Newbury Volunteer Driver and Car Scheme
Monday – Friday 10am-1pm 01635 49004
Broadway House, 4 – 8 The Broadway, Newbury
Berkshire, RG14 1BA
What is the Newbury Volunteer Driver and Car Scheme?
The Newbury Volunteer Driver and Car Scheme provide transportation for people who find it difficult to use public transport. This may be because you are elderly, but we also provide a service to permanently or temporarily disabled people and to children and families.
We offer the service for regular journeys – going to clubs or out-patient treatment, for example – and also for one-off visits such as to the doctor’s surgery or shops.
How much does it cost?
We request that passengers pay a mileage-related contribution towards the journey cost. The drivers do not receive any payment for their time which is donated voluntarily. Journey contributions will be discussed at the time of your booking.
How much notice do I need to give?
We ask you to give at least 3 – 4 days notice prior to a journey, to allow us to find a driver who has the necessary time available. In the case of long-distance journeys we prefer at least a week’s notice. It is never too early to book a journey with us, the more time we have the easier it is for us to find a volunteer driver.
In exceptional circumstances we may be able to find a driver at shorter notice, but we cannot guarantee this.
And how do I use the service?
If you live outside of Newbury there are other schemes supporting your area.
1 – Lambourn Valley Volunteer Group
Contact: Jane McCarthy, Gordon House, High Street, Lambourn, RG17 8XL
Tel: (01488) 71536
Open: Monday and Thursday 10am – 12noon
Areas Covered: Lambourn, Eastbury, Great Shefford, East Garston, Shefford Woodlands, Woodlands St. Mary & vicinity
2 – CHAIN
Contact: Jeanette Kersy, Unit 9, Kennet House,19 High Street, Hungerford RG17 0NL
Tel: (01488) 683727
Website: http://www.hungerford.org.uk/chain/
Open: Monday to Friday 9am – 11am
Areas Covered: Hungerford Surgery Area and distric
3 – Kintbury Volunteer Centre
Contact: 2 Thatchers Yard, Church Street, Kintbury RG17 9TR
Tel: (01488) 657119
Open: Monday to Friday 9am – 11am
Areas Covered: Kintbury, West Woodhay, Inkpen, Stockcross and Wickham
4 – Volunteer Centre West Berkshire (Newbury Community Car Scheme)
Contact: Garry Poulson, Broadway House,
4 – 8 The Broadway, Newbury Berkshire, RG14 1BA
Tel: (01635) 49004
Email: car@vcwb.org.uk
Website: https://www.volunteerwestberks.org.uk/our-services/volunteer-car-scheme/
Open: Monday to Friday 10am – 1pm
Areas Covered: Newbury, Shaw, Speen, Donnington, Greenham
5 – Newbury & District Cancer Care Trust (Transport for cancer patients only)
Contact: Newbury Cancer Care, Rosemary Centre, West Berkshire Community, Thatcham RG18 3AS
Tel: 07717 783811 (this number for transport only)
Open: Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm
Areas Covered: Newbury and District
6 – Thatcham Volunteer Bureau
Contact: Marigold Jacques, Flat 20 Gilbert Court, Bath Road, Thatcham RG18 3AG
Tel: (01635) 862306
Open: Monday to Friday 10am – Noon
Areas Covered: Thatcham and District, Cold Ash, Cookham and vicinity
7 – Downland Volunteer Group
Contact: The Surgery, High Street, Compton, Newbury RG20 6NJ
Tel: (01635) 578394
Open: Monday to Friday 9.30am – 11.30am
Areas Covered: Aldworth, Ashampstead, Beedon, Boxford, Brightwalton, Chaddleworth, Chieveley, Compton, Curridge, East Ilsley, Fawley, Farnborough, Frilsham, Hampstead Norreys, Hermitage, Leckhampstead, Peasemore
8 – Chapel Row Community Service Group
Contact: Georgina Cardy, Chapel Row
Tel: (01189) 713334
Open: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 9.30am – 11.30am
Areas Covered: Bucklebury, Woolhampton, Midgham, Lower Padworth, Brimpton and Beenham
9 – Standby Volunteer Group
Contact: Jeremy Caddy, Theale Medical Centre, Englefield Road, Theale, RG7 5AS
Tel: (01189) 744126
Email: jrcaddy44@gmail.com
Open: Monday and Wednesday 10am – 12noon
Areas Covered: Bradfield, Theale, Stanford Dingley, Englefield and Calcot
10 – Pangbourne & District Volunteer Centre
Contact: Jane Rowberry, The Village Hall, Station Road, Pangbourne RG8 7DY
Tel: (01189) 844586
Open: Monday to Friday 9.30am – 11am
Areas Covered: Pangbourne, Basildon, Ashampstead, Tidmarsh & Sulham, Whitchurch & Whitchurch Hill, Purley and Tilehurst (Denefield Ward only)
11 – Burghfield & Mortimer Volunteer Bureau
Contact: Gilbert Bedford, c/o The Post Office, Recreation Rd, Burghfield Common, Reading RG7 3EN
Tel: (01189) 831814
Email: bureauvolunteer@gmail.com
Website: https://burghfieldandmortimervolunteerbureau.org/
Open: Monday to Friday 9.30am – 11.30am
Areas Covered: Burghfield and Mortimer, Sulhamstead, Ufton, Silchester and surrounding area
12 – Carebus Transport Group
Contact – bookings@carebus.org
Tel: 0118 930 4837 or 0787 135 0010
Open – 24/7 – messages can be left via email or phoning mobile number
Areas covered: Aldworth; Ashampstead; Basildon; Beenham; Bradfield; Bucklebury; Calcot; Chapel Row; Englefield; Fords Farm; Holybrook; Pangbourne; Purley; Stanford Dingley;
Streatley; Sulham; Theale; Tidmarsh; Tilehurst; Tutts Clump; Woolhampton; Yattendon
We can provide 2 wheelchair accessible cars and a number of private cars all driven by volunteer