OurCoop Podcast - Catching Up with Debbie
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Published 12 May 2026 in Our New Society
Three months on from coming together as OurCoop, our CEO Debbie sits down with PR & Media Relations Specialist Lauryn for a short conversation about where we are, what's been hardest and what's coming next.
It's a chat between colleagues where Debbie reflects on the pace of change, the recent King's Award for Enterprise, the scale of what we now are and how every colleague can shape what we become from here.
There's also a quick-fire round with Debbie! Tea or coffee? Cake or biscuit? Beach or city break?
A great listen ahead of the Annual Members' Meeting on 20 May. Book your place here.
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0:00 – Intro with Lauryn and Debbie
0:45 – Three months on from OurCoop coming together. When you stop and look back, where does it feel like we are?
1:37 – Bringing three Societies together is huge. What's actually been hardest about it? The things that maybe isn't obvious from the outside?
2:09 – More than a million Members. Thirteen thousand colleagues. When you say those numbers out loud, what do they actually mean to you?
2:45 – When you talk about OurCoop, what's the bit that lights you up most?
3:34 - What does the Kings' Award for Enterprise mean to you, and to OurCoop?
4:24 - Can you tell us a bit about how colleagues can have their say right now?
5:42 - If you could only buy from one part of OurCoop for the rest of your life - food, travel, funerals, nurseries, energy, which one are you picking?
6:26 - The year ahead, a preview of the Annual Members Meeting (AMM)
7:07 - Quick-fire questions with Debbie
7:47 - Outro