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Comic Relief Plunges Children of Alcoholics into a Welcome Spotlight

Posted in NACOA, Rubbish Media, tagged , , , , , , , on 13 March 2009 | 3 Comments »

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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Celebrities Speak Out for Children of Alcoholics

Posted in NACOA, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Each One Really Does Count!

Posted in Electric rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish how-to's, tagged , , , on 25 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m heading up to the big smoke on Monday, by train of course, to meet the guys at Each One Counts.
They run an on-line collection programme for mobile phones and ink jet cartridges and re-manufacture new cartridges for resale.
They also work in conjunction with a collective of charities including Battersea Dog and Cats Home, Cambodia [...]

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Happy New Merry and The Great North Swim

Posted in Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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This ‘Woman’s Hour’ Has Arrived!

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on 3 December 2008 | 2 Comments »

Dearest all, I’m in London and currently looking out of a window onto the world and the clock is ticking along, getting ever closer to 1am – eek!
I had a call late yesterday from Radio 4 (as you do) asking if I could just whip up to Town and go do Woman’s Hour?  Well, as [...]

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What a Rubbish Childhood

Posted in General rubbish, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , , , , , , , , 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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You’re Helping to Keep the Glass Half Full

Posted in The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , on 26 September 2008 | 4 Comments »

NACOA is a fabulous little charity, but one that you might not have come across before.
The abbreviation stands for The National Association for Children of Alcoholics and it has a very dear place in my heart.
I am a child of an alcoholic (COA) and some of my earliest childhood memories are of mum drinking [...]

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A Bit About the Author

Posted in The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , , , , , on 29 July 2008 | 4 Comments »

Tracey Smith is just an everyday gal, a wife, a mum and a very proud downshifter. “I’ve a passion for writing and I love spreading the word about simple, green and sustainable living…to a fault sometimes.”

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