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Robin’s Nest Cabinet

We have a cabinet of fantastic goodies within Robins Nest Emporium, Atlantic Works, Oakley Road, SO16 4LL (map here). This is a large, well-ventilated, warehouse, near the Tebourba Way junction, packed with individual stalls selling...

Southampton Marathon 2022

Blog, Event, Featured

Would you like to support the work of Communicare by taking on a running (or walking) challenge? The Southampton Marathon event (which encompasses a 10km, half marathon and full marathon) takes place on Sunday 24th...

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New Job Vacancy – Coordinator

Closing date is 12 noon on Friday 4th February 2022. Coordinator 25-40hrs per week. £19,820 pro rata (FTE 40hrs). 1 year fixed term contract. COMMUNICARE is a church supported social outreach charity working across the...

We’ve welcomed funding to create an umbrella scheme to help users stay at home

We’ve recently benefitted from Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) funding to create an umbrella ‘Best at Home’ initiative alongside our existing services (January 2022). Built on discussions between us and the CCG, the aim is to...

Tree of Light Remembrance Names

Tree of Light 2021 We were delighted to invite people to sponsor lights on our festive trees again this year, in remembrance of loved ones or special causes. Below are the names of those remembered...

Tree of Light raises more than £1,400!

Blog, Featured, News Article

We are pleased to let you know that we have so far raised £1,431.50 with our 13th annual Tree of Light campaign! We held two switch-on events for our festive trees, which were adorned with...

We’ve launched our CommuniBakes bakery in Shirley

In case you’ve missed the good news – we’ve, at last, opened the doors to our new community bakery, which will now raise money to help fund our work to eradicate loneliness in Southampton. This...

JustGiving – New donations & fundraising platform

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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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...

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Job Vacancy – Lead Coordinator

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’

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...

Weston Coffee Morning – All Ages

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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...