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
Tree of light 2022 remembrance names…
We are thrilled our Tree of Light 2022 event was so well supported. 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 £1,471.88 with gift aid, which is wonderful! Thank you so much to all... Read More
Tree of Light promises to be ‘bright beacon against loneliness’ in Soton
This month (November 2022), we’ve officially launched our 14th annual Tree of Light Christmas campaign, which represents ‘a bright beacon against loneliness’ in the city. The switch-on events for our festive trees, which feature lights commemorating loved ones and special causes, take place on Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4. Lord Mayor of Southampton Our... Read More
We help tackle loneliness with tea party for service users
We recently hosted a tea party for our service users to help tackle loneliness in the city. We held the tea party at Colne Avenue Baptist Church on Wednesday, August 24 and offered a space for people to get together over tea and cake. Part of the work we do, and are passionate about, is... Read More
Find out how you could help beat loneliness in your community
Southampton folk who would like to find out how they could help beat loneliness in their community are invited to meet us at our upcoming volunteer recruitment events. Nobody should feel lonely We believe that nobody should feel lonely and we work hard to tackle this throughout the city with our service users. We work... Read More
Jackie breaks new ground as our Project Development Officer
Jackie Robinson from Southampton has recently (May 2022) joined our team as our new Project Development Officer. We are thrilled to have welcomed Jackie to the team, she will be doing some groundbreaking work in developing ways of involving people in our community to design services for the future. We have been exploring possible avenues... Read More
Plant & Flower Sale – May 7th!
Plant & flower lovers from Southampton can pick up some new plants for their gardens at a plant sale in aid of charity next month (May 2022). We’re hosting the event on May 7, 10am-12:30pm at Communibakes, at 21, St James Road in Shirley with all money raised going towards our neighbourhood work, helping vulnerable... Read More
Festive Fair a great success!
Thank you so much to all those that supported our Festive Fair this weekend. It was so lovely to meet/catch up with you all. Our volunteers provided a fun, friendly and festive environment for all involved and in the process made over £600 for our charity, which is fantastic. Thanks also go out to all of... Read More