PlusBus Naarden/Bussum/Muiderberg

About PlusBus Naarden/Bussum/Muiderberg

As of June 1, 2012, the Boodschappen PlusBus started running in Bussum and Naarden. The BoodschappenPlusBus is a service for frail elderly in Bussum and Naarden. Versa Welzijn and the National Elderly Fund are the initiators of this bus.
The BoodschappenPlusBus organizes activities for the elderly in groups under the guidance of volunteers. The BoodschappenPlusBus offers guidance for shopping, visiting medical facilities, banks and post offices, theaters, museums and self-organized activities. Older people pay a small fee for participation. The BoodschappenPlusBus is a guidance service and not a transport service. The BoodschappenPlusBus is the service for outside the home, what the Home Care is for inside the home.
The BoodschappenPlusBus aims to ensure that elderly people who wish to socialize or undertake activities can contact her every day. The main objective of the BoodschappenPlusBus is to prevent and combat loneliness and to promote social contacts between the elderly. The BoodschappenPlusBus allows elderly people to live independently for longer and admissions to care institutions are postponed or even prevented.

Activities
To get started with the Groceries PlusBus, Versa Welzijn is looking for volunteers.
As a volunteer with the BoodschappenPlusBus, you can work as a driver, supervisor or as a member of the management team.