Volunteer Driver Service Solihull Borough

01/10/2026

Has VDS CIC journey mileage, in the first six months of this financial year, made it more than halfway to the moon?
Yes, yes we have :0)

2026/27 financial half-year figures

Unique (active) Volunteer Drivers: 190
Unique Patients/Clients: 1,203

Journeys
EMED: 308
CORE (paying clients): 3,932
Commissioned (paying service provider): 61
VDS FED and Winter Warmers: 42
Electric blanket testing: 3
Total Journeys: 4,346

Mileage
EMED: 13,812
CORE (paying clients): 106,147
Commissioned (paying service provider): 1,113
VDS FED and Winter Warmers: 277
Electric blanket testing: 187
Total Mileage: 121,536

If you think these amazing numbers are worth a few £, and are please able to help us with a donation to keep our incredible service going, you can donate here by clicking the image below.
Thank you so much 🙏

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30/09/2026

**PLEASE SHARE as the more people that know about our incredible service, the more people we can help**

If you live in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull and are struggling to attend essential hospital appointments, other medical appointments (e.g. GP, dentist, optician), visits to loved ones in care homes or hospices, supermarkets, visits to people in hospital, classes that benefit health and wellbeing, we may be able to help.

Please call
0300 3030 125
to book a journey or to find out more

27/09/2026

**VDS CIC is one and a half years old**
18 months and one day ago VDS were closed down, and exactly 18 months ago VDS became a Community Interest Company (a not-for-pofit).

It's been a hard slog taking an incredible service like VDS, that wasn't deemed viable, to something still going and still growing.

What have we done in those 18 months (although we incorporated 27/03/2025 we didn't do our first journey until 06/06/2025).

Unique (active) Volunteer Drivers: 234
Unique Patients/Clients: 2,102

Journeys
EMED: 1,130
CORE (paying clients): 8,720
Commissioned (paying service provider): 112
VDS FED and Winter Warmers: 184
Electric blanket testing: 29
Total Journeys: 10,175

Mileage
EMED: 48,454
CORE (paying clients): 244,952
Commissioned (paying service provider): 1,872
VDS FED and Winter Warmers: 1,396
Electric blanket testing: 1,588
Total Mileage: 298,262

If you’d like to help us keep providing journeys for many years to come, you can donate here:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/keith-davies-346
Thank you so much :0)

**If you aren't able to donate, sharing our post helps loads too**

18/09/2026

**Please help**
VDS CIC have been rather busy over the past 30-days. If you are please able to help us with a few £ donation, to keep our incredible service going, you donate here:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/keith-davies-346/

Thank you so much 🙏

**If you aren't able to donate, sharing our post helps loads too**

08/09/2026

**We need more Johns**
"After 6 years, 500+ journeys and around 7,200 miles, it’s finally time for me to hang up my keys - for now. I’m in my late 50s and have balanced volunteering with a full-time job, and every journey has been worth it.

I met some of the most vulnerable people in our community - people facing challenges, but often with incredible positivity and warmth. Every journey was a pleasure, and simply being there to help someone get where they needed to be was its own reward.

You don't need to give up huge amounts of your time. Even giving a little of your spare time can make a real difference to someone in your community. Your time can help someone attend an appointment, visit a service or simply maintain their independence."

You don't need to be called John, or do six years, or complete over 500 journeys. If you have a car, some spare time, and would like to make a difference in your local community, we'd love to hear from you.
• You receive 55p per mile starting from your door
A flexible way to volunteer and help your community organised around your availability and preferences.

Please email:
[email protected]
to find out more

**If this isn't for you, PLEASE SHARE as it might be perfect for someone you know**

03/09/2026

**PLEASE SHARE, as the more people that know about our incredible service, the more people we can help**

If you live in Solihull Borough or nearby and are struggling to attend essential hospital appointments, other medical appointments (e.g. GP, dentist, optician), visits to loved ones in care homes or hospices, supermarkets, visits to people in hospital, classes that benefit health and wellbeing, we may be able to help.

Please call
0300 3030 125
to book a journey or to find out more

30/08/2026

VDS CIC have been rather busy over the past 30-days. If you are able to help us please with a few £ donation, to keep our incredible service going, you donate here:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/keith-davies-346/

Thank you so much 🙏

**If you aren't able to donate, sharing our post helps loads too**

21/08/2026

**PLEASE SHARE as the more people that know about our incredible service, the more people we can help**

If you live in Solihull Borough or nearby and are struggling to attend essential hospital appointments, other medical appointments (e.g. GP, dentist, optician), visits to loved ones in care homes or hospices, supermarkets, visits to people in hospital, classes that benefit health and wellbeing, we may be able to help.

Please call
0300 3030 125
to book a journey or to find out more

14/08/2026

**We need more Johns**
John is leaving after six years volunteering with VDS. What did John get out of volunteering:

"It has been incredibly rewarding, fitting over 500 journeys around my working week. It has been an absolute pleasure meeting so many wonderful people."

You don't need to be called John, or do six years, or complete over 500 journeys. If you have a car, some spare time, and would like to make a difference in your local community, we'd love to hear from you.
• You receive 55p per mile starting from your door
A flexible way to volunteer and help your community organised around your availability and preferences.

Please email:
[email protected]
to find out more

**If this isn't for you, PLEASE SHARE as it might be perfect for someone you know**