Outdoor Gym at Backhouse Park
Photography Competition 2022
Our photography competition is back! Get your cameras ready and head to the Backhouse Park. Theme: Summer in the Backhouse Park Deadline: 29th July 2022 Please email your photos to daniel@icos.org.uk
!!! AN URGENT REQUEST !!! – support for Ukraine
!!! AN URGENT REQUEST !!! DISCLAIMER: This is not an ICOS initiative, but we support it.
Together For Our Planet Funding
We are delighted to be granted funding from the Together For Our Planet programme, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, thanks to which we can bring communities together to take action on climate change #COP26. This funding will enable
Places Called Home Funding
We are delighted to share with you that we’ve been awarded #PlacesCalledHome funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and IKEA UK to support one of our upcoming events in the Backhouse park, which will enable us to get together
Family end of summer picnic and clean up
On 4th of September 2021, International Community Organisation of Sunderland (ICOS) with the support from our amazing volunteers, organised a ‘family end of summer picnic and clean up’ at Backhouse Park. The event was supported by East Rangers Project (funded
The open consultation on ethnic disparities and inequality in the UK
Please download to read here: A Joint Submission to the open consultation on ethnic disparities and inequality in the UK to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities. This submission is produced by the following organisations. The name, role, and contact
Awards from Britain in Bloom
ICOS Volunteers You are the BEST! We would like to say a massive thank you to all volunteers for their ethics and commitment to Backhouse and Barley Mow Parks. We have received two awards from Britain in Bloom! All
UK Anti Slavery Day
UK Anti Slavery Day Slavery still exists. As we speak, an average of 1 in 200 people in the world are victims of modern slavery, deprived of freedom and exploited for their labour, forced into prostitution or domestic servitude. In
Thank you for the COVID-19 Fund – Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
ICOS has been received a grant from Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland that has supported our work during Covid-19. The Coronavirus funds are there due to the huge generosity of our local donors and also national donors via the National