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One in three older people are affected by loneliness – that means someone on your street may not have spoken to anyone in days. Can you help? Join us for free tea, toast and cake and have a chat about how you could get involved in our work to enrich the lives of people in... Read More

The Haven Lunch Club invited all to join in with its Open Day today. With Church members and Communicare volunteers delivering around 1,500 flyers through local doors and a massive article in the Echo, the group was all set for a good attendance – and they weren’t disappointed! Over 60 people turned up and a... Read More

Much of the activity with leading the Southampton Mental Health Network forward this month has concentrated on getting our new administrator, Hannah, installed. ‘Hi, I’m Hannah, I’m excited to have joined Communicare to support the Mental Health Network as its administrator. I’ve worked within the charitable sector for many years and have a background in... Read More

We are delighted to announce that our new road-side banners are up! These have been funded by Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) funding for the Hospital Homecoming project and will be working their way around the City with the aim of picking up lots of new volunteers, particularly drivers, befrienders and people to help with hospital... Read More

We’ve recently had some lovely feedback from Paige, who’s been volunteering with us in the office and just had to share it! “I came to volunteer with Communicare as I was looking for some work experience to boost my CV as I didn’t have any work experience at all before volunteering here. I’m currently also... Read More

We’ve been having a great time reviewing initial footage taken for our new promo videos! The team can’t wait to see what Claudia Murg and the team at We Make Southampton will produce for the end result. Best quote so far “how do you get it (shopping) from the internet? Do they sent it by... Read More

This month has seen the launch of the Communicare & Haven choir! Our choir, led by Musical Director Saire Herschel, will be meeting on the first Friday of each month at the Haven Lunch Club. There are already a number of keen members and our Manager, Annie says that, even though they had her questionably... Read More

Our monthly waffle club at Fusion grill (previously Pere Waffle), 95 Above Bar Street (opposite Burger King) is Tuesday 9th July! Join us from 5-8.30pm to waffle away about any topic you like, meet new people and enjoy some tasty treats. 10% off everything on the menu for people joining our table! Hope to see... Read More

The Haven Lunch Club, run in partnership with Communicare in Southampton is having its annual open day on Friday 19th July. All are welcome to join us for 11.30am-2.30pm at St. Mark’s Church, Archers Road with a delicious light buffet lunch being served at 12.30pm. At only £2 per head, this is a great opportunity... Read More