably demonstrated the Co-op behaviour ‘do what matters most’, helping to feed the local homeless community by using the surplus open food generated from product submissions (food that cannot be donated to food banks because it doesn’t have a use by date).
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Do What Matters Most - Helen Walker – CEO's Choice Winner
Charity Marketing Manager - Nisa MADL - Scunthorpe - Member Support Centre
Helen is a true Nisa superstar; she has worked for Nisa for almost five years and has grown so much in her role in that time and does an excellent job promoting Nisa’s fantastic charity. Read more
Show You Care - Ashley Paris – CEO's Choice Winner
Engagement Co-ordinator - Central Operations - Manchester - Angel Square MHQ
Ashley joined the Co-op as an Engagement Co-ordinator (EC) during the pandemic. In 2½ years, she has become a leading EC for Logistics, going above and beyond to bring engagement and care to 800 colleagues and the local community. Read more
Show You Care - Shane Reeves – Colleague Choice Winner
Store Manager - Shirebrook - Food Stores North
Shane has worked for the Co-op for 30 years, the last eight of these in the Shirebrook, Mansfield store. Read more
Co-op Apprentice of the Year - Kerry Bolton – CEO's Choice Winner
Buying Assistant - Commercial Buying - Manchester - Angel Square MHQ
Kerry was a Wholesale Category Assistant at Nisa for 20 months before recently being promoted to become a Buying Assistant within the Commercial team and the Co-op. Read more
Co-op Apprentice of the Year - Megan Aspey – Colleague Choice Winner
Property Apprentice - Property Construction - Manchester - Angel Square MHQ
In the Property team, we love to introduce young talent to the business, and to support them we enrol our new recruits onto apprenticeship programmes. Read more
Inclusion Award - Cassie Brzoza – Colleague Choice Winner
Data Analyst – Risk - Information Security - Information Security
I would like to nominate my colleague Cassie for an inclusion award. Read more
Inclusion Award - Melanie Beese – CEO's Choice Winner
Application Engineer - Colleague Products - Manchester - Angel Square MHQ
Mel’s journey with Co-op began in 2016. Read more
Co-operating for a fairer world - Joanne Jones – CEO's Choice Winner
Store Manager - Deganwy - Park Road - Food Stores North
Joanne has one of the most positive attitudes towards helping those around her and caring for the world that we share. Read more
Co-operating for a fairer world - Michael Donkin & Michael Henderson – Colleague Choice Winner
Project Managers - Transformation - Change Delivery - Manchester - Angel Square MH
Michael Donkin and Michael Henderson are project managers working in the Transformation Delivery team. Read more