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Easilink Volunteer Car Drivers provide over 25% of the total rural Dial a Lift trips. Our volunteers are committed and caring and are critical to the success of our organisation.

Volunteering with Easilink

Easilink Community Transport value and appreciate the contribution our volunteers make to our organisation. They bring local knowledge, expertise, commitment and care to our services.

Volunteers benefit easilink in the following ways:

Our organisation through increased capacity.

Our members through additional service delivery.

Themselves through training, enhancing their skills and experience and valuing their own contribution.

King’s Award for Voluntary Service Nominee

Towards the middle of 2023 we were delighted to be informed that our organisation had been nominated for this prestigious award.

About The Kings Award for Voluntary Service

Every day, millions of people across the UK are making a difference by volunteering. Each year, outstanding examples of this work are celebrated through the King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS).

Created in 2002 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee and previously known as The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS), the Award has been shining a light on the fantastic work of voluntary groups from all across the UK for many years. Equivalent to an MBE, KAVS is the highest Award given to local voluntary groups in the UK, and they are awarded for life.

Easilink Volunteer Car Drivers provide over 25% of the total rural Dial a Lift trips. Our volunteers are committed and caring and are critical to the success of our organisation.

We are extremely lucky to have a pool of 38 dedicated fully trained volunteers who make up our ‘Social Car Scheme’. You will see from the figures below that Easilink’s volunteers play a crucial role in the delivery of services across our 3 operational areas. During this financial year, volunteers provided a total of 12,424 Passenger Trips. This represents a year-on-year increase of 17% from last year’s figure of 10,602 Passenger Trips. The trips that our volunteers make, equates to 40% of all the passenger trips which we deliverand plays a hugely significant role in the day to day running of our organisation

"Easilink recognise Volunteers play a key role in all aspects of our organisation with a distinctive but complementary role alongside paid staff."

"Easilink is committed to offering fair and equal volunteer oppurtunities encouraging diversity in all aspects of our volunteer roles."

Mona has volunteered with us for 20 years. She was a shop owner who gave up due to health reasons and missed the daily contact with people. She likes being able to help people and is especially attentive at hospital appointments showing clients where to go. Mona also volunteers for the British Red Cross. She enjoys going on outings.

Easilink Volunteer for 14 years. Paddy’s reason for becoming a volunteer with Easilink - "I love driving, and I get great satisfaction from helping my local community”. Hobbies include watching movies, doing quizzes, GAA, gardening and DIY.

Easilink Volunteer for 8 months. Gerard’s reason for becoming a volunteer with Easilink - "When I was working I spent my time sitting at a desk in an office, once I retired I wanted to do something that involved interacting with people and helping my local community and I love driving”. Hobbies include GAA.

Let us know if you want to volunteer.

volunteer

Volunteering with Easilink

Volunteers benefit easilink in the following ways:

Our organisation through increased capacity.

King’s Award for Voluntary Service Nominee

"Easilink recognise Volunteers play a key role in all aspects of our organisation with a distinctive but complementary role alongside paid staff."

"Easilink is committed to offering fair and equal volunteer oppurtunities encouraging diversity in all aspects of our volunteer roles."

Volunteer enquiry

Let us know if you want to volunteer.

Foyle & Strabane Office

028 7188 3282

Omagh Office

028 8224 8140