Nick Thomas Joins Our Team!
We’re delighted to welcome our new Development Officer Nick Thomas to the team. Nick says: ‘I’m very excited to join Communicare and be a part of this fantastic charity. Communicare is a charity I have heard so many good things about. I’m joining as a Development Officer looking at ways to develop and deliver commercial... Read More
Do you enjoy gardening? Could you grow plants to donate for us to sell?
Do you enjoy gardening? Could you grow plants to donate to Communicare for us to sell to raise money for our charity? We’re exploring a venue where these could be sold and it would likely be towards the end of May or beginning of June. More details will follow when we find a suitable venue.... Read More
Southampton Mental Health Network’s on BBC Radio Solent
If you missed it last Sunday you can listen to Dr Parvin Damani MBE talking to Lucy Ambache on BBC Radio Solent about the Southampton Mental Health Network. If you live, study, work or run a business in Southampton and you haven’t yet completed the ‘Making Southampton a Mental Health Friendly City’ survey click this... Read More
Communicare marks 30th anniversary with thanks to surviving early member
We are celebrating our 30th anniversary this year by paying tribute to one of our surviving early members who is now a service user too. Without Margaret Timewell (pictured) our charity wouldn’t have got going or been able to continue supporting the city’s vulnerable and isolated. Manager, Annie Clewlow, who started working with the charity... Read More
Discover how the National Lottery supports Communicare
Check out this video below of our wonderful volunteer Leila talking about how the National Lottery Community Fund helps support our charity in its vital work. As we approach the anniversary of the first lockdown, The National Lottery Community Fund’s Community Research Index shows three quarters of people say they will change their behaviour as... Read More
If you live or work in Southampton have you completed the Mental Health Friendly City survey yet?
People from Southampton who live, work or run businesses in the city are being asked to express their views on how it can become a Mental Health Friendly City. Southampton Mental Health Network is asking residents to complete its survey in order to discover what they think a Mental Health Friendly City looks like and... Read More
Would You Like Information About Covid-19 And Vaccines In Other Languages?
Southampton City Council and Drop the Mask Productions have produced these really helpful videos explaining COVID elements in different languages: Vaccines: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… Test and trace: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… Hands, face, space: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… Symptoms: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… Champions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… Wellbeing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist… If you know people who could benefit from these please help to spread the word!
We Were Mentioned in Matt Hancock’s UK Covid-19 Vaccines Delivery Plan!
It has been such a privilege for Communicare to be at the very heart of delivering the roll out of the COVID vaccines. Thanks so much to everyone who has played a part. Our contribution was even acknowledged in the recent UK Covid-19 vaccines delivery plan report from Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s office. Click here and... Read More
It’s our 30th Birthday!
Communicare is 30 this year and we are planning a special ’30 themed’ fundraising campaign. We’d welcome your ideas… please let us know. Would you like to be sponsored to swim 30 lengths (if pools reopen!), or knit 30 blankets for the premature baby unit…we want as many people as possible to join in with... Read More
We Urgently Need More Telephone Volunteers – Would Suit People on Furlough
We are urgently calling for more volunteers to help support the city’s vulnerable as demand for our services increase. We are looking for help with our ‘Hello Southampton’ telephone service and people on furlough can participate as volunteering will not impact on their payments. The charity’s Manager, Annie Clewlow says: “We launched our telephone support... Read More