Chat Together group at Valentine Primary School
We’ve launched a NEW GROUP with Valentine Primary School on Mondays, monthly in term time, 1.15-2:45pm. We’ll be joined by St Mary’s Church Sholing and would love for you to join us! Jim and Chris (in the header photo), who are regular members of our Woolston Friendship Club went recently to help start a new... Read More
Tree of light 2023 remembrance names…
Our Tree of Light 2023 event has been so well supported and we couldn’t be more grateful. We hope you all enjoyed the light switch-ons as much as us and found some solace in sponsoring a light in remembrance of a loved one/cause. The sponsorship totalled £1,525.17 with gift aid, which is wonderful! Thank you... Read More
Tree of Light campaign raises more than £1,200 for charity tackling loneliness in Soton
So far, we’ve raised more than £1,200 with our 15th annual Christmas Tree of Light campaign (December 2023). We held switch-on events for our festive trees festooned with lights – each one commemorating a lost loved one – at events last weekend (December 2 and 3) and sponsorship is still open until December 31. Valuable... Read More
Our Tree of Light initiative promises to ‘shine a light on loneliness’
We’ve officially launched our 15th annual Tree of Light Christmas fundraising and awareness campaign and are pledging to ‘shine a light on loneliness’ in the city. Through our sponsored Christmas lights, each one commemorating a loved one or special cause, and our festive switch-on events on December 2 and 3, we hope to help eradicate loneliness. Our... Read More
Thanks to trustee, Carolyn Renault
We’d like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to our former trustee, Carolyn Renault who has now retired. She gave her time freely and was dedicated to our charity for 11 years! Manager, Annie said at our AGM in November “I want say a special thank you to Carolyn for being so dedicated to us... Read More
We’re partnering on oral health project
We’re partnering on a ground-breaking oral health project with Solent NHS Trust’s Academy of Research and Improvement. We’re collaborating with Research Dental Nurse and Evaluation Specialist, Jennifer Malpass, to discover vulnerable older people’s views on oral health and research. Delighted Annie Clewlow, our Manager, says: “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Jennifer on... Read More
2023 AGM & Annual Report
The 2022-23 AGM is now complete. We had a wonderful time, gathering to discuss what we’d achieved this year and approve the figures and accounts. Thank you so much to County Bowling Club in Northlands Rd, for hosting us – what a wonderful venue, set in beautiful grounds! Thank you also to all of those... Read More
How Freda was helped by our Travel Buddies
We recently had a lovely letter from Freda, who received support through our Travel Buddy project. Freda was first collected on the minibus and taken to the Haven Lunch Club at St Mark’s Church. Taking the bus together Then, she walked with volunteer Eleanor to the bus, they took the bus together and walked from... Read More
New home for Communicare
We’ve moved to a new home in the city and now have offices at 6, Northlands Road. Annie Clewlow, our Manager explains “Our charity was launched more than 30 years ago by a team drawn from all walks of life and has expanded as the years have progressed. We have not had the opportunity to... Read More
Broad beans success!
Remember those lovely broad bean plants Chloe bought at our plant sale at Communibakes in the spring? They are now producing delicious beans, much to Chloe’s delight! Who knew the beans were going to provide a maths lesson too?! Did you buy anything from the sale and, if you did, how’s it doing?