THE King Island Community Car is on the lookout for new drivers to help spread the volunteer load across their existing driver pool.
They need volunteers looking to contribute to the wellbeing of their fellow King Islanders.
They encourage Island residents looking to contribute to their community positively in 2024 to tick up their sense of purpose a touch in the new year and reach out to volunteer.
This meaningful role can be scheduled into existing activities and could be as simple as a day or two a month.
If you have a driver’s licence, enjoy the company of others and can manage confidentiality please get in touch with Shirley on 0484 108 882.
With over 1,000 trips a year, currently spread over eight drivers, the King Island Community Car is probably the island’s busiest multi-used vehicle.
No matter where you live, quality of life is closely tied to our ability to access health, transport, shopping and even social connections and wellbeing. Without a means to access these options our community can feel like it’s shrinking.
The King Island Community Car is operated by volunteer drivers and relies on donations and contributions from clients to help cover all the operational costs. These contributions also go towards the vehicle replacement costs.
On weekdays the car can be accessed for medical, shopping, social and airport transfers.
On the weekends and public holidays, the car just does medical and airport transfers.
In the event of multiple same day and time bookings, priority will be given to medical and airport trips.
Important considerations that assist with the smooth running of the car are;
Pre-booking trips with a minimum of three days’ notice is essential to enable the scheduling of the vehicle and volunteer drivers. Likewise, please inform of cancellations as soon as you are aware.
The Community Car is not a booze bus so please don’t treat it as such
Clients can share the car if going to same or connected destinations and split their donation.
Clients are currently requested to provide their donation in cash, though the car is hoping to be equipped with a device for electronic funds transfer in the near future.
King Island Council supports the services of the Community Car by contributing towards fuel and registration costs.
For more information, please contact us on 0484 108 882, for Bookings call 0457 347 965