Liverpool based charity Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC) will on Friday June 16 2017 launch its seminal project “The Definitive Story of Africans in Merseyside” in the Conference room of the Kuumba Imani Millennium Centre in Toxteth. The project was made possible by a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) made possible by money raised
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Some youths In Toxteth Liverpool on Friday April 21 2017 had a one-on-one chance to develop the Communications, self-esteem and anger management skills that will prevent them from adopting any kind of anti-social or indulge in criminal behaviour. Communications expert and former Solicitor Matthew Thorneton-Field was again the main facilitator as Liverpool based Charity Citizen
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Communications expert and former Solicitor Matthew Thorneton-Field has advised young people especially from difficult backgrounds to stay positive, make good life choices and stay away from gangs, guns and drugs. “What I think they should do is to just stop and think and accept, life is not fair but they have the ability to make
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Residents of Toxteth, on Saturday March 25 2017 joined Citizen Outreach Coalition’s (COC) anti-drug and gun crime campaign to also say no to a scourge that is badly affecting the lives of millions of people across the UK. Known fondly as L8, Toxteth has the highest concentration of black Africans and Caribbean’s in Liverpool. It
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Liberian peace activist and 2011 Nobel prize winner Leyman Gbowee brought the closing plenary of the London Bond International conference on development on Tuesday March 21 2017 to a close with two fitting anecdotes; a group of three black boys who provide new flip-flops to a white old man in New York and one of
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There was pomp and pageantry, loads of music, dancing, colour and a parade showing the best of Ireland at Trafalgar Square on Sunday March 19 2017 in the heart of London as more than 10.000 people across the world joined the Irish to celebrate one of their patron saints; Patrick. Above all, there was an
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The Somali Community on Wednesday March 15 2017 joined in the campaign to prevent guns, drugs and gang crime during a one day workshop at the Somali Community centre situated in Granby Street, Toxteth in Liverpool. It was the first of a series of workshops that Liverpool Charity Citizen Outreach Coalition was organising in its
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Some residents of Liverpool were again reminded of the dangers that gangs, guns and drugs do to the community when Liverpool based Charity Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC) took their campaign bus to the City centre on Saturday March 11 2017. With an array of support materials including a public address system, potable banner carrier, thousands
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Dozens of Black activists answered present at the Martin Luther King Jnr building in Liverpool on Saturday January 28 2017 to support efforts to preserve black Liverpool activism heritage through photos, videos for future generations. The event organised by National Museums Liverpool Sankofa Project “…aims to support Black community groups and individuals with looking after
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By Kiven Emmanuel on special assignment. More than 150 members of the Afro-Caribbean community on Saturday December 17th 2016 celebrated the “African Cultural Renaissance Jamboree “ at Crawford House, situated in Toxteth, the heartbeat of the Afro-Caribbean community in Liverpool. Organised by Citizen Outreach Coalition, (COC) a Pan African charity and funded by Big Lottery
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