About
The Purfleet Trust is a charity that supports people experiencing homelessness in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk. We believe that everyone has the right to live in a decent, suitable and affordable home ...
Van Driver / Support
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Summary
Driving the Purfleet Trust van means helping to collect food, furniture and donations and interacting with the community across West Norfolk.Detailed description
This role involves you supporting us by collecting food for our meals at the Health & Wellbeing Centre and stock for the Purfleet Pantry, or by collecting furniture for the Pantry and our House2Home project. You will be representing the Trust on these collections and you will be interacting with businesses and the public on our behalf!
Requirements:
• Standard driving license
• Able to do physical tasks such as lifting and loading/unloading the van
• Aged 25+ for insurance purposes
Do you have a specific day/hours that you can do? We can do with your help - contact us today!
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costs🤝 Extra supportAbout The Purfleet Trust
From our Health and Wellbeing Centre at Austin Fields, people experiencing homelessness can access wellbeing services, housing advice, skills workshops and more. The Centre is also home to our clinical practice with regular visits from a nurse and a Podiatrist, as well as a hairdresser for our clients to use.
We have supported living Training Houses across King's Lynn that manage to help our clients learn how to be a valued member of the community and maintain sustainable independent tenancies.
The Purfleet Pantry social supermarket on Southgates Roundabout is a shop offering affordable food, essentials and furniture to the wider public in South Lynn and beyond to help tackle the Cost of Living Crisis in our area. This also acts as a signposting service for our other services such as housing support and benefits advice.