Volunteer Driver

2 weeks ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom Age UK Plymouth Full time

We are searching for passionate and caring volunteer drivers to join our Day Centre team at The William and Patricia Venton Centre, Mount Gould. Volunteering can make a difference to you, a huge difference to our clients and Age UK Plymouth

**The Role**

We are looking for volunteer drivers. Our aim is to tackle loneliness and isolation in the City of Plymouth. We arrange door to door transport for people who have difficulty accessing other forms of public transport and we want to encourage more of our older community to access our facilities, and those in their local areas. In the role, you will collect clients and drop them to one of our Day Centre, then return them home in the afternoon. You will interact with them and assist them getting in and out of the vehicle. Attending these social sessions can be a much-needed lifeline and the first step in helping people integrate back into a social setting.

The number of hours required is flexible and mileage will be paid to all volunteers.

Drivers will require a clean driving licence, MOT (where applicable), insurance and tax.

Are you passionate about supporting your local community? Can you add a bit of sparkle to someone’s day? If the answer is yes then we would love to hear from you. To be successful in this role you need you to have a caring nature, be a good listener, reliable (particularly important for our clients with dementia), excellent timekeeping, and enjoy being part of a team.

**What will you get out of it?**

You will make a positive difference to our clients
You will be a valued member of the team and be invited to our Volunteer Celebration event in June

You will develop and learn new skills
You will make new friendships
You will be part of Age UK Plymouth’s Volunteer team
You will get specific volunteer role training
You can claim your travelling expenses to and from your volunteering sessions
You will get free refreshments during your volunteering sessions

**When**

Monday - Friday, mornings/afternoons

**Responsible To**

Day Centre Managers

**Additional Information**

We provide full training which includes; safeguarding, dementia awareness training and digital training.

Please note that a DBS Certificate and suitable references are a requirement of this role but we will guide you through these processes.

**Job Type**: Volunteer

**Benefits**:

- Free or subsidised travel

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Volunteer Driver


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