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Lois from The Local Answer and Jack complete the Cheltenham Challenge for Cobalt
A big thank you to Lois from The Local Answer and Jack for completing the Cheltenham Challenge and raising over a £1000 for us. The Local Answer are celebrating 10 years of their magazine this year and have chosen Cobalt as their charity of the … Read more
Challenge to inflate Charity fund
An exciting ‘Inflatable 5k’ event is coming to Cheltenham and we can’t wait to welcome people to join our team. The 5km inflatable obstacle course is coming to Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday 14 September at 9.00am. The course is set out … Read more
The Local Answer’s Lois will be running Cheltenham Challenge for Cobalt
In June, Lois who works for local magazine The Local Answer and her boyfriend Jack will be running 10k for Cobalt in the Cheltenham Challenge. As part of the publication’s 10th anniversary celebrations, they have chosen to support us and … Read more
Spring is in the air for our plant sale
Spring will be in the air on Saturday 4 May when we invite green fingered supporters to buy great value quality plants at our annual sale held at our headquarters in Cheltenham. The ever popular plant sale is kindly supported by Greenway … Read more
Opticians eye up partnership with Cobalt
Keith Holland Opticians have teamed up with local medical charity Cobalt as part of a bid to get more involved with their local community. Plans afoot include donations for spectacle repairs and putting a team forward to run for the Charity in … Read more
First of its kind new equipment on the way for Thirlestaine Breast Centre
Local medical charity Cobalt has raised the £338,000 needed to purchase new equipment for the Thirlestaine Breast Centre. The new three dimensional mammography equipment can enable a more accurate diagnosis of breast cancer at an earlier stage. … Read more
Fine art auctioneers launch charity partnership
Fine art auctioneers and valuers, Chorley’s, have teamed up with Cobalt, to support us throughout 2019. We were invited to visit the auction house to learn more about the business as well as get a sneak preview of the forthcoming sale of items … Read more
Robins to turn pink for Cobalt’s breast equipment appeal
Cheltenham Town Football Club will be turning a shade of pink for Cobalt as they take on Forest Green Rovers this week. Players will be warming up in pink shirts at the match on Saturday 20 October. This is all in aid of our fundraising campaign … Read more
A volunteering role that truly counts
We met for a chat with Colin Ralph who volunteers for our fundraising team. Colin works alongside Linda who is our Database Gift Administrator in the Fundraising Team. The pair oversee the management of the collection tins for Cobalt. There are … Read more
#Volunteering Week – We grab a cuppa with Clare who works full time and still finds the hours to support us
It’s volunteering week and we catch up with Clare who works full time and still finds the hours to donate to Cobalt and has done for over 11 years. Clare Shearer What made you volunteer for Cobalt? It was shortly after my nan died. She had … Read more