Kettering Volunteer Car Scheme

For the past 14 years, Pauline Gorringe has been running the Kettering Volunteer Car Scheme, which services the entire Kettering borough area. Identifying what she thought was a lack of reliable public transport, Pauline provides a service for clients attending medical appointments both locally and nationwide, including Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General.

Many people are often unable to use public transport to attend  medical appointments because of problems with access, inflexible timetables or that the buses stop a considerable distance away from the specific centre of the hospital they need to be at. With 22 drivers and a current membership of around 1500, the Car Scheme provides a friendly, efficient and dependable service.

“ Our clients find the personal touch the Car Scheme offers to be both very welcome and necessary to get to where they want be”, says Pauline. “ Our volunteers are motivated by the desire to give something back the community through the scheme, as well as meeting new people”.

For enquiries, please telephone 01536 412209