Support good causes

Within the city there are some inspirational projects being delivered. You only have to pass St James park to see what can be achieved with some funding and a whole lot of community involvement. There are many national charities doing exciting work locally as well as local voluntary organisations delivering life changing services. Often they don’t need a huge commitment; it could be support for a one off project or a modest contribution of time and skills once a month.

Types of volunteering we can offer

1. Helping at your local community centre

Centre	Email	How you can help
Bitterne Manor	communities@southampton.gov.uk	There are many things you can do to help and you can give as little or as much time as you like; an hour a day, a week, a month, or even once a year at a community event. To give you some ideas here are some things you could help with; helping with hiring, promotion, cleaning, committee meetings, maintenance, fundraising, events, taking and sending out meeting notes, looking after the money, general running of the centre, encouraging new users and new committee members. There are so many ways you can help, just ask for more information with no obligation.
Coxford
Freemantle
Harefield
Lordshill
Lordswood
Merryoak
Moorlands
Northam
Regents Park
Sholing
St Denys
Swaythling
Townhill Park
Woolston

2. Environmental clean up and conservation days

Group	Email	Area	What they do
Common Sense	Mail@southamptoncommon.org	The Common	Conservation
Friends of Monks Brook	Briantice@tiscali.co.uk	Swaythling	Conservation and clean ups
Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery	fosoc1846@googlemail.com	The Common	Conservation
Friends of Weston Shore	adz143@yahoo.co.uk	Weston	Clean up days
Lordswood Pickers	Via their website	Lordswood	Clean up days
Outer Avenue Residents Association	Via their website	Off The Avenue	Clean up days and planting
Sholing Valleys	sholingvalleys@btinternet.com	Sholing	Conservation
Street cleaning	sparkling@southampton.gov.uk	City Wide	Clean up

3. Local community and voluntary groups who need volunteers

There are hundreds of community groups across the city which would love you to volunteer with them to make a difference to where you live and below is a selection great local projects that need your help. These all offer opportunities to build up you CV, make new friends and improve your area.

Organisation	What opportunities
Age Concern	Variety - admin to befrienders to IT tutors
Business in the Community	Advice on how businesses can get involved in the community
City Reach	Being part of the committee for City Reach Youth Project
Southampton Community centres	Variety of ways to help run local community facilities
DebRA	Starting a new shop in Woolston and fundraising
Friends of Ropewalk Garden	Maintaining a community garden
Groundwork Solent	Environmental, conservation, growing food
Hampshire Search and Rescue	Search and rescue operatives for missing people
New Dawn Child Contact Centre	Working with separated families
Friends of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit	Fundraising for life saving equipment
Scrapstore	Shop and admin and workshops
Sheltered Housing	Older people's sheltered housing clubs
Sholing Valleys	Environmental, conservation
Social Care in Action Group	Social activities for older people
Solent University	Advice on how students can help community groups
Southampton Libraries	Housebound borrowing service, support for staff in Millbrook library
The Big Issue Southampton	Admin to training to promotion
The Environment Centre	Community Energy Champions
The Girl Guides	Leaders and adult helpers for Girl Guide groups
The Scouts	Leaders and adult helpers for Scout troops
The Well Community Project	Community initiatives in the Inner Avenue area
Transition Southampton/Eastleigh	Environmental

Contact information

Contact details for this page are:

communities@southampton.gov.uk
023 8083 3445
3rd Floor, One Guildhall Square, Southampton, SO14 7FP

For any other council related enquiries please contact:

enquiries@southampton.gov.uk
023 8083 3000
General Enquiries Civic Centre, SO14 7LY