Friday the 13th March will certainly be lucky for some, especially a tiny Bristol based charity called Nacoa.
The National Association for Children of Alcoholics have been around for 19 years and calls to their helpline have grown steadily over the years; in 2007 18k, in 2008 36k.
Comic Relief are about to give them a welcome [...]
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Comic Relief Plunges Children of Alcoholics into a Welcome Spotlight
Posted in NACOA, Rubbish Media, tagged Book of Rubbish Ideas, Charity, Comic Relief, fun, fundraising ideas, NACOA, The Great North Swim, Tracey Smith on 13 March 2009 | 3 Comments »
Celebrities Speak Out for Children of Alcoholics
Posted in NACOA, tagged Abi Roberts, alcoholics, BBC Somerset, Belinda Carlisle, Charity, COA Week, Elle Macpherson, Geraldine James, helpline, Lauren Booth, Marco Pierre White, NACOA, The National Association for Children of Alcoholics on 6 February 2009 | 7 Comments »
STOP PRESS: Tuesday 10th February – I’ll be on BBC Somerset just after the 11am news talking about COA Week. Tune in on www.BBC.co.uk/somerset
What do Elle Macpherson, Geraldine James, Marco Pierre White, Belinda Carlisle, Lauren Booth and Abi Roberts all have in common?
They are uniting to raise awareness of the inaugural Children of Alcoholics [...]
Happy New Merry and The Great North Swim
Posted in Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged Charity, Great North Swim, Just Giving, Lake Windermere, NACOA, Tracey Smith on 6 January 2009 | 9 Comments »
A-ha!
We’re here!
Happy New Year and all that associated malarkey .
I hope your Christmas break was filled with thoughts about how you could be more resourceful with the rubbish you found yourself wading through. If like me, you managed to miss the bin men, you’re probably still harbouring a stack of recycling for the good [...]
What a Rubbish Childhood
Posted in General rubbish, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged alcohol, Charity, David Stafford, Lauren Booth, Mail on Sunday, NACOA, Palestine, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, The Book of Rubbish Ideas, The National Association for Children of Alcoholics, Tracey Smith on 6 November 2008 | 6 Comments »
Please indulge me breaking off the usual line today, but I want to tell you what I’m up to tonight. And anyway, it certainly connects to my Book of Rubbish Ideas, because for every single copy that’s bought, I’m making a donation to an amazing charity called NACOA.
They are perhaps easier remembered as The National [...]
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