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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!

08 Jul 2021

Blog, Event, Featured

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

Blog, Featured

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

Blog, Featured

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

Nick Thomas

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...

We’re Hiring an Assistant Coordinator

02 Jun 2021

Nick Thomas

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!

28 May 2021

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!

27 May 2021

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!

25 May 2021

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

25 May 2021

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

21 May 2021

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!

14 May 2021

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!

14 May 2021

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

07 May 2021

Nick Thomas

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

05 May 2021

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

29 Apr 2021

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...

Exciting new project from Communicare!

23 Apr 2021

Blog, Featured

Do you like cake? What’s your favourite? We LOVE our cakes here at Communicare! 🍰🎂🍩 Well today we have some very EXCITING news to share…. Have a seat and get yourself ready….. We at Communicare are……....

Our cabinet at Robin’s Nest has moved to Robins Nest Emporium, Atlantic Works, Oakley Road

16 Apr 2021

Our cabinet and fantastic goodies that was at Robins Nest, 129 High Street has moved to Robins Nest Emporium, Atlantic Works, Oakley Road, SO16 4LL. You’ll find it on a stand on the first unit,...

Nick Thomas Joins Our Team!

12 Apr 2021

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...

Do you enjoy gardening? Could you grow plants to donate for us to sell?

09 Apr 2021

Blog, Event, Featured

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...

Southampton Mental Health Network’s on BBC Radio Solent

31 Mar 2021

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...

Communicare marks 30th anniversary with thanks to surviving early member

23 Mar 2021

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...

Discover how the National Lottery supports Communicare

19 Mar 2021

Blog, Video

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,...

If you live or work in Southampton have you completed the Mental Health Friendly City survey yet?

15 Mar 2021

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...

Would You Like Information About Covid-19 And Vaccines In Other Languages?

08 Mar 2021

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…...

We have a new phone number!

23 Feb 2021

Our phone numbers have changed! For all enquiries please phone 023 8250 0050.

Southampton Mental Health Network Requires Tenders for Website

22 Feb 2021