Our Services

We help older people reach:

• - Hospital and other medical appointments, dentists, opticians
• - Social and exercise clubs
• - A loved-one in hospital, nursing or residential home
• - Shopping, taking you there

Our drivers will always arrange to take you home afterwards

Donations are crucial in keeping the charity funded. We ask all clients for a donation, and this is agreed between you and the coordinator taking your call and will be appropriate to the length of your journey. Your donation reimburses vehicle costs incurred by our volunteers and contributes towards the cost of our coordinators available five days a week responding to driving requests and arranging for volunteer drivers.

Simply phone our Helpline on 01256 423855, open Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm with an answer-phone service outside of these hours and tell us about the journey you need to make. We will then try to match your request to a volunteer car driver who is available. We take requests for longer journeys.

If you are a new client, please call our help-line and register. We need at least 48 hours’ notice to enable us to find a suitable volunteer. We mainly cover people living in Basingstoke, Old Basing, Sherfield-on-Loddon and Tadley.

Our coordinators will discuss sympathetically all the help you need. Our drivers can easily take a foldable walker and in some cases a foldable wheelchair. Clients must be able to get in and out of a volunteer’s car themselves as our volunteers are not trained to assist with this.

We help to combat loneliness in those who are housebound and living on their own. We match people up with our volunteer Befrienders, who then provide a regular weekly visit for a chat over a cuppa.

Please contact me, Sarah, for more information about our Befriending Service. Contact Sarah on 01256 423867 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Our weekly community cafes and social groups provide a nice, warm, friendly and relaxed place for older people to get together over a cuppa and a slice of cake.
- Church Cottage Café - every Tuesday 10:15am to 12:15pm at Church Cottage, St Michael's Church, RG21 7QW (Basingstoke Town Centre - just behind M&S) and join a Group for a gentle stroll
- Brighton Hill Cafe - Every Wednesday 10:15am to 12:15pm at Hill Rise Hall, Bach Close, RG22 4JZ (off Gershwin Road, opposite the playing fields) join in Kurling, Bingo or a quiz
- Tadley Community Social Group - Every Thursday 1:45pm to 3:45pm at Bishopswood Court, Hangar Road, RG26 4YD

No need to book in advance, just turn up when it suits you if passing

Need a few jobs doing around the home? 

Do you need help keeping your garden tidy? Our friendly, reliable and affordable gardening service is for the over 60's or/and people living with a disability in Basingstoke. Please note that the services provided are maintenance tasks such as weeding, lawn cutting, pruning etc.

To find out more please call 01256 423857 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.