Chat Together hits the right notes!
We’ve been opening a wide variety of multigenerational friendship groups across Southampton during the past year and launched our Chat Together club in January. For all ages It’s a monthly event at Valentine Primary School in Sholing that offers children a chance to build friendships with adults of all ages from their community. This week... 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
Sow & grow for our spring fundraiser
We’d love it if you could sow extra seeds, take cuttings and grow plants on for our plant sale in the city this spring. We’re hosting the event in May at CommuniBakes and are asking for plant donations to sell. Where & when Our Fundraising and Finance Coordinator, Emily Arbery, says: “We’re delighted to be... Read More
Young Visitors Project update
We are now seven months into our Young Visitors’ Project in partnership with Northlands House Bupa Care Home and would like to recruit more 16–19-year-olds to assist us. We need volunteers, so we can continue with our group activities and also visit some residents who are unable to come out of their rooms. Both students... Read More
Woolston Friendship Club on February 14 – what’s not to love?
Would you and your children enjoy meeting up for a chat and board games with our service users during the half term break? Woolston Friendship Club is a multigenerational club run by Communicare, St Patrick’s Church and School, but we miss the children during the school holidays and would love local families to join us.... 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