April 2018

   Around 10,000 people signed up to take part in the Southampton ABP Half Marathon on Sunday 22 April. Two of those runners were Faith Kenny, one of our Volunteer Coordinators, and Ian Painter, a supporter of Communicare. Both of them chose to raise money for Communicare and raised just under £1500 which is a phenomenal achievement! Faith... Read More

Thank you to Vie Portland who held a raffle in aid of Communicare is founder of Vie-ness and the dance group Strolling Sirens. A total of £77 was raised for Communicare at her Vintage dance night. This was despite only half the amount of people going that she would have expected, unfortunately this does mean she may not be able to hold any... Read More

Commonwealth diver Gemma McArthur will be opening the event. Serena Lin, local popular singer will be performing from 2.30pm-3.30pm. There will also be a raffle. Please come and join us for a fun afternoon of games, activities, cake, tea and coffee, and find out about what Hospital Homecoming and Communiteering is all about! Free admission... Read More

Over a 100 people passed through the doors of the Solent Showcase exhibition Stand Together which was well-known local artist Kev Munday’s. The idea was to allow members of the community to ‘take over’ the gallery and bring social issues into question and discuss. Rebecca Kinge who is the development worker for Healthwatch Southampton, which is an independent national champion for people... Read More

We have recently been successful in obtaining funding through the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) for a new project Hospital Homecoming. Hospital Homecoming is a partnership project between the NHS and Communicare to match people coming out of hospital with local volunteers who can provide short term support. Our official launch is going to be... Read More

Communicare staff are currently working on extending services to those in need across the city of Southampton and in order to do this a big focus on volunteer recruitment will be necessary and one of the best ways we feel that this can be achieved is through good and effective public relations. Porcupine PR are public relations consultants who offer a... Read More

Communicare barn dance fundraiser success Over £1700 was raised with proceeds all going towards Communicare and its good work that it continues to do! Thank you to Carolyn Page our Trustee who organised the event and to those who went along and supported Communicare.

Grants We have been successful in receiving 2 grant applications from a one-off scheme called Caring Communities. One grant will fund our community tea parties that will be held in sheltered accommodation. We hope this will be a way of developing further communities where isolation and loneliness is a problem in a more structural way; the... Read More

Vintage Dance Night with Fundraising Raffle for Communicare Vie Portland, a supporter of Communicare, has organised a fantastic evening of Vintage tea, cake, music and dance. Where? Pear Tree United Reformed Church, SO19 7G When? Saturday 21 April 7.30pm-11pm Tickets cost £8 (book online) or £10 on the door. All proceeds from the raffle will go to Communicare. If you have... Read More

Funds raised at our Vintage and Craft Fair confirmed Just under £700 was raised – thank you to all who came and supported the event! A warm and welcoming day out at our Vintage and Craft Fair The Daily Echo suggested it as number 3 of the in the paper’s Friday copy ‘Top 10 things... Read More