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Firms encouraged to use corporate social responsibility to help ‘Hello Southampton’

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SOUTHAMPTON companies keen to reignite their corporate social responsibility programmes this autumn (2021) are being encouraged to consider working with one of the city’s charities dedicated to eradicating isolation and loneliness. Communicare needs more volunteers...

NEW Weston Coffee Morning – All Ages

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Free weekly drop-in community coffee morning for all ages to launch in Weston! SOUTHAMPTON charities are inviting residents to help bring the generations together by getting involved in free and informal CommuniTea events for both...

Communicare ABP Southampton Marathon Runner – Anna Pilgrim

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The ABP Southampton Marathon is only 2 weeks away! The next Communicare runner we’d love to introduce you to is our amazing coordinator Anna Pilgrim. Anna has been a part of our staff team for...

Communicare ABP Southampton Marathon Runner – John Linford

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Next up in our ABP Southampton Marathon Runner’s is the fantastic John Linford. John started volunteering for us last year and we are so thankful to have him as a Communiteer. Go John go! John’s...

Communicare ABP Southampton Marathon Runner – Kate Laver

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Next up in our ABP Southampton Marathon Runner’s is the brilliant Kate Laver. Kate has been our Events and Volunteer Coordinator for coming up to 2 years, however will sadly be leaving the staff team...

Communicare ABP Southampton Marathon Runner – Hannah Willson

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The Southampton Marathon is less than 4 weeks away. We are so fortunate to have some amazing runners who will be taking part to raise money for Communicare. Over these next few weeks we are...

Other Ways to Give – Envirofone

Have you recently upgraded your phone and you’re wondering what should I do with my old one? Or perhaps you’ve got a collection of old phones for those ‘just in case’ situations? Maybe you’ve got an old tablet that is sat in a drawer...

Interview with Communicare Fundraiser Abi Barnes

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We interviewed the wonderful Abi Barnes. Back in June, Abi and her husband organised a garden sale and raised £150 for Communicare! On the 4th September, Abi will be hosting another garden sale to raise...

SO:Lotto has launched!

Could you make a Lotto Difference for Communicare? SO:Lotto has been created to support Southampton people and communities. We and a host of other Southampton charities have therefore joined SO:Lotto as an alternative way to...

Run Soton’s marathon, half marathon or 10k to help our city’s lonely and isolated

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We’d love people to sign-up for this year’s Southampton ABP Marathon, half marathon or 10k to help raise funds for our charity. We’re looking for people to participate in the event on Sunday, September 5...

Our first tea party since last year’s lockdown was a great success!

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Many thanks to Southampton City Council for providing us with a grant to run a (belated from last year) VE day tea party which we held at Meon Court, Harefield yesterday. We enjoyed many songs...

Communiteer befriender Lindsey heads to Tokyo to judge Olympics

Our befriender Lindsey Fraser has recently left for Tokyo where she will be one of the judges for the diving at the Olympic Games. The world-renowned diving coach/judge volunteered for us when the event was...

Big thanks to Virgin Media 02 who have provided a grant for Hello Southampton

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We’re really grateful to Virgin Media 02 who have provided a grant to assist our Hello Southampton telephone project which helps lonely and isolated people in Southampton. Thanks to the donation from Virgin Media 02...

Our Vintage and Craft Fair was a great success!

Our Vintage and Craft Fair last Saturday went really well! A massive thank you to all our volunteers, stallholders, musicians, customers and St Mark’s Church, for a fantastic event! The rain just about held off...

Volunteering for Communicare is a family and sporting affair!

Communicare befriender and world-renowned diving coach/judge Lindsey Fraser from Southampton is celebrating this week after one of her young divers brought home silver and bronze at Junior Europeans in Croatia. Leon Baker, 16, from Shirley,...

Our Vintage and Craft Fair is fully booked for sellers – so there’s going to be lots of fantastic stalls!

Our Vintage and Craft Fair on Saturday 3rd July at St Mark’s Church, Archers Road, SO15 2LU, 10.30am-2pm is going to be great as we’re now fully booked for stallholders and have a fantastic selection...

Call for students to volunteer while at university to help boost careers

A Southampton student who’s been contributing to her adopted community through charity work supporting the city’s vulnerable says volunteering boosted her career and she’s now urging others to volunteer too. Chloe Naegeli started volunteering for...

It’s Loneliness Awareness Week 2021

We’re praising the benefits of volunteering as part of national Loneliness Awareness Week (June 14 – 18, 2021) and we’re urging others to join too. Wendy Summers (pictured) assists our charity in our mission to...

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We’re Hiring a Mental Health Network Administrator

We’re looking to hire a Mental Health Network Administrator to join our friendly team. The role is for 20-25 hours per week on a 9 months fixed term contract. Do you have excellent communication and...

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We’re Hiring an Assistant Coordinator

We’re looking to hire an Assistant Coordinator to join our friendly team. The role is for 25 hours per week under the Government’s Kickstart Scheme. Do you have excellent communication and IT skills? Are you...

Our wonderful volunteers have won an award!

It’s Volunteers Week next week and we’re delighted to announce our Communicare Volunteers have received this award for outstanding volunteering from Southampton Voluntary Services. We nominated the whole team because of their amazing response to...

Sellers wanted for our vintage and craft fair on 3rd July!

We’re delighted we can run our Vintage and Craft Fair on Saturday 3rd July and are grateful to St Mark’s Church, Archers Road, SO15 2LU, for providing the venue. The event is open to the...

Our plant and flower sale was a great success!

We want to say a big ‘thank you’ to all of you who grew plants for our plant and flower sale that took place last Saturday at the back of the Love Cake bakery. Many...

Service user Mark’s maiden voyage on first cruise since the pandemic began all thanks to befriending scheme

Our service user Mark Compton who struggles with depression has praised our charity for helping him find the confidence to board the dock’s first departing cruise ship since the pandemic began. Ex-serviceman Mark, who is...

Call for volunteers to boost Southampton’s second vaccination drive

Our charity has been praised by the Department of Health and Social Care for its work at the city’s Covid-19 vaccination centres but we are in urgent need for more volunteers to help. We are...

We’re having a vintage and craft fair on Sat 3rd July!

Save the date! We’re planning our next Vintage and Craft Fair on Saturday 3rd July at St Mark’s Church, Archers Road, 10.30am-2pm! Once we know how many stall-holders we will be able to have (following...

Come join us at our plant and flower sale on Sat 22 May!

We’d love to see you at our charity plant and flower sale on Saturday 22nd May 10am-12.30pm. It will be held outside at the back of the Love Cake Bakery, 21 St James Road, Shirley,...

Communibakes Crowdfund is now LIVE

CROWDFUND Link: Please click here We’ve launched a Crowdfunding campaign today and are hoping to raise a seed fund of £5,000 to get the bakery up and running. We’ve set up a limited company for...

Communicare service users some of the first to know as diving judge Lindsey reports success in Japan

Our volunteer befriender and world-renowned diving coach and judge Lindsey Fraser from Southampton who’s at the FINA Diving World Cup 2021 in Japan has given our charity a sporting scoop. Despite her judging role at...

Diving judge Lindsey heads to Japan but pledges to keep up with our befriending scheme

Our volunteer and world-renowned diving coach and judge Lindsey Fraser from Southampton headed out to Japan on April 28, for the FINA Diving World Cup 2021. Despite having a judging role at the event, Lindsey...