Season's Greetings!
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Published 20 Dec 2024 in Colleagues
What a year it has been! You may recall at our AGM earlier this year, our colleague Cheryl Tree from Food Support wrote a fantastic poem about co-operatives and the difference they make by doing good together.
If you missed it, here it is...
A poem by Cheryl Tree - Doing Good Together – It matters
There’s a movement that matters, a movement that cares
Standing for something that’s all about fair
In a world where words matter but actions mean more
Foundations in fairness, people at its core.
Those people are you, it’s us, it’s the team,
The ordinary and the esteemed
Doing Good Together, whenever, an endeavour, sometimes under pressure.
It’s about tiny smiles at the door as little ones explore
It’s about great food just for you that’s fair and that’s true
It’s travel to the far and the near
Underpinned by values held dear.
This movement you’ll hear is not afraid to be bold
To speak out for those left out in the cold
About the right and the wrong
The can and the must
If it matters to you, it matters to us
180 years of this movement that matters
The good and the giving, the fair and the right
The collective putting up the right fight
It’s people, it’s humans that count in this world
It matters this trust in the products we buy
In the fair decisions and the right things to try
The belief we can’t do this alone
Together, collective with friends on our side
Is our only way forward to help turn the tide
To better your future, to help change your world
Maybe little by little or great giant leaps
And together the benefits we’ll reap
For mothers and fathers, the young and the old
For people, for humans, who want to be told
We’ve got your back, we hear your cries
We promise we’ll fight for your rights and just try
To make the right choices, the ethical ones
To give back to the people who matter to you
Those who are inspiring communities to thrive and succeed
Living by values with which we agree
To invest in a future of which we are proud
About one which you’d stand on the roof tops and shout
It matters this movement, these thoughts, this ambition
Demonstrated in action and ever present in decision
At its heart, it’s all about people
At its core about trust
If it matters to you, it matters to us.