Safe Homes for Suffolk.
There are many reasons people may struggle with homelessness, from a lack of affordable housing to debt and unforeseen life events. Others may feel unsafe in their home through the threat of domestic abuse.
Underpinned by the belief that everyone has a right to a safe home, and its original mission over 170 years ago to build and allocate safe homes throughout the county, Suffolk Building Society has launched Safe Homes for Suffolk campaign.
The campaign supports three charities: Lighthouse Women’s Aid, Ipswich Housing Action Group, and Emmaus Suffolk.
Helping People Facing Homelessness.
Discover how we’re backing ihAg to help people experiencing homelessness in Ipswich to get food, shelter and dignity.
Supporting Socially Isolated People in Suffolk.
Find out how we’re supporting Emmaus Suffolk to provide a lifeline for socially isolated people in the local community.
Our Partners.
Ipswich Housing Action Group – Supporting people to take action to help themselves keep their home.
Emmaus Suffolk – working with vulnerable, socially isolated people and those at risk of homelessness across the county.
Lighthouse – supporting women and children impacted by domestic abuse.
OUR WORK
Supporting our communities.
Our support for Safe Homes for Suffolk is backed up by our staff volunteering programme in which our employees have four paid hours every month in which to volunteer.
This offers employees different opportunities to use the time that they have available in a strategic and effective way, to most benefit each organisation. Staff are encouraged to volunteer with:
- Ipswich Housing Action Group – Supporting people to take action to help themselves keep their home.
- Emmaus Suffolk – working with vulnerable, socially isolated people and those at risk of homelessness across the county.
- Lighthouse – supporting women and children impacted by domestic abuse.
Staff can also volunteer for other organisations that are linked to our chosen United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- Goal 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing
- Goal 10 – Reducing inequalities
- Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Goal 13 – Climate Action
KEEP UP TO DATE
Safe Homes for Suffolk Campaign News.
Latest community news and information
Here’s where you can check out our latest news from our Safe Homes for Suffolk campaign to help reduce inequality across the county.
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Extending our Charitable Partnerships Until 2026
How We’ve Supported Suffolk in 2023
Talk Money Week 2023
We’re Supporting Surviving Winter 2023/2024
Society’s Charity Partner Emmaus Suffolk Opens Modular Homes
Donations to our Safe Homes charities
More about Us
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We’re proud to be a mutual organisation, founded in 1849 by a group of Ipswich business people to help the local community to prosper. It’s a simple ethos and one we are still rooted by today.