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DemFest is a Dementia friendly festival that features advice and information from organisations who wish to make a difference to lives of people living with dementia. This year’s festival was held at Westquay Esplanade, an outdoors area with over 35 organisations in attendance. The day was spent making connections with other organisations such as Scottish and... Read More

Communicare has had a boost in its funds thanks to being local pub The Rockstone’s chosen charity at their 175th birthday celebrations. An incredible £195 was donated to Communicare from the raffle that was held over the duration of the festivities, which is enough to fund over 144 transport requests at 3 miles per trip.... Read More

Communicare client Carol and her volunteer befriender Barbara spoke to BBC South journalist Julie Massiter about loneliness and the benefits experienced through our befriending service. Carol talked about the severe isolation she has experienced in her lifetime, particularly after her mother died and her ill health; how she “had absolutely no one” except her family. Since... Read More

Hospital Homecoming Launch Party Commonwealth diver Gemma McArthur officially opened the launch of a new service which will provide neighbourly care to patients in the first few weeks of their recovery. Gemma said: “I was pleased to get involved; I think that it is a really good project. It’s a really good service for people... Read More

Finance Update Some good news! You may recall that back in November we announced that our budget was not going according to plan and that we were struggling to maintain our income, which is a problem all charities have been facing. Communicare made a callout for help with their finances in their November newsletter and... Read More

Communicare has created a new word  Communicare has created a new word ‘Communiteer’ which describes members of our great team out there supporting their neighbours. The term aims to get away from the word ‘volunteer’ as we are finding that it is putting off potential new recruits who see volunteering as being something too demanding... Read More

   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