Link is a charitable organisation run by volunteers and is part of a countywide Good Neighbours scheme that helps residents get to medical appointments when they have no other way of getting there. We operate in Melksham and the surrounding areas to help those who need it the most.
Can Link help you?
If you have a medical appointment, one of our Link volunteer drivers will come and pick you up from home at an appropriate time to get you to your appointment; we will then wait and return you back home. Unfortunately, our volunteer drivers are unable to assist wheelchair users unless a carer accompanies the client. The carer must be able to lift the wheelchair in and out of the car. Not all of our drivers’ cars can accommodate a wheelchair so we have very limited availability. Wheelchair users going to a NHS hospital may be eligible for hospital transport, please check on the NHS website for details.
Volunteering Opportunities- Drivers and Co-Ordinators with Melksham & District Link Scheme
Drivers use their own cars to take people to medical appointments, wait and then take them home.
- Expenses paid.
- Volunteers choose which days and times they offer
- Usually one or two days a week
Coordinators take phone calls from clients and then match them up with a suitable driver.
- Work from home with a laptop and phone provided.
- Minimum 3 consecutive days per month.
Contact Melksham Link for an informal chat on 07979 129 052 or email melkshamlink@gmail.com.
For more information, see their website here.
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