We’re launching our NEW Craft & Games Club!
We’re delighted The Barker Mill Foundation have sent us £1,000 to help us launch our Craft & Games! The idea is to share the joy of crafts and games with isolated people at home and at local friendship clubs (essentially befriending with added fun!). Benefits Helps befrienders and service users develop relationships Gives more purpose... Read More
Befriending is fun!
We’re extending our ‘Volunteer Stories’ into this week, even though Volunteers’ Week is over, because we came across so many lovely examples of what befriending is all about that we wanted to share them with you. Today’s personal experience comes from Saire, who also helps at the Haven Lunch Club, which we help support as... Read More
Volunteering is enriching for all
Volunteers’ Week is now officially over but we thought we’d extend it to a fortnight! Now we can tell you more ‘Volunteer Stories’ featuring some of our wonderful Communiteers and how they became involved with us, how they help our service users and why volunteering is important to them. Bob is one of our longest... Read More
Celebrating Volunteers’ Week
We’re celebrating national Volunteers’ Week by highlighting some of the friendships we’ve seen blossom through our volunteer befriending scheme (June 3-9, 2024). We’ve also launched a series of ‘Volunteer Stories’ here on our website to give you information on what volunteering entails. Our Manager, Annie explains: “We’re often asked by people thinking of volunteering with... Read More
Befriending with Beth, Jack, Derek and Moishe
For Volunteers’ Week 2024, we asked some of our befrienders to share their ‘Volunteer Stories’ to give you an insight into what it’s like being a ‘volunteer friend’ to someone. Beth, Jack and their Yorkshire terrier Moishe, have befriended our service user Derek. Midweek staple Here’s their story told by Jack: “Me and Beth have been... Read More
Time for a patch match?
During our recent volunteer conference, our dedicated band of Communiteers were given an arrow sticker each when they arrived to place on our Southampton map to identify their patch. By doing so, they could find their area marked by the white cards with patch names and see how close to other Communicare volunteers they are.... Read More
Could You Be A Befriender? Your City Needs You!
Could you be a telephone befriender? We desperately need more volunteer telephone befrienders to help our isolated service users. As people ‘return to normal’ with work and social commitments, understandably, many can’t commit to making phone calls. Manager, Annie Clewlow says: “We are currently in touch with more than 600 of the city’s residents and... Read More