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
How to be an email befriender
The last of our ‘Volunteer Stories’ for Volunteers’ Week 2024 shows how easy it is to become befriender for us…you don’t even need to leave home to do it. In fact, it’s easy to do wherever you are, if you have a phone or device that allows you to call or email someone. Paige is... Read More
Why Ann volunteers for us
We’re often asked by people thinking of volunteering with us why they should choose Communicare. It would be easy for us to give you lots of reasons why, but its best if you hear from our volunteers yourself. ‘Volunteer Stories’ So, as part of 2024 Volunteers’ Week we’ve put together a selection of ‘Volunteer Stories’... Read More
Volunteering ‘gives life meaning’
As part of 2024 Volunteers’ Week, we’ve put together a selection of ‘Volunteer Stories’ to give you more information on what volunteering is all about and how it benefits you as well as our service users. Adam, who is in his forties, tells us all about his volunteering experience here with us and how it... Read More
Our Plant Sale raises an amazing £775!
Gardeners who purchased a range of plants for their plots and windowsills at our fundraising sale last Saturday have helped raise £775 for us (May 11, 2024). We held our bring and buy plant sale at CommuniBakes with the money going towards the work we do helping vulnerable and isolated people in Southampton. Thank you... Read More
CommuniTea update – call for partners and drivers
Last week, Tricia visited our longest standing multi-generational project, CommuniTea, which takes place in the Community Room at Weston Adventure Playground. People of all ages gather to connect around varied activities and refreshments, which provides a great source of connection and belonging to people in Weston. The club is undergoing change at the moment, since... Read More
Plant Sale – 11th May 2024
Join us for our 3rd annual plant sale, behind Communibakes Bakery, St. James Road, 10am-12pm. Each year we have 100’s of indoor and outdoor plants available, thanks to our wonderful volunteers and supporters’ donations. We sell at very reasonable prices and have some very knowledgeable volunteers on hand to give an idea of what the... Read More
Runners raise £2,000+ at marathon event
Runners raise £2,000+ at marathon Runners who participated in the ABP Southampton Marathon on Sunday (April 7, 2024) have helped raise £2,131 plus GiftAid for us. Our team, which even included three generations from the same family running together, took part in the 10km and half marathon races to help raise awareness and funds for us.... Read More
Marathon update
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the ABP Southampton Marathon (April 7, 2024) and helped raise awareness and money for us! There were even three generations from the same family running together and our human sized Communibear came along to run and add support too. Every donation helps with the invaluable work we do in... 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