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
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
Staffing updates
We are sorry to let you know that David Pritchard has now left us as both a member of the staff team and volunteer. We want to take this opportunity to thank him for his contributions to the organisation over the last four and a half years and wish him well as he takes up... Read More
Praising the service of our volunteer who has passed away
We’re paying tribute to one of our volunteers who has recently passed away. Stephen Webb, aged 66, joined our team between 2009 and 2019 and was a dedicated volunteer and driver for us. Valued volunteer Annie Clewlow, our Manager, says: “We were very sad to hear of the passing of our volunteer, Stephen. Although it is... 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
A message of thanks to our volunteers…
Recently, service user Derek sadly passed away. His son, Jason wrote to us and the message was so lovely, we wanted to share it… “Thanking all the volunteers for being there everyday for my dad Derek. Such wonderful people. I had the pleasure in meeting one, who was very kind”.