Older Person tea party driver once a month

As a tea party driver, you’ll collect older guests from their homes, accompany them to the monthly tea party and drive them home again afterwards. The tea party will be at a different volunteer host’s home each month and will include older guests, other volunteer drivers and the tea party group coordinator.

Each tea party group usually last for around two hours and take place on a Sunday afternoon.

Tea parties provide a lifeline of friendship for socially isolated or lonely older people. The warm, regular, and friendly companionship provides a vital link with the outside world from which they’ve become isolated.

What skills do I need?

To be legally entitled to drive the vehicle that they’re using

A full driving license

A safe and road worthy vehicle with an up-to-date MOT

Valid motor insurance - and to notify their insurance company that they’re a volunteer driver

To be competent to drive

When do I need to be available?