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Virgin Money Giving closes 30th November 2021. After some research, we have decided to join JustGiving for all your donation needs moving forwards. You can make a one-off donation via this link or give regularly...

Please collect tokens for us!

31 Oct 2021

We have been shortlisted in a £20k giveaway ‘Cash for Charity’ from The Gannett Foundation via The Daily Echo. Thank you so much for all your votes last month! The final phase of the giveaway...

Our first ‘Festive Fair’ – 27th Nov

29 Oct 2021

Blog, Event, Featured

We’ve recently set up a new volunteer events team and they’re ready to launch their first event – ‘Festive Fair’! It’ll be a social, festive feel event with some stalls, live entertainment, children’s activities and...

Tree of Light 2021

29 Oct 2021

Blog, Event, Featured

We’re thrilled to announce our 13th annual Tree of Light campaign and that we have two real life switch on events coming up! One of the beautiful pines in the Woolston Millennium Garden and a...

The Haven Lunch Club welcomes you!

26 Oct 2021

The Haven Lunch Club, run by St. Mark’s Church on Archers Road in partnership with us, is back open and inviting you to join them! With no need to book and just £5 for a...

2021 AGM & Annual Report

11 Oct 2021

We were delighted to have an in-person AGM this year and it didn’t disappoint. Volunteers caught up after a long period of time not seeing each other and it was great to have face-to-face updates...

‘Health, Well-th and Happiness in Southampton’ event

08 Oct 2021

You are invited to a free celebration on Saturday, October 16 (2021) to help highlight, foster and enhance your ‘Health, Well-th and Happiness’. The afternoon event, from 1pm until 5pm, at the Mercure Southampton Centre Dolphin Hotel in...

Job Vacancy – Service Development Officer

05 Oct 2021

Closing date is 12 noon on Wednesday 27th October 2021. Service Development Officer 20-30hrs per week. Up to £23,000 pro rata (FTE 40hrs). 1 year fixed term contract. COMMUNICARE is a church supported social outreach...

Two Exciting CommuniBakes Job Posts

30 Sep 2021

Blog, News Article

We are very pleased to share that we are now at the stage of our CommuniBakes project in which we are ready to start recruiting. We are looking for: A Bakery Manager A Lead Baker...

Job Vacancy – Lead Coordinator

24 Sep 2021

Closing date is 12 noon on Wednesday 13th October 2021. Lead Coordinator 30-40hrs per week. Up to £20,500 pro rata (FTE 40hrs). 1 year fixed term contract. COMMUNICARE is a church supported social outreach charity...

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

22 Sep 2021

Blog, Volunteer Hub

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

31 Aug 2021

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

22 Aug 2021

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

20 Aug 2021

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

16 Aug 2021

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

11 Aug 2021

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

09 Aug 2021

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

06 Aug 2021

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!

04 Aug 2021

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

03 Aug 2021

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!

30 Jul 2021

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

27 Jul 2021

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

08 Jul 2021

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!

08 Jul 2021

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!

30 Jun 2021

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!

24 Jun 2021

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

21 Jun 2021

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

14 Jun 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...

We’re Hiring a Mental Health Network Administrator

11 Jun 2021