SAVO is an infrastructure organisation for the voluntary and community sector in Suffolk.

The aim of our website is to provide Suffolk's voluntary and community sector with tools, resources and relevant information to help them operate successfully. Please visit regularly to find out what's new!

We've tried to set out the website in such a way that it's easy to navigate, but we welcome any comments or suggestions that you would like to make!

NEW for 2010: Procurement and Tendering Guide for the VCS

What can you expect from SAVO?

• Help to take and shape your ideas to start a voluntary and community group
• Support for you, your staff, trustees and volunteers to become more skilled, work to the correct legislation and run your organisation affectively
• Assistance to find the money you need to take your projects forward (by the provision of a Funding and Development Officer in Suffolk Coastal or by signposting to appropriate help in other areas)
• Support to improve and strengthen what you do by undertaking an organisational ‘health check’
• More involvement by receiving up to date information through your membership of SAVO (you’ll get access to Vollies and other updates)
• Through the Suffolk Volunteering Federation, share best practice recruiting, supporting and developing volunteers and in Suffolk Coastal we can directly help you to find volunteers
• Help to develop long term plans to make your organisation more sustainable
• Support for tendering and gaining contracts to deliver services
• The provision of Compact advocacy if you feel that your relationship with the public sector has been compromised
• Information on new ideas and opportunities and changes in legislation that may affect you
• Access to specialist training and learning opportunities
• Provision of a CRB Disclosure checking service and (coming soon) the new ISA
• Your first port of call for information and clarity on both CRB’s and the ISA
• Opportunities to meet people from other organisations, share experiences and knowledge and to network with them via our Assemblies, focus groups and other forums and meetings
• Your views and needs represented to the public sector locally in Suffolk, regionally and nationally. 

To ensure that you and your organisation access the latest information from us, make sure that you sign up to our mailing list. We send out regular briefings through this list, including information on funding, training, representation, policy, changes to legislation...

Rural Coffee Caravan Information Project - Programme Officer - £24,000pa

The Rural Coffee Caravan Information Project requires a Programme Officer to lead a dynamic new and exciting venture across rural Suffolk as part of its mission to combat rural isolation.

You must have a passion for working with people, good communication skills and able to act on your own initiative. A full driving licence is essential as the programme is delivered using a small ‘motorhome’ type vehicle.

For further information contact Penny Martin 01379 855338 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Closing Date 10^th March 2010.

Launch of Destination: Opportunity & Survival

Wednesday 17 March 2010

10.00am – 2.00pm

St Nicholas Centre, Ipswich

• Workshops
• Funding surgeries
• Finance surgeries
• Volunteer advice
• Networking
• Displays 

To find out more contact Sue on 01473 261111 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it