Co-Operative College Charity Magazine

An honourable mention this week for Teaching and Learning Assistant Debbie Mellows. Debbie has worked alongside the Co-Operative College to coordinate and deliver an exciting 11 week enterprise programme with a lucky group of Sixth Form Students. Debbie’s commitment and hard work has meant that our students have been empowered with the skills and confidence they need to be able to make a difference to their local community.

During the programme students have spent time learning about the values of running a cooperative and being a successful democratic team before setting up their own cooperative all in aid of a local charity. The students have improved their teamwork and communication skills by working together to create a magazine called ‘MC magazine’ with the proceeds of sales going directly to a local charity of their choice. Through this process our Sixth Formers have also been able to showcase their own creativity and digital skills as they produced articles and adapted their work ready for print into a high-quality product.

The group have so far raised over £100 pounds for Centrepoint, a charity based in Manchester that supports young people at risk of homelessness. The students will hold a final fundraising count before delivering the proceeds to the charity in person.