Northern Ireland Ambulance Service invite volunteers to APPLY TODAY to be a valued Voluntary Car Service Driver. Our Volunteers provide high quality transport to and from non-emergency healthcare appointments and treatments for patients that do not require an ambulance.

VCS Leaflet

Recruitment Pack

VCS Application form/ Consent form/ Acceptance form

Volunteer Procedure

Voluntary Car Service Terms of Registration 

We encourage all those interested in the volunteer car driver role to get in touch. We can help provide support with completing forms or to talk through the role in more detail. We can talk in person if you prefer or via telephone call at: 028 7134 7134 Option 3. You can also reach us by Mobile/Text message on: 07771520122 or email us at: NIAS.VCS@Nias.hscni.net.  For more information please visit our website here.

Are you working with young women 16-30 years old who are not sure about their next step?

Explore+ is a new programme which is directed by each young person’s individual goals. They will progress into employment, training, education or volunteering by:

• Completing progression-related qualification units
• Building a CV
• Fine-tuning their interview skills
• Exploring sector-specific skills
• Receiving tailored 1-2-1 progression support up until they take their next step!

Our Induction session will be held in centre on Wednesday 25^th October from 10am – 1pm.

Next programme starts on Monday 30^th October 10am.

This will be a female only programme.

 If you have any young men interested in participating please still get in touch, there will be another programme coming soon 😊

Our Explore+ programme will be based in our Belfast Centre (Unit 8a Weavers Court, Linfield Rd, BT12 5GH) Mon, Tues, Thurs, 10am – 3pm.

As long as the young person holds on to their bus/train ticket we will reimburse them each day. Our centre is less than a 5min walk from Great Victoria Street bus/train station.

The October edition of CYPSP’s Ezine is now available to download here. 

Please feel free to share.

To subscribe for free or to include information in future editions, email cypsp@hscni.net

The HSC Physical Activity forum have extended the closing date of the Early Years Physical Activity Survey and would appreciate if you could please take the opportunity to complete the below survey.

We know, professionals and practitioners working in this field are key to promoting physical activity within this population and we are keen to hear your views on how best to support our early years population in being active.

Please click on the flyer below or scan the QR code to access the Survey.

Please encourage your colleagues working with Early Years to also complete the Survey.

Survey Link: https://forms.office.com/e/uE7gBc9gHa

The joint Public Health Agency and local Health & Social Care Trusts Physical Activity Forum would like to invite professionals and practitioners delivering early years services in Northern Ireland to complete a survey to determine the level of awareness and knowledge of the UK Chief Medical Officer (CMO) physical activity guidelines.

We know, professionals and practitioners working in this field are key to promoting physical activity within this population and we are keen to hear your views on how best to support our early years population in being active.

The survey will help identify training needs and contribute to the development of further training materials and resources which can support you to promote physical activity within early years.

This piece of research is being conducted by the Health Intelligence Unit, within the Public Health Agency. Participation is voluntary, your responses are anonymous and strictly confidential, and will only be seen by the research team.

We would really appreciate you taking the time to participate in this survey. It should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. 

To access the survey please click on the following link: Early Years Physical Activity Survey

Closing Date: Friday 6^th October 2023.