JCCU and Japan CO-OP Insurance Consumers’ Cooperative Federation (JCIF) held exchange meetings for organizations receiving Regional Support Welfare Grant on December 7, 2017 in Tokyo and December 15 in Osaka.

In total 95 people including grant recipients participated. The Regional Support Welfare Grant is part of the social contribution activities by JCIF and has been implemented since FY 2012. JCIF support up to 1 million yen per organization on activities that fulfill two conditions: The activity is in line with one of the three themes of the Grant.

The activity is co-worked by a consumer coop and the organization. The exchange meeting took the theme “cooperation between the community and the co-op”. At the Tokyo venue a lecture was given by FUTAMURA Chikako, Director of Member Relations Division, JCCU on the topic “Aim of Regional Support Welfare Grant”. Activity report by subsidy recipient organizations were also given followed by exchange of opinions by participants.