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Our tea party at Meon Court in Harefield was all about celebrating older people, linking in with Silver Sunday. With a constant supply of tea and coffee and delectable cakes (including the best chocolate cookies I have ever tasted, baked by a talented volunteer!), celebrations were indeed in full swing. While we had planned to... Read More

We asked our Fundraising & Finance Coordinator, Emily to jot down what a typical day looks like. Here it is: 7am: My daughter, 1-year old Olivia has decided that my underwear is her favourite thing, so I’m chasing her around the house trying to get dressed – lots of laughter. 8am: Things are getting serious.... Read More

We are so excited to be releasing our newly designed Christmas Vintage & Craft Fair posters by Eleni Zenonos! Huge thanks to her for putting together such a lovely poster. Date: 3rd November Time: 11am-3pm Venue: Victory Gospel Centre, Portswood Road Please share the posters as widely as you can – we have some fab... Read More

We are delighted that Kirsty Cummins was made a Trustee on Friday at our AGM. She is coming on board with a background in finance and administration. Having worked as part of our staff team in the past, Kirsty also has insider knowledge of the issues we face daily and will, no doubt, put it... Read More

Now that we’re fully booked, we’ve started announcing who our stallholders are for the Vintage & Craft Fair on November 3rd. Go to our Facebook event to see what’s on offer: https://www.facebook.com/events/148428849170337/

Thanks to all those who made it to our 2018 AGM and volunteer celebration evening yesterday. Some 55 people attended the AGM and then stayed for the volunteer celebration evening. Instead of our usual fish & chip supper, we went for chilli with all the sides! It seemed to be a great success – even... Read More

Annie had a fab time playing celebrity, opening the new Co-operative Store at Ocean Way today with Mayor of Southampton, Councillor Stephen Barnes-Andrews. Don’t forget – only one more month to choose us as your charity when shopping at The Co-op! https://www.coop.co.uk/membership/local-causes

If you missed Annie & Gary on BBC Radio Solent this morning, you can hear them again here: https://buff.ly/2P6UgTA Annie features: 37mins in & Gary: 1:35:40 We think they did a brilliant job describing what’s it’s like being part of Communicare in Southampton. Thanks to Alun Newman at the Julian Clegg show for looking after... Read More

We have volunteers in place and can now take on introductions for our Homecoming Project created to help people leaving hospital receive support when returning home. In partnership with the NHS, we are ready to assist those discharged from hospital in Southampton, who would benefit from low-level, good-neighbourly support, to aid their recovery. Our Manager... Read More