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Local charities team up for The Great Easter Egg Trail
Cobalt and cancer charity Maggie’s are teaming up to hold The Great Easter Egg Trail on Saturday 20 April in Sandford Park, Cheltenham. Promising to be an egg-citing fun filled event for all ages the trail will take place from 1pm until 4pm in … Read more
Braving the shave for charity
Brr it’s January, yet 4 local hairdressers will be swapping their scissors for clippers and shaving the heads of 14 plucky volunteers to raise money for Cobalt who have launched the Gloucestershire Breast Cancer Equipment Appeal to purchase new … Read more
A Big Green chair raises money for charity
A local printer has produced a heart-warming children’s book telling the story of a father and son relationship. Adam Le Grand, who works at a Gloucestershire based Print Management Company was the driving force behind the production of ‘The Big … Read more
Cobalt’s first ever charity patron
Local medical charity Cobalt have announced their first ever charity patron, Clive Richards OBE KSG DL. Clive and his wife founded The Clive and Sylvia Richards Charity in 1987. The focus of the Charity is to support education, healthcare, … Read more
Sticky end to the diet as Pudding Club hold Christmas lunch for Cobalt
Three Ways House Hotel, Mickleton, home of the famous Pudding Club are hosting a fabulous two course Christmas lunch on Thursday 13 December at 12 noon in aid of local medical charity Cobalt. Guests will enjoy a glass of Winter Pimms on arrival … Read more
Local seamstress’s work reaches great heights
Keen climber Philip Pinchin scaled the heights of the sixth highest mountain to set about raising thousands of pounds for local medical charity Cobalt. Along the way he took a local seamstress’s handiwork with him. Rosalind Bodman owner of Dream … Read more
Downton Abbey star to join choir for charity concert
Proceeds from the concert are to be shared between two charities, local medical charity Cobalt and the Royal British Legion. Cobalt are fundraising to update mammography equipment for the Thirlestaine Breast Centre in Gloucestershire (it will be … Read more
How small amounts can make a big difference to local charities
We are taking part in Remember a Charity in your Will Week, from 10 to 16 September, an annual campaign designed to highlight the importance of making a Will and the value of gifts to charities. The theme for the week this year is “pass on … 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