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Check out the latest COCO news for everything from reports on new class rooms in East Africa to fundraising in the North East of England.

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Oct 26

Community Fish Project Changing Lives in Kenya

By Caitlin Clark & Lucy Liddle Your support has enabled Niaver CBO to create a community fish project that will support the provision of...

Nov 17, 2021

Lucy’s welcome

On Saturday the 13th of November COCO supporters and friends gathered at the Grand Hotel Gosforth Park for an evening of dancing and...

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Apr 24, 2020

2.6 Challenge!

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a catastrophic effect on charities, with the cancellation of thousands of events and the loss of billions...

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Jun 18, 2019

Steve Cram Celebrity Golf Day 2019

Teams from the North-East business community yesterday teamed up with sports stars to raise money for a children’s charity at the 16th...

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May 20, 2019

Walk the Wall 2019

Walk the Wall 2019 took place on Saturday 18th May. It was a fabulous day, with 100% turnout and £3,000 worth of fundraising. We made...

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Jan 31, 2019

Jeff to cycle Kenya for COCO!

One of the faces of North East TV is helping an international children’s charity by tackling a 200-mile cycling challenge in Africa later...

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Nov 30, 2018

Cintra Wine Tasting

At the end of November, the fantastic team at Cintra organised the second annual wine tasting in aid of COCO. Over 100 guests came along...

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Nov 19, 2018

Double your donations!

This year we are very excited to be taking part in The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge. Donate through The Big Give between Tuesday 27th...

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Nov 6, 2018

Victoria Cycle Challenge – Will Whitaker

Well, we did it. 280(ish)kms across the unpredictable Kenyan terrain, from the (almost) flat planes of the Maasai Mara to the well-paved...

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Sep 10, 2018

Great North Run 2018 – photo gallery!

Yet another fantastic Great North Run this year. Thank you so much to the amazing team of COCO runners who have raised over £5,000 to...

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Jul 19, 2018

Steve Cram Celebrity Golf Day 2018

A massive thank you to everyone that joined us on 28th June for our Steve Cram Celebrity Golf Day at the fabulous Slaley Hall. We had a...

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Jun 7, 2018

Cruise Lunch

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our inaugural Cruise Charity Lunch on board the fabulous Magellan at Port of Tyne on...

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Feb 20, 2018

International Women’s Day – Lorenzo Wareham

International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8th in honour of movements towards equality and women’s rights. The first...

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Jan 24, 2018

Partnership with Newcastle International Film Festival

We are very excited to be the chosen charity for the first ever Newcastle International Film Festival (NiFF)! Both NiFF and COCO are...

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Oct 10, 2017

£4 million celebration photos

In September we held an event with some of our closest supporters to celebrate having worked together to reach a total of £4 million to...

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Sep 25, 2017

2017 Coast to Coast

We had a fantastic time this weekend on our annual Coast-to-Coast cycle challenge, cycling 137 miles from Whitehaven to Tynemouth....

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Aug 9, 2017

Steve Cram Celebrity Golf Day 2017

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May 15, 2017

Walk the Wall

A selection of photos from our first Walk the Wall event. It was a fantastic day - it started with rain but we had sunshine by the end!...

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May 3, 2017

London Charity Dinner

COCO hosted a London Charity Dinner on 20th April 2017 which successfully raised enough money to build and equip a girls' dormitory at...

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Mar 13, 2017

Being bold for change

This slideshow requires JavaScript. Last Wednesday was International Women's Day, and to celebrate Newcastle University Business School...

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Nov 22, 2016

COCO in 2016 – Guest Blog by Joe

2016 was COCO’s best ever year. The most money ever was spent on charitable expenditure, thanks to the generosity of everyone who...

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