Ilmington is a very special village and our Community Shop – as we are sure you know – is no ordinary convenience store! We are run as a cooperative, existing for the benefit of the community as a whole, and we have around 400 owner-members. So why not join us? This week and next, you […]

…that’s the day we remember mothers, near and far. Mothering Sunday, on 14th March, touches us all, however old we are. We think of the hard-working mums in our community and the elderly mothers we haven’t been able to see all year. We think of young mothers, raising a new generation, and the mothers we […]

Annual General Meetings aren’t everyone’s idea of fun, but please give us your attention for one moment! If you’re one of the hundreds of members of Ilmington Community Shop, we need your vote in advance of our AGM on Tuesday. Simply click on the link in the email we’ve sent you, or print and return […]

Meet our lovely Carole Clifford, one of the original volunteers at Ilmington Community Shop and a ray of sunshine on her regular morning shifts. Carole, 71, was persuaded by her family to step back for a while when the pandemic was raging in January. But now she’s had her first Covid vaccination, she’s returned and […]

Not just for the peas and ice cream, but to check out delicious options like Clive’s Pies and Fat Toni’s Pizza. Well we’ve just introduced a lovely new range of meals for one, called Cheat! You don’t have to live alone to buy one: but we know lots of you do. We are also aware […]