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May 2019
Cotlands is an advocate for the 20th World Play Day in South Africa. Cotlands is inviting all institutions (corporates, universities and schools) in South Africa to participate in a fun-filled 20-minute play session with fellow-colleagues, students and learners. The play session will only take 20 minutes of your day and sessions should be conducted between midday and 2pm on Tuesday, 28 May 2019. World Play Day is an annual event, inspired by the International Toy Library Association (ITLA) and is…
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Cotlands, in collaboration with Kagiso Trust and Takalani Sesame, will celebrate World Play Day on Saturday, 1 June 2019 in Zamdela, Sasolburg. Kagiso Trust’s objective is to improve the quality of school readiness for young children in the community. Kagiso Trust has selected five Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres to pilot this project. Cotlands is appointed as the implementing partner to train the ECD practitioners from these centres. Cotlands has invited children from the five centres and we are expecting…
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The International Toy Library Association (ITLA) invites you to the 15th International Toy Library Conference taking place in South Africa. The conference is planned and hosted by the Toy Library Association South Africa (TLASA) in collaboration with Cotlands and ITLA. Ayanda and Sipho will guide you through the conference. “Through the looking glass of a Toy Library – come play with us.” “Ngokubuka ngefastela lomtapo wamathoyizi – woza uzodlala nathi” (IsiZulu translation) We invite toy librarians from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe and New Zealand…
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Cotlands, in partnership with the Johannesburg Zoo, will be hosting our children from six Gauteng based playgroups at the zoo on Mandela Day. The Johannesburg Zoo has arranged a special tour for the children and an animal demonstration. The children will engage in various play-based activities throughout the day. For more information about this event, contact marketing@cotlands.org
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Join the Cotlands Team at this year’s MTN Walk the Talk with 702 as we walk for #Cotlands #BrightSparks. We look forward to meeting and getting to know you better during the walk. Our objective on the day is: to raise awareness that we need to act collectively and support the provision of early learning play-based opportunities to vulnerable children to address the inequalities in our society, to promote Cotlands programmes that offer a brighter future for children in poverty…
Find out more »Aug 2019
Cotlands has a rich brand heritage and has been serving vulnerable children for the last 83 years. Cotlands celebrates its birthday on 1 August 2019.
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Cotlands is hosting the 75th Annual General Meeting with the theme; Playing is learning. Cotlands hosts a yearly meeting to report on the organisation's activities for the year. All key stakeholders are invited to attend the AGM. If you would be interested in attending the event, please email kerry@cotlands.org
Find out more »Sep 2019
Cotlands will be setting up interactive pop-up toy libraries at different locations across the country for National Book Week . National Book Week takes place from the 2-8 September 2019 and is an initiative of the South African Book Development Council (SABDC) in collaboration with the Department of Arts and Culture. Statistics show that only 5% of parents read to their children. National Book Week aims to encourage more parents to read to their children and inspire children to read…
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Cotlands is excited to be selected as the charity of choice at the 2019 DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival. The Delicious Festival organisers will assist Cotlands with fundraising initiatives to help towards our annual food budget for children in our Early Learning Playgroups. Cotlands provides 340 000 meals per annum to our children. DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival is South Africa’s premier lifestyle event. DStv Delicious International Food & Music Festival first took the entertainment and…
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Cotlands is excited to be one of the charities of choice at FNB's Joburg 10K CITYRUN. Cotlands would like to extend thanks to the event organisers for their continued support and the overwhelming support from the runners. As our operational footprint has national reach, we are delighted to be part of an event such as FNB's Run Your City Series as it helps us raise awareness of our cause across the country. EVENT INFORMATION: 2019 FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN Starting…
Find out more »Oct 2019
Kagiso Trust and Cotlands are launching an exciting community initiative that aims to raise the awareness of the Early Childhood Development programmes offered to the community in Zamdela. Through intersectoral collaboration amongst various government departments and investors, the initiative will strengthen the referral system for essential services within the community of Zamdela. Kagiso Trust and Cotlands invite parents, caregivers, children and ECD practitioners to the Zamdela Community Jamboree to learn more about the essential public services that are available and…
Find out more »Dec 2019
Balwin Properties Ltd prides itself on giving back to the communities in which it operates. Through the annual Balwin Charity Walk, the developer strives to generously donate much-needed funds to various charities selected as beneficiaries of the event. This year marks the 12th anniversary of the Balwin Charity Hat Walk in the following cities: Johannesburg on December 1, Cape Town on November 24 and Kwazulu Natal on November 17. Cotlands is honoured to be selected as one of the charities…
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Cotlands hosts Early Learning Playgroup (ELP) Graduation Parties for our children who have been accepted into formal school in 2020. Parents are invited to the Graduation Parties and the children are awarded certificates at the party. At the Graduation Parties, children receive a formal certificate from Cotlands to certify that they attended one of our early learning playgroups and they receive a stationery gift pack to better equip them for formal schooling in the new year. If you would like…
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Giving Tuesday
What is Giving Tuesday? #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fuelled by the power of social media and collaboration. It is a movement that kick starts the charitable giving season – Christmas and the holiday season. On Tuesday, 3 December support Cotlands and be part of the #GivingTuesdaySA movement. Volunteer on #GivingTuesdaySA and #MakeAToy from waste materials and help fill our toy libraries. We also need extra hands to help us clean the existing toys at our toy library depots…
Find out more »May 2020
The organisers of the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN have announced the cancellation of the event that was scheduled to take place in the Mother City on Sunday 17 May 2020. Herewith a link to the announcement on the event website: https://www.thecapetown12.com/latest-news/fnb-cape-town-12-onerun-cancelled-all-entrants-to-be-refunded/
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Jun 2020
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the restrictions on public gatherings, we have taken the decision to postpone the National Toy Library Conference that was due to take place in June 2020. As soon as we have confirmed a new date, we will update you! The Toy Library Association of South Africa (TLASA) is hosting the National Toy Library Conference in collaboration with Cotlands. The Toy Library Conference is a two-day conference that will be held in Johannesburg. The conference…
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Please note, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, entries for both the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN and FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN have been temporarily closed. Herewith links to the announcements on the specific event websites: FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN
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Mandela loved children and he dedicated time to improving the lives of children in need. Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” To honour his legacy, Cotlands would like to get the nation’s support behind changing the lives of children who have no access to early childhood education. Buy tickets to watch a 67-minute comedy show with some of South Africa’s best comedians on Mandela Day and your actions can…
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