Volunteer Driver (Travel Service)

Sacro; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community service organization in Edinburgh is looking for Volunteer Drivers to support families visiting prisoners. Responsibilities include providing free transportation while ensuring confidentiality and a respectful environment. Ideal candidates should have their own vehicle and a clean UK Driver’s License. This role bridges important family connections and helps empower individuals in challenging circumstances. Volunteers will receive comprehensive training and are expected to commit for at least a year.

Benefits

Comprehensive training

Community contribution

Skill development

Qualifications

• Must have a full, clean UK Driver’s License.
• Access to a vehicle with current MOT and insurance.
• Willingness to commit to at least one journey each month.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating family visits for prisoners by providing transport.
• Maintaining confidentiality and being non-judgmental.
• Engaging with community members in a positive manner.

Skills

Friendly demeanor

Organizational skills

Punctuality

Respect for confidentiality

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Reference: NOV20257341

Expiry date: 22:59, Tue, 31st Mar 2026

Location: Edinburgh and the Lothians

Salary: Voluntary

Benefits: The opportunity for skills and knowledge to be put into practice while giving back to the local community

Do you want to make a positive difference to the lives of those in your community?

Do you enjoy driving?

Do you have a full UK Driver’s Licence?

Do you have access to your own vehicle?

Are you able to commit to at least one journey each month?

Sacro’s mission is to deliver life‑changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities.

The aim of the Sacro Edinburgh Travel Service is to facilitate the visiting of prisoners by their families and friends so that relationships can be maintained during a sentence.

Sacro’s Travel Service provides a regular transport service to many of Scotland’s prisons and the State Hospital at Carstairs.

The service is part of Sacro’s Throughcare Service, enabling people in prison to maintain important contact with their families and friends which research has shown helps to reduce reoffending.

We pick up our registered passengers from their home address and take them to their arranged visit before returning them home again completely free of charge.

Drivers should be friendly, non‑judgemental and respectful of confidentiality, assertive, punctual and organised. It is desirable for our volunteers to have experience of driving in the central belt, but this is not essential.

Applicants must have their own car, full, clean driving licence and insurance. Vehicles must have a current MOT and be regularly serviced. Additionally, membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) would be required.

If you are interested in volunteering with us, we would ask you to be able to commit to volunteering for at least a year and be regularly available.

Volunteering with Sacro provides the opportunity for skills and knowledge to be put into practice while giving back to the local community. All volunteers will receive comprehensive Sacro training.

We welcome applications from individuals who share Sacro’s aims and values and want to engage with those we support to help them move on to a more secure, settled and fulfilling life and value diversity from all sections of the community.