We Urgently Need More Telephone Volunteers – Would Suit People on Furlough
We are urgently calling for more volunteers to help support the city’s vulnerable as demand for our services increase. We are looking for help with our ‘Hello Southampton’ telephone service and people on furlough can participate as volunteering will not impact on their payments. The charity’s Manager, Annie Clewlow says: “We launched our telephone support... Read More
Communiteers Help Southampton’s Vulnerable Get COVID-19 Vaccinations
Our wonderful volunteers recently donated their time to help vulnerable members of the community get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The individuals from our Communiteer programme provided support to people in waiting areas and getting them to and from their cars during immunisation sessions across six centres. Annie Clewlow, Communicare Manager, explained: “We are so proud that... Read More
We Need Businesses to Volunteer Staff for ‘Hello Southampton’ in 2021
We are hoping businesses will allow staff to volunteer for our ‘Hello Southampton’ telephone service to help support the city’s vulnerable this year. Communicare recently unveiled its new support service run with Social Care in Action (SCiA) and Southampton University offering regular scheduled phone calls to isolated or vulnerable people. The charity’s Manager, Annie Clewlow... Read More
Get Happy, Healthy and Boost Your CV by Becoming a Communiteer in 2021
We are urging anyone who made New Year’s Resolutions to get happier, healthier and give their career a boost to get in touch. Taking time out to help others as part of our Communiteer programme can help individuals live longer, stay fit and enable them to cope better with illness. Annie Clewlow, Communicare Manager explained:... Read More
Newly launched ‘Hello Southampton’ needs volunteers for check-in calls to vulnerable
We still urgently need to recruit more volunteers for our new telephone service with Social Care in Action (SCiA) and Southampton University to help support the city’s vulnerable. The service offers regular scheduled phone calls up to five times a week to isolated or vulnerable people. Manager, Annie Clewlow says: “Back in May, we piloted... Read More
Are You Kind Hearted? Then Join Our Team Supporting Vulnerable People With Regular Check-in Phone Calls
We’re looking for kind-hearted people to volunteer as part of our ‘Hello Southampton’ team supporting vulnerable people with regular check-in phone calls. Could you regularly give one hour a week, between 9am and 1pm Monday-Friday? In this time you could help up to five people feel less lonely, and reassure them that someone is looking... Read More
Our Volunteer Lindsey Is On BBC Radio Solent!
Delighted to hear former Olympian and volunteer Lindsey Fraser chat about her telephone befriending experiences on BBC Radio Solent last Friday. You can listen to the feature here (forward to 22.35).
We Urgently Need Volunteer Drivers – Can You Help?
We’ve launched an appeal for volunteer drivers to come forward to take vulnerable people to urgent medical appointments. Our service users are unable to attend their appointments unaided, but it’s essential for their health that they do, so we’d love to hear from people with cars to get in touch. Kate Laver, Events & Communicare... Read More
Could You Be A Befriender? Your City Needs You!
Could you be a telephone befriender? We desperately need more volunteer telephone befrienders to help our isolated service users. As people ‘return to normal’ with work and social commitments, understandably, many can’t commit to making phone calls. Manager, Annie Clewlow says: “We are currently in touch with more than 600 of the city’s residents and... Read More
We Need Volunteer Drivers To Get People To Urgent Medical Appointments
We’d love to hear from drivers with their own cars to volunteer to transport our service users to urgent medical appointments throughout the summer and beyond. Communicare needs help with the collection and return of isolated and often lonely residents to their homes when they have GP appointments and hospital outpatient clinics to attend. Hannah... Read More