With music playing from a portable public address system in the background, volunteers from charity Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC) were out in force in Church Street, the Life wire of Liverpool city Centre distributing and talking to residents about crime prevention. The event took place on Saturday July 6 2019 and was part of the […]

The reaction to the acting was initially silence, and then applause as participants gave the thumps up to the workshop facilitator and main speaker. The applause lasted for a few minutes before the actor acknowledged the positive response. The occasion was another workshop organised for young people at Liverpool Power House, a hostel for young

Skiving, youth offending service, pleading guilty to a crime, meeting victims of crime, the age of criminal responsibility, getting arrested and having a criminal record are some of the themes that young people either learnt anew or notions they needed to pick up during a workshop on crime in Toxteth, Liverpool. This they learnt, will

Nothing fights loneliness better than when people meet and celebrate life. They make new friends and create everlasting connections. They play, the sing, they dance and do loads of other connected, group activities. Join our friendship clubs.

Following from our highly successful Heritage Lottery fund Project-The Definitive Story of Africans in Merseyside, Liverpool based registered charity Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC)has now created three Friendship clubs in Leeds, London and Liverpool to help fight against loneliness. One of the feedbacks we had from participants of the heritage project (some of whom were in

As police struggle to control knife and gang violence among young people, some youths in Liverpool (North West England) have been told why a simple slogan like “No Knives Saves lives” can be effective in ending youth related crimes. Young people at the Power House residential hall in Toxteth-Liverpool on Monday July 16 2018 were

Some students from selected secondary schools around Liverpool had a chance to learn about Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC) project “The Definitive Story of Africans in Merseyside” during a weeklong work experience visit to the National Museums in Liverpool. The event took place at the Anthony Walker Education Centre situated off the main gallery of the

Nigerian community leader and retired manager Femi Sowande has called on Africans especially in the diaspora to always strategize long term in other to succeed in any development plan. “One of the lessons I have learnt throughout the years is that a lot of us have short term processes in order to achieve certain things.