Who we are

We are a charity – not for profit and non political

We are a network of local people and organisations

Our goal is to create a supportive community for everyone

Safer and Supportive Salisbury is a charity, leading 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.

Our objects are:

1. To promote the relief in need of the residents of Salisbury and its environs who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other social or economic disadvantage; and
2. To carry out any other purposes which are charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Safer and Supportive Salisbury (SaSS) is a totally independent, non-political, not for profit charity. The members of our network all represent local community groups or charities or are active in the Salisbury area as individual volunteers.

Our Trustees are:

Anne Trevett BEM (Chair)

Liz Batten

Irene Kohler

Pip Loach

Jeremy Nettle

Pauline Oliver

Rebecca Seymour

We are supported by:

Belinda Chandler (Project Manager)

Linda Baker (Administrator)

How we started

Safer and Supportive Salisbury grew out of the original work on Safe Places in Salisbury. It evolved into a network that helps to carry forward the Council’s Health and Wellbeing Agenda with minimal resources.

Safer and Supportive Salisbury raises funds and generates income to help further its aims and actions. The charity 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.

A copy of our constitution can be found here.

The group holds a well-attended open meeting four times a year at which network members exchange information on their current activities and a great deal of informal networking takes place before and after the formal meeting.

Our policies can be found here: SaSS_Behaviours_and_Values_policy November 23, SaSS_data_protection_and privacy_policy June 2025, SaSS_Diversity_and_Equal_Opportunities_Policy June 2025, Health and Safety, SaSS_Risk_Management_Policy June 2025 , SaSS_Bullying_and_Harassment_Policy June 2025 , Safeguarding, SaSS_Communications_Policy June 2025, Complaints and SaSS_Trustee_Role_Policy June 2025 .