Killin and Ardeonaig Trust are a big presence in Killin - the Old Mill hosts a makers shop and heritage exhibition, they run a reuse shop, host the Post Office and are renovating the old Co-Op to be a business and learning hub, and new reuse and repair space #developmenttrusts

Interested in the Scottish Co-op Discovery Centre and the community group dedicated to the story of the Scottish co-operative movement?

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Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre, West Calder and Harburn CDT, Community Shares Scotland & Martin Meteyard

.West Calder and Harburn CDT are seeking a highly motivated, dedicated & experienced individual to fill the role of Project Manager during the delivery phase of their new Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre. £42,000 – £47,000 Full or part time West Calder. tinyurl.com/bdehw3c2 #ProjectManager

1/2 excellent meeting with Susan+Matt Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre #WestCalder that will celebrate Scottish #CooperativeHeritage see 👉westcalder.org/scottish-co-op… to explore potential collaboration Coop building+stories often feature on our walks. Also saw the stunning Central Bakery building.

We are looking for a Project manager to guide the construction element of our project.
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#coopoftheweek K is for Kinning park. Founded in 1871 the society was a pioneer in Scotland setting up a branch of the Woman's Guild,offering women the chance to involve themselves in campaigning and politics. The activist and politician Mary Barbour was it’s most famous member

We won the lottery!

Huge thanks to The National Lottery Community Fund for awarding us funding for the CWH exhibition.

The exhibition will be back at Kirk of Calder from May.
We'll post new opening dates and times soon.

Watch this space for a very, very exciting announcement!!
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Our team have been in sunny Manchester and Rochdale this week visiting Co-operative Heritage Trust archives and museum. A fantastic visit with such a warm welcome from our fellow co-operators.

#Coopoftheweek . I is for Innerleithen. Established in 1856 it had one branch in Chapel Street for the first 100 years then 3 more stores. It took over Walkerburn Co-operative in 1967 and then was amalgamated into the Border Co-op Society in 1970.

#Coopoftheweek . H is for Hawick. Est in 1867 it was previously the Hawick Chartist Provision store (1839). It merged first with Jedburgh, then the Central Borders Co-op. In 2008 when it became part of the Co-op Group it was the oldest continuously trading co-op in Scotland.

#Coopoftheweek . G is for Grangemouth. Grangemouth co-op was established 1904 and later merged with Falkirk and District Co-op. Here are the staff from the millinery department c 1930s. Grangemouth was also home to the SCWS soapworks factory est 1897.
Photo: Falkirk Council

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Scottish Co-operative Discovery Centre, West Calder and Harburn CDT and @CommSharesSco

#Coopoftheweek . F is for Fenwick. The Fenwick weavers set up the earliest known co-operative in the world for which full records exist. 14th March 1761, 16 weavers met in Fenwick Church to sign their foundation charter, offering mutual support and help to the wider community.

Great to work alongside our WCHS S3 co-curators yesterday at our Wee Museum Livingstoni.co.uk Their ideas for a museum of the future with objects to tell the story of earth is coming on! MuseumsGalleriesScot West Lothian Council Emma Peattie #partnership #schools West Calder High

#Coopoftheweek E is for Earlston. Earlston was founded in 1883 after a talk on 'Co-operation its principles and benefits to the the working classes'. By 1918 the war and lack of labour meant that had they were in dire financial straits and were taken over by Galashiels Co-op Soc

#Nationalpieweek . Our next co-op bakery is Kilmarnock Co-operative Society who had a large bakery in St Andrew Street. Many of the larger co-op societies installed state of the art bakeries that could mass produce all the pies and bread for all their branches.

#Coopofthweek . C is for Carluke. Carluke Co-operative Society was established in 1862 and merged with Scotmid 1981 after 119 years. The first dividend was 1s 6d per £1. The ladies pictured here were at the Fruit and Confections department.

#Coopoftheweek A is also for Armadale - because it's our only branch photo with a cat. The first Armadale Co-operative Society started in 1861 -it's customers were mostly miners from the nearby collieries. Shut in 1868, a new society opened in 1871 had more long lasting success.

We are thrilled to have been awarded £1.9 million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to save our bakery building for the community and to help tell the story of the Scottish Co-operative movement. A huge thank you to them and to all our other supporters.
West Calder and Harburn CDT Community Shares Scotland

Our new Co-op of the week starts with A for Aberdeen. This was a Norco co-op. The Northern Co-operative Company (1861-1993) was one of the largest consumer co-ops not to be a member of the SCWS or the CWS.