Enjoy a singsong! Volunteer at Hertsmere Mencap & join our Mini Bus Drivers rota

Hertsmere Mencap supports over 200 learning disabled members of all ages, their families and their carers and is run by a small team of part-time staff and many volunteers.

We run daily activities, an evening social club, a youth club, a weekly Drop-in and a children’s holiday club

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We run a minibus, mainly used to take members to social clubs in Borehamwood (Tuesday) and St Albans (Thursday). You will join a rota of volunteer escorts so that you may only be asked to volunteer once every few weeks.

Hours:                      Average of 3 - 5 hours/month in the evening and occasionally in the daytime

Background:         You will be required to have a DBS check to work with vulnerable children and/or adults. You will have a clean driving license. If your licence was issued before 1997, it should allow you to drive D1 vehicles (up to 16-seater minibus as per our one). If issued in 1997 or later, you may need to take a driving test to cover you to drive a D1 vehicle.

Key Tasks

Collect members from their homes (in Borehamwood) and drive the minibus to their club in Borehamwood, St Albans

Club times

Magpie (St Albans) 7.30-9.30pm every other Thursday

Jubilee (Borehamwood) 7.00-9pm every Tuesday

Collect members from club and drive back to drop them off at their homes

Assist, where necessary, to help people on and off the minibus

Assist, where necessary, to take members to their front door or at least ensure they are safe when going to their front door

Ensure the members interests are at the heart of everything we do.

Ensure members can trust, feel safe and have confidence in the support we provide

Personal Attributes

The ability to create friendly, relaxed and constructive relationships with people with a learning disability – be a good communicator and be ready to take part in – or start – a singalong!