2022 AGM & Annual Report
This year, we held our AGM and Volunteer Celebration Event at Highfield Church Centre. The AGM was kept brief but saw Annie present the Manager’s Report, Emily provide detail on the accounts for the year 2021-22 and a talk from Colin Wright. The AGM was followed by a social time over hot drinks; it was... Read More
Thank you to retiring trustees
Two of our Trustees came to the end of their current term of office and have chosen not to re-stand this year – David Thomas and Hannah Silver. David had joined Communicare’s team, staffing the newly established Woolston office in 2009; helping match volunteers with service-users. He completed lots of volunteering roles ranging from inducting... Read More
Bond event is fundraising galore for us
Attendees at a James Bond-themed event helped raised £2,300 for us recently (September 2022). The event was organised by We Love Your Office at the Lysses Hotel in Fareham and included a three-course meal, entertainment, raffle and silent auction. Patrick McShee, Managing Director at We Love Your Office, said: “We have held two major events... Read More
Volunteer drivers needed for weekly intergenerational event
We are looking for helpers to convey isolated and often lonely individuals to a weekly intergenerational CommuniTea event at Weston Adventure Playground. We run CommuniTea coffee mornings with The Southampton Children’s Play Association (SCPA) every Thursday during term-time from 10am, which allows often lonely and isolated people to meet other people of all ages and socialise,... 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
Woolston Friendship Club set up to help combat loneliness
A weekly friendship club in Woolston in Southampton has been set up to help combat loneliness and bring generations together. The club is run by St Patrick’s Church and St Patrick’s School in partnership with us and runs every Wednesday from 10.30am-11.30am at St Patrick’s Church Hall. Joined forces We are so thrilled to have... Read More
Strobia Creative commits to our business initiative
We are thrilled to announce that Strobia Creative has committed to giving back to its community by signing up to our new business partnership initiative. Strobia Creative will be donating 5% of all its sales via Work for Good to us. Louis Edoo, who started and runs Strobia Creative in Sway in the New Forest, said: “I recently... 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
Unpaid carers survey (Dementia)
Are you an unpaid carer, helping someone with Dementia? We want to hear from you! We have been commissioned to carry out a survey to find out all about the challenges you face and ways in which the community can help. If you or someone you know could help us by completing this survey, it... Read More
We’re calling for drivers during Volunteers’ Week
We’re asking drivers with their own cars who can spare 30 minutes to an hour each week to sign up during Volunteers Week (June 1 – 7) to transport lonely and isolated people in Southampton. We are looking for helpers to convey isolated and often lonely individuals to a weekly intergenerational CommuniTea event at Weston Adventure... Read More