The Downland Community needs You!
Help required taking residents to their medical appointments
You may have heard of the Downland Volunteer Group (DVG) or even used our service. We are a registered charity set up in 1986 to help residents in the Downland villages attend their medical appointments at surgeries, hospitals, dentists etc in the surrounding area. The residents we support are mainly the older members of our community, but we are here for anyone unable to drive or get transport to their appointments. In the period April 2023 to March 2024, we made nearly 1,000 such trips. We are one of a number of volunteer groups around the country assisting the NHS and the local community especially where public transport is limited
Car Drivers
Could you spare a few hours each month? The demand for driving residents in our area to their medical appointments is increasing as the NHS tries to clear the backlog of appointments. We need volunteer drivers, using their own cars to take patients to the surgeries, dentists or hospitals in our area. As a volunteer driver you can claim 50p per mile, tax free, whilst transporting a patient.
Office Volunteers
Could you spare two hours a couple of times a month? We need volunteers in our office in the Compton surgery which is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 11.30am. If you are happy dealing with telephone requests for transport to medical appointments, we would love to hear from you.
Volunteer work is rewarding for both the volunteer and those we help. If you can spare some time and want to help others, do please contact us.
Email dvg.office@btinternet.com
Phone 01635 578 394
We look forward to hearing from you.
Charity No. 1112181 www.downlandvolgroup.org