Family Clubs

Partnering with District Public Education Centers, Migros Family Clubs set up at 36 stores in 24 provinces provide free resources for discovering and developing the talents, abilities, and skills of men, and women no matter what their age or background. The occupational and personal development training courses provided through Migros-supported Family Clubs cover 223 subjects ranging from beekeeping to mushroom cultivation, from traditional manuscript illumination to paper marbling, from the culinary arts to sport, and from medicinal & aromatic plants to digital marketing.

Migros Family Clubs support individuals in their efforts to acquire new skills and generate income of their own. Family Club courses are organized in line with the principles of gender & opportunity equality and are intended to encourage participants to play more active roles in social and economic life. Migros has set itself the goal of having provided Migros Family Club classroom training to 850 thousand people by the end of 2027. As of end 2024, 595,623 people had benefited from all such courses. The number of women attending Family Club courses continues to increase steadily as does the number of successful graduates with certificates approved by the Ministry of National Education and start up a money-earning business of their own. Of the 28 thousand Migros Family Club graduates who have gone into business, 21 thousand are women. 2024 Migros Family Club course highlights:

• Through the “Zero Waste Kitchen” module of the Family Club culinary arts course, Migros helps prevent food waste. These courses have been attended by 2,266 people.

• 187 people who successfully completed Migros Family Club beekeeping, royal-jelly production, and queen-bee rearing courses have been awarded MEB diplomas. They have also been provided with the support of Migros experts to go into business on their own.

• Working in partnership with County Public Education Centers and County Agriculture & Forestry Offices, professional training programs were conducted for 45 cooperatives, 300 of whose members have been awarded certificates. Complementary training has also been provided for 25 cooperatives. Following the completion of such programs, 15 products supplied by 5 cooperatives have gone on sale in Migros stores or may be purchased through the Migros Yemek platform.

• Courses that support sustainability by teaching recycling practices are given under the Migros Family Club program. 2,003 people took part in 106 workshops exploring ways to reused recycled materials instead of throwing them away.

• Within the scope of the SAHA (Healthy Life Academy) project initiated by the Ministry of Health, informational seminars on AIDS/HIV, venereal diseases, and cervical cancer were organized at Family Clubs, with the participation of more than 100 people in collaboration with Provincial and District Health Directorates.

• Working in partnership with County Agriculture & Forestry Offices and County Public Education Centers, 24 orchard and agriculture courses were conducted. These courses were attended by 483 people.

• Workshops dealing with such issues as healthy nutrition, gluten-free and vegan diets, and breathing exercises were conducted by Provincial Health Department and County Public Education Center nutritionists. These workshops were attended by 4,590 people. In addition to classroom and workshop training resources, Migros Family Club YouTube and Instagram videos racked up 5 million views.

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