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
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
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
We’re supporting a call for an increase in the HMRC Mileage Rate
We’re backing calls for the Government to increase the HMRC Mileage Rate. The price of petrol and diesel is going up and up, but, at the moment, we can only reimburse our volunteers 45p a mile when they use their vehicles to transport our service users, as the Mileage Allowance Payment is currently 45p. If we... Read More
Call for volunteers in bid to help support NHS this winter
We are urging people to volunteer in their community to help support the NHS by keeping some of the city’s most vulnerable at home – freeing up hospital beds (January 2022). We are aiming to boost our numbers of volunteers who help our service users with shopping, running errands, simple tasks around the home, doorstep... Read More
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
Heart Warming Story of a Beautiful Friendship Formed Through Volunteering
Here is a heart warming story about the wonderful befriending relationship our volunteer Larry formed with our service user Don, who sadly recently passed away. Larry fondly recounts: About 3 ½ years ago I visited Don on behalf of Communicare in Southampton to assess him for us to supply him with a visiting friend. This process usually... Read More
Leila Supports Elderly And Vulnerable In Her Community By Becoming A Communiteer
Leila Andrews from Southampton answered our recent plea to help elderly and vulnerable service users and has joined our army of volunteers supporting the lonely and isolated in her community. The 35-year-old, mum-of-one, started volunteering with Communicare a couple of months ago. She says: “I saw an article and Facebook post about Communicare and attended... Read More
Highfield and Portswood Drop Ins
Do you have a kind heart? Could you regularly spare an hour to help someone and make their day? We have drop in sessions coming up in Highfield and Portswood to find out more about volunteering with us. Come and have a chat with us at one of our drop ins – we’d love to... Read More