Mrs Coates founded the Enfield-based charity Friends From Across The Sea 40 years ago and is now chair of the board of trustees. The charity was set up to help relieve hardship among children, young people and families principally from African and African-Caribbean communities, by providing goods and grants to help relieve hardship. In addition, the charity encourages educational achievement in Enfield’s Primary schools by awarding prizes to pupils identified by teachers to be high achievers and those who have shown the most improvement. So far pupils at Churchfield Primary School and All Saints Primary School have been recognised.
Mrs Coates’ dedication to charitable work was recently recognised by the Enfield Racial Equality Commission when she was featured in the Positive Images Project booklet entitled Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives. She has also been an active member of the All Saints Church in Edmonton for 33 years, doing an enormous amount of voluntary work there for the church and the wider community.
I was delighted to meet Mrs Coates today on her 70th birthday. I have the utmost admiration for her and the invaluable work that she has done, both in the local area and further a field, in Africa and the Caribbean. Mrs Coates has worked tirelessly for local charities for the past 40 years, dedicating her life to helping others. It was a privilege to meet Mrs Coates and celebrate her 70th birthday with her – people like her are truly an inspiration and make such a difference to so many people’s lives in the local area.
To find out more about Friends From Across The Sea,
contact Mrs Coates on 020 8803 1718
or e-mail the charity at ffats15@googlemail.com
Below: Here's a photo of me with Mrs Coates (right) and Dr Elizabeth Jordan (left) - both from the Friends From Across the Sea charity.
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