Driver (New Version) (Eastbourne)

Blind Veterans; Eastbourne; On-site; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training and support

Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses

Helping veterans re-engage with their communities

Job summary

Blind Veterans is seeking volunteer drivers in Eastbourne to help our veterans get to essential locations. Volunteers will need to arrange pick-ups, provide journey details, and assist veterans during transportation.

This role offers flexible hours and comes with full training and support. You should have a full, clean driving license, your own vehicle, and be over 21 years old with at least 2 years of driving experience.

Your contribution will help veterans engage with their communities and feel supported.

Qualifications

• Over 21 years of age and held a driving license for 2+ years.
• Must have your own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Transport veterans to various locations.
• Provide passengers with full details of journey and assist them.

Skills

Happy to work individually

Full, clean driving license

Own car

Friendly & welcoming

Patient

Good at using initiative

Job description

Volunteer drivers are essential in helping our veterans get from A to B. Whether it's collecting them from their homes to bring them to our centres, driving them to appointments, or getting them out for a day trip, our transport team enable our veterans to do the things they need to do.

This role is ideal for someone who likes driving and getting out and about, and can make our veterans feel at ease along the journey. It’s simple: arrange pick up, let the veteran know the journey details, take them to the destination, and help them enter and exit the vehicle. Job done!

Although you will be working independently, your manager is just at the other end of the phone and there is a network of other volunteers for you to link in with too. Volunteers must be over the age of 21 and have held their license for 2+ years.

You will need to have your own car, but we will cover all reasonable expenses.

The role can be flexible around your other commitments, but we ask that you are reliable and punctual for our veterans. You will be fully trained and supported so you feel comfortable and confident in your volunteering.

What you will be doing

• Transport veterans to various locations
• Provide passengers with full details of journey e.g. pick up and arrival times, guide veterans who don't have an escort

The skills you need

• Happy to work individually
• Full, clean driving license
• Own car
• Friendly & welcoming
• Patient
• Good at using initiative

What's in it for you

• Full training and support
• Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
• Helping our veterans re‑engage with their communities

Disclaimer

For this role you will be responsible for ensuring the vehicle is clean and road‑worthy, and maintain accurate maintenance and mileage records. Our values underpin the way our staff and volunteers work and interact with each other, and how we deliver services to blind veterans. Built around the central statement "We work together as One Team", we ask all to uphold our values: caring is at the heart of everything we do, we enable and trust each other, we foster a pioneering spirit and we celebrate success!