Who we are

Lymington Care Group is one of more than 100 voluntary groups in Hampshire whose aim is to assist and support our local communities.  We are associated with, and have organisational support from, Hampshire Good Neighbours Network ("GNN").  Our procedures take account of guidance provided by GNN and legislation concerning the protection of vulnerable people.

Our organisation

We are charity no 299735 registered with the Charity Commission and also recognised by HMRC.

Our trustees, who are also our committee members, are:

• Brian Cox (Chairman)
• Helen Braye (Secretary)
• Chris Wood (Treasurer)

We do not have an office, but operate from our homes.

Attached to this webpage are our:

• Privacy Notice - this details how we use and protect your personal data
• Safeguarding policy 
• Safer Recruitment policy
• Complaints Handling policy
• Equality and Diversity policy

What we do

Lymington Care Group is a voluntary organisation providing cars and drivers to take local residents to medical appointments at hospitals and surgeries, and to appointments with other healthcare professionals such as physiotherapists, opticians, dentists and chiropodists.

Requests for journeys are made by the client contacting the Group.  A volunteer duty coordinator picks up the request and arranges the journey with a volunteer driver.

We are all volunteers who give up our time to provide the service.  The team is currently around 20 drivers and 3 coordinators, and we are always looking for people to join us!

Our drivers use their own cars.  In 2024 we carried out over 1500 drives for more than 370 clients.   See the table below to see how busy we've been this year. 

Our coordinators try to match up requests for transport with a suitable driver.  Sadly we may have to refuse a drive if no driver is available.