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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!

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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!

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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...

Exciting new project from Communicare!

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

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!

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?

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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

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

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

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?

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?

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!

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

Southampton Mental Health Network Requires Tenders for Website

Southampton Mental Health Network Website Tender SMHN are looking to build a website to increase membership of the Network and improve public engagement, and would like organisations to tender for this role. To date membership...

It’s Student Volunteering Week!

It’s Student Volunteering Week and we’re very grateful to all the students who volunteer for our charity. Whether that’s shopping for our service users or being a telephone befriender, phoning vulnerable and isolated people for...

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...

It’s our 30th Birthday!

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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...

Annie and Communiteer Mary Were on BBC News!

If you missed Annie and our volunteer Mary on BBC Breakfast news on 25th January you can catch up here (scroll video to 1.22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOtBiv_H_mM&t=8s Annie was also interviewed on BBC Radio Solent on 23rd...

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...

Heart Warming Story of a Beautiful Friendship Formed Through Volunteering

Here is a heart warming story about the wonderful befriending relationship our volunteer Larry formed with our service user Don, who sadly recently passed away. Larry fondly recounts: About 3 ½ years ago I visited Don on...