Southampton Marathon 2022
Would you like to support the work of Communicare by taking on a running (or walking) challenge? The Southampton Marathon event (which encompasses a 10km, half marathon and full marathon) takes place on Sunday 24th April 2022, and we’re looking for more runners to join our team! By signing up to one of Communicare’s charity... Read More
New Job Vacancy – Coordinator
Closing date is 12 noon on Friday 4th February 2022. Coordinator 25-40hrs per week. £19,820 pro rata (FTE 40hrs). 1 year fixed term contract. COMMUNICARE is a church supported social outreach charity working across the city of Southampton. We seek to serve the vulnerable in our communities by providing practical help and friendship for local... Read More
New umbrella scheme ‘Better at Home’ helps users stay at home
We’ve recently benefitted from Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) funding to create an umbrella ‘Best at Home’ initiative alongside our existing services (January 2022). Built on discussions between us and the CCG, the aim is to help service users remain at home when this is the best choice for them. Our Manager, Annie Clewlow, explains: “We... Read More
Tree of Light Remembrance Names
Tree of Light 2021 We were delighted to invite people to sponsor lights on our festive trees again this year, in remembrance of loved ones or special causes. Below are the names of those remembered and/or celebrated: Jane Davies remembers Madeleine & Charles Davies Jill Franz remembers Sebastien Wood Clare Challis remembers Joyce & Ted... Read More
Tree of Light raises more than £1,400!
We are pleased to let you know that we have so far raised £1,431.50 with our 13th annual Tree of Light campaign! We held two switch-on events for our festive trees, which were adorned with lights to commemorate sponsors’ loved ones. Our Manager, Annie Clewlow said: “All the funds raised will go towards our Good... Read More
Festive Fair a great success!
Thank you so much to all those that supported our Festive Fair this weekend. It was so lovely to meet/catch up with you all. Our volunteers provided a fun, friendly and festive environment for all involved and in the process made over £600 for our charity, which is fantastic. Thanks also go out to all of... Read More
We’ve launched our CommuniBakes bakery in Shirley
In case you’ve missed the good news – we’ve, at last, opened the doors to our new community bakery, which will now raise money to help fund our work to eradicate loneliness in Southampton. This is our first commercial strand, which we’ve been able to pursue following a successful Crowdfunding appeal, and we’ve taken over... Read More
Co-op Community Fund – Postal Project
We are delighted to have been chosen as a Co-op Community Fund Partner this year! The fund will support and promote our Postal Project, which aims to put together a series of informative and entertaining mailings to up to 1,000 people each time, providing comfort, fostering a sense of connection and contributing to a feeling... Read More
JustGiving – New donations & fundraising platform
Virgin Money Giving closes 30th November 2021. After some research, we have decided to join JustGiving for all your donation needs moving forwards. You can make a one-off donation via this link or give regularly via this link with no cost to our charity*. We’ll also use the JustGiving platform for fundraising events such as... Read More
Please collect tokens for us!
We have been shortlisted in a £20k giveaway ‘Cash for Charity’ from The Gannett Foundation via The Daily Echo. Thank you so much for all your votes last month! The final phase of the giveaway is to collect tokens, published in The Daily Echo, throughout November. The shortlisted charities will receive a share of the... Read More