It Was Lovely To Catch Up With Our Volunteers On The Rainbow Trail
Our manager Annie and Events co-ordinator Kate had a lovely catch up with our wonderful volunteers Mary, Judith, and Barbara at the Southampton Common yesterday. Despite the heat we enjoyed discovering rainbows, poems and creative writing on The Rainbow Trail – see www.jackbsirwin.com/pagert
Our Volunteer Lindsey Is On BBC Radio Solent!
Delighted to hear former Olympian and volunteer Lindsey Fraser chat about her telephone befriending experiences on BBC Radio Solent last Friday. You can listen to the feature here (forward to 22.35).
Our Volunteer Lenka’s Cycling To Raise Funds For Us!
Our volunteer Lenka not only writes beautiful poetry but she’s also cycling hundreds of miles this month to raise money for our charity! Lenka says: ‘I am fundraising for Communicare Southampton I volunteer for. They are helping local communities with shopping requests, prescription collections, telephone befriending, mental wellbeing, and much more during Covid-19. They helped... Read More
Annie And Chloe Were On ITV News!
We were delighted to be on ITV Meridian News last night! Watch team member and volunteer Chloe, and Manager Annie talk about the success of our telephone befriending service. Click here to watch it. The feature includes the heart-warming moment our volunteer Lindsey meets her client Bob for the first time. It was also wonderful... Read More
We Urgently Need Volunteer Drivers – Can You Help?
We’ve launched an appeal for volunteer drivers to come forward to take vulnerable people to urgent medical appointments. Our service users are unable to attend their appointments unaided, but it’s essential for their health that they do, so we’d love to hear from people with cars to get in touch. Kate Laver, Events & Communicare... Read More
Could You Be A Befriender? Your City Needs You!
Could you be a telephone befriender? We desperately need more volunteer telephone befrienders to help our isolated service users. As people ‘return to normal’ with work and social commitments, understandably, many can’t commit to making phone calls. Manager, Annie Clewlow says: “We are currently in touch with more than 600 of the city’s residents and... Read More
Get Fit And Raise Money For Us By Cycling In The Virtual Sporterium
Why not get fit this summer and raise money for Communicare by cycling the Southampton Virtual Sporterium? The route is just over 100km around the Hampshire hills and includes a lovely Ride of the Valleys! But as it’s a virtual event the great news is that if you’d rather just cycle locally or even on... Read More
Come And Catch A Rainbow – The Rainbow Trail Is Fully Live!
The Rainbow Trail has opened in a selection of our city parks thanks to a community art project that shares a message of hope as we move forward through the coronavirus pandemic. During July and August, see if you can spot the 100 designs dotted around parks in the city including The Common, Freemantle Lake,... Read More
We Need Volunteer Drivers To Get People To Urgent Medical Appointments
We’d love to hear from drivers with their own cars to volunteer to transport our service users to urgent medical appointments throughout the summer and beyond. Communicare needs help with the collection and return of isolated and often lonely residents to their homes when they have GP appointments and hospital outpatient clinics to attend. Hannah... Read More
We’ve Signed Up To Amazon Smile – Raise Money For Communicare At No Cost To You!
Do you shop online? Raise money for Communicare when you shop (at no cost to you!). We’ve signed up to AmazonSmile (smile.amazon.co.uk) so you can raise money for us by an easy click! Amazon Smile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.co.uk. The difference is that... Read More