Suffolk is working towards “Creating the Greenest County", which means that individuals and organisations are being urged to think about how they can help in meaning this vision.

As a voluntary organisation or community group, it is important to at least think about how you can operate in a ‘greener way’, not only for creating a better environment, but it could help you save money and make your staff and volunteer’s working conditions better. We are increasingly hearing from funders that not having a ‘green policy’ in place leads to a lower score when they are judging funding applications for grants and tenders.

This section sets out some of the key information and areas that a typical voluntary or community organisation will have to deal with during its lifetime, such as finance, staff, trustees, ICT.. We can also signpost to relevant resources and other specialist organisations that offer help and advice.

This section gives information about the policies and procedures a VCS organisation should have in place. We have included some policies that can be downloaded free of charge and information about how to access our wider range.

SAVO produce a number of publications, newsletters and E-Bulletins, for both general and specialist areas. These include Vollies, PIVOTEL and Members Briefing. We welcome relevant submissions to all our publications, just contact the named person for details.

The following pages give details on matters of employment within the voluntary and community sector, including definitions and links to key external websites.

This section details important information for the Sector and signposts to relevant external sites. This includes data for funding applications and the strategic context in which we are operating, both within the county, regionally and nationally.