Charity comms guy Head of Comms @Zamzam_UK. Nature, swimming, quizzy rascal. Proud hubs, dad, granddad. Own views or shameless plagiarism #faith #coys #vegan
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Jun 13
I'll be there...exciting! Who's joining?
🏆 FIFA World Cup 2026
⭐ @_manishbhasin & Tim Sherwood
📽️ Courthouse Hotel Shoreditch
⚽ England 🏴 Vs 🇭🇷 Croatia
🕖 From 7pm
🗓️ Wed 17 June 2026
🏴 Live DJ & Fan Lounge
🌭 Food & Drinks Available
🍿 By Joe & Seph's
🎉 Come on England!
🎟️ highpresssports.com
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11 Dec 2025
I'm hiking this weekend to raise funds for safe childbirth and maternity services in Somalia through @Zamzam_UK. Every £20 you donate is worth £40 to the cause thanks to match funding from @LFTrust. Please support me at justgiving.com/page/martin-c…
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21 Sep 2025
Listening to media coverage of the debate between Christians who support or oppose the Unite the Kingdom movement, I am reminded of the wise word of @ANNELAMOTT...
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1 Jun 2025
Big thanks to the lovely @nationaltrust staff for being superhelpful in making #ArlingtonCourt #accessible and facilitating an uplifting tour of the beautiful gardens.
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20 Apr 2025
Lots of fun celebrating 60 with @ruthcottz and her legendary choc cake. These stickers were meant for wheelie bins, although I am not heading for landfill quite yet. The best is yet to come (it's the hope that kills you) with tickets for @SpursOfficial v @NFFC via @Somerset_Spurs
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20 Apr 2025
Thanks for supporting my 50-day 60th birthday challenge to provide clean water through @Zamzam_UK.
Together we've raised £2,721 and counting - enough to provide clean water for life for 104 Somali families. Average donation £32.78, total distance 1,164km: gofund.me/6207ebc0
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14 Apr 2025
A beautiful sunrise, another half-marathon distance in my challenge to provide clean water for 100 #Somali families through @Zamzam_UK, and a donation of £150 that means the target's been reached.
Keep giving...unsafe water kills over 1000 kids a day gofund.me/bb441e2d
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5 Apr 2025
35 days into my 50-day challenge, I've covered 818km - 425km walking, 350km cycling, 43km swimming.
Your donations now total £2,037, providing clean water for life for 78 Somali families through
@Zamzam_UK.
Huge thanks for your support - more info at gofund.me/52462bbd
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17 Mar 2025
Seventeen days and over 350km into my 50-day 60th birthday fundraiser for @Zamzam_UK. You generous people have so far donated nearly £1,200 - enough to provide clean water for life to over 40 #Somali families.
Please keep supporting! gofund.me/63a8bc6b
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15 Mar 2025
My trusty pullalong died, wheel shattered, forcing me to carry it instead, not fun - #BackStory. Credit to the nice people in @marksandspencer #Reading who sold me a smart upgrade, waited while I transferred my stuff, took old bag off me, preset new one's combination to #007 !
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15 Mar 2025
Four months ago I was privileged to attend @HyderTahir's joyous Somali-Bengali wedding celebration in London (pictured). Today we'reheading to @Islamchannel to talk about the fantastic work of @Zamzam_UK and @zamzamsom.
On air 11am, not 10am as previously advertised.
14 Mar 2025
We’re live on @Islamchannel today and tomorrow – make sure you tune in!
📺The Big Ramadan Show, Fri 14 March, 16.30 GMT, with Dr Ruqiya Noor and @MartinCott
📺Salaam Britain Live, Sat 15 March, 10.00 GMT, with @HyderTahir and @MartinCott
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14 Mar 2025
It's great to have the opportunity to talk about the fantastic work of @Zamzam_UK and @zamzamsom on @Islamchannel this afternoon and tomorrow morning #Somalis #Ramadan2025
14 Mar 2025
We’re live on @Islamchannel today and tomorrow – make sure you tune in!
📺The Big Ramadan Show, Fri 14 March, 16.30 GMT, with Dr Ruqiya Noor and @MartinCott
📺Salaam Britain Live, Sat 15 March, 10.00 GMT, with @HyderTahir and @MartinCott
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4 Mar 2025
A misty start to Day 4 of my fundraising challenge for @Zamzam_UK but the goal is clear: to provide clean water for life for 100 #Somali families through a 10k walk 10k bike 1.1k swim daily for 50 daysgofund.me/63a8bc6b
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2 Mar 2025
Day 2 of my 50-day Challenge for @Zamzam_UK.Today's 10k walk (ahead of 10k bike and 1k swim) was on the seafront at #Minehead in the company of @ruthcottz and lots of darts fans in town for the @OfficialPDC Open. Fancy sponsoring me @LukeTheNuke180? gofund.me/63a8bc6b
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1 Mar 2025
Day 1 of my 50-day Clean Water Challenge for @Zamzam_UK #Ramadan #Somalis 21km down, 1034 to go... gofund.me/63a8bc6b
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17 Dec 2024
16 Dec 2024
Every child should be safe to learn, play and thrive. But in #Somalia:
👉2.5 million children rely on #HumanitarianAid.
👉Thousands are growing up in displacement camps.
👉3 million are out of school.
Find out how we work to support #Somali children: zamzamfoundation.org.uk/what…
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12 Dec 2024
You know you're very old when cute Ben Brockman from the brilliant #Outnumbered, aka Daniel Roche, has morphed over time into @jayrayner1. I guess being sceptical and demanding about the food at home was good practice.
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29 Nov 2024
Exciting times! I've been working this year with UK registered charity Somalia Relief and Development Forum and Somalia's biggest indigenous charity, @zamzamsom, to raise awareness and raise funds from the UK public and the #Somali diaspora. Check out our new @Zamzam_UK website!
28 Nov 2024
Have you seen our new website yet?👀
You can find all the details on our work to help #Somali people to overcome the challenges of climate change and conflict, and to lift themselves out of poverty.
Visit us now: zamzamfoundation.org.uk/
#Somalia #PeaceBuilding #ClimateAction
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Martin Cottingham retweeted
28 Nov 2024
The @UN and humanitarian partners are launching the Global Humanitarian Overview for 2025 on 4 December!
👉 Swipe to find out what it is and why it is so important.
#InvestInHumanity
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