Who we are
Our goal is to create a supportive community for everyone
Who we are
Safer and Supportive Salisbury is a network of local people and organisations working together towards creating a safe, supportive and inclusive community for everyone who lives or works in the city and for all visitors to Salisbury and surrounding areas.
Safer and Supportive Salisbury (SaSS) is a totally independent, non-political, not for profit membership networking organisation. Our members all represent local community groups or charities or are active in the Salisbury area as individual volunteers.
What we do
Led by an elected Steering Group, the organisation undertakes or facilitates action to influence and shape outcomes that support our aims, fostering a community spirit and make Salisbury and South Wiltshire a better place to live and work.
SaSS provides a mechanism for members to be consulted on planned key service changes, continuously driving and encouraging partnership working. The organisation ensures that the voices of group members are heard at a strategic level across the public sector and that they have an opportunity to influence and challenge decision making and service development.
Safer and Supportive Salisbury raises funds and generates income to help further its aims and actions. The organisation shares, networks, signposts and communicates good practice and research. It promotes events and activities in its own right as well as those sponsored, supported or organised by member community groups and organisations.
The Safer and Supportive Salisbury Group grew out of the original work on Safe Places in Salisbury. It has evolved into a network that has helped to carry forward the Council’s Health and Wellbeing Agenda with minimal resources.
A copy of our constitution can be found here.
In normal times the group holds a well-attended open meeting 4-6 times a year at which members exchange information on their current activities and a great deal of informal networking takes place before and after the formal meeting. We hope to resume this as soon as Covid restrictions are relaxed and in the meantime we are meeting on Zoom.
The first SaSS AGM was held in November 2020 at which the Steering Group was elected, nominated and elected by partner organisations, groups and individuals. The Steering Group elect a Chair, Vice Chair and officers.
The current Steering Group comprises:
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Anne Trevett, Chair, representing Bemerton Community
Liz Batten, Vice Chair, representing Soroptimist International of Salisbury
Elizabeth Bartlett, representing Laverstock Memory Support Group
Helen Dowse, Carers Champion for Salisbury
Jane Ebel, leading the Digital Inclusion Project
Irene Kohler, Older People’s Champion for Salisbury
Harry Theobald, representing Alzheimer’s Support
Ex officio:
Marc Read, Community Engagement Manager for Salisbury
Councillor Jeremy Nettle, representing Salisbury City Council
Sarah Gregson, Communities Officer, Salisbury City Council
Linda Baker, Administrator
More about our Older People’s Champion and Carers Champion can be found here
SaSS’s membership includes the following:
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Graham Audin, Community Transport South Wiltshire
Elizabeth Bartlett, Dementia Feasibility Study
Liz Batten, Soroptimist International of Salisbury,
Kate Brooks, Care Homes Volunteers – kateb@carehomevolunteers
Lee Buckley, Sarum Community Mental Health Team/ Memory Service
Penny Calvert, Art Care at Salisbury District Hospital
Gjenya Cambray, Wiltshire Creative – gjenya.campray@wiltshirecreative.co.uk
Clare Christopher, Three Chequers Surgery
Kate Darbyshire, Wiltshire Council Housing Resident Engagement Team
Ann-Marie Dean, Tisbury Memory Group and Tisbury Community Sensory Garden – tisburymemorygroup@gmail.com
Helen Dowse – Carer’s Champion – helendowse@talktalk.net
Margaret Firth, Wiltshire Community Foundation,
Jonathan Gapper, Home Instead care providers
Christina Gregory, Avon and Wilts (Mental Health) Partnership
Sarah Gregson, Communities Officer, Salisbury City Council
Amy Hammett, Salisbury Museum Community Curator – amyhammett@salisburymuseum.org.uk
Emma Harper, South Wilts Mencap
Anita Hansen, Community Development Officer, Wessex Community Action
Health Improvement Coaches; Wiltshire Council,
Robin Imeson, Rise61, robinimeson@rise61.org
Karlene Jammeh, Sports Development Officer Wiltshire Council – karlene.jammeh@wiltshire.gov.uk
Jo King – Alabare Christian Care and Support – j.king@alabare.co.uk
Irene Kohler – Senior People’s Champion, Silver Salisbury – silver.salisbury@outlook.com
Pip Loach, Local Area Co-ordinator Wiltshire Council – catherine.loach@wiltshire.gov.uk‘
Anna Maycock-Frame, Happy Café annamaycockframe@outlook.com
Robin McGowan, CEO, Salisbury BID
Fiona Ollerhead, Pantry Partnership
John Page, Salisbury Men’s Shed – salisburymensshed@gmail.com
Sandra Parkin, Julian House
Marc Read, Wiltshire Council Community Engagement Manager – marc.read@wiltshire.gov.uk
Rebecca Seymour, Celebrating Age
India Sutton, Carers Support Wiltshire – india@carersupportwiltshire.co.uk
Harry Theobald, Alzhiemer’s Support
Phil Tomes, Salisbury Library
Charles Woodd, Harnham Neighbourhood Group – harnhamcommunity@gmail.com