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
NEW Travel Buddies Project
We are partnering with SCiA to offer transport to some local events and also to run one-off outings for service users as part of our Travel Buddy Project. The idea is to help reduce isolation by using community transport such as SCiA’s fleet of accessible minibuses. We hope that using the SCiA buses to get to... Read More
Become an ‘activity buddy’
Do you have some spare time? Could you sign up to become ‘activity buddy’ for the lonely and isolated we support, to help them become more physically active? As part of our recruitment drive for volunteers, we’re looking for people who can spare some time to act as a buddy to the individuals we support... 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
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
Intergenerational friendship tea party is huge success
We recently joined forces with a school and church in the city, hosting an intergenerational tea party. Attendees young and old got together to socialise over tea and cakes. Our event was hosted with Hope School & the New Community Church. Annie Clewlow, Manager at Communicare, says: “Our friendship tea party was a huge success... Read More
Paying tribute to our longest serving volunteer who has passed away
We are paying tribute to our longest serving volunteer who has recently passed away. Wes Philp, aged 82, who died on March 6, joined us within weeks of our formation in 1991 and was a stalwart supporter. Annie Clewlow, Manager, says: “We were so very sad to hear that our longest serving volunteer, Wes, has... Read More
Plant Sale raises £380!
Thank you so much to everyone that donated and/or helped at our plant sale last weekend. We raised a fantastic £380! It was fab to see so many friendly faces, have a good catch up and share in plant expertise – as a gardening beginner, our Finance & Fundraising Coordinator, Emily went away with lots... Read More
Scott’s volunteering boosted his mental health
Scott Murkin from Southampton is urging other people in the city to volunteer for us after he said doing so helped his mental health. The 29-year-old, who studied at Southampton Solent University and now works for Quilter, has volunteered with us for four years, starting as a befriender and at Covid vaccine clinics during the pandemic.... Read More