Branch opening hours:
Our Ware branch will be closed on Wednesday 29 October for a community volunteering day.
Our Saffron Walden branch will be closed on Thursday 30 October for a community volunteering day.
Our Haverhill branch will be closed on Wednesday 12 November for a community volunteering day.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Established in 2022, the award winning, fully re-furbished and fully accessible Saffron Community Link opened its doors in Saffron Walden. It became a free-to-use community space for charities, non-profits and community groups.
It was a unique idea of re-purposing a space that has become a lifeline to these groups. Mostly they don’t have a dedicated place to meet or can’t afford the running costs, so this gives them a space to bring Members together and host events.
The success of this initiative is proven in the figures that mean it was used last year in excess of 1700 hours with over 70 organisations making regular use of the facilities including: Support 4 Sight, NHS, Homestart and Citizens Advice.
Building on the success of the Saffron Walden Community Link, the newly refurbished Ware Branch features a dedicated Saffron Community Link. Furthermore, we are striving to deliver more Community Links across our branches in the future.
To book the Saffron Community Link, email communitylink@saffronbs.co.uk
To book the Ware Saffron Community Link, email ware@saffronbs.co.uk or call into the branch.
Catherine, Buffy Playbus
“We have used the Saffron Community Link for our AGM, the space is absolutely wonderful – a brilliant facility and resource for the local community. It has everything you need in order to hold meetings.”
Sue Fishpool, Fundraising Manager at Accuro Care Services
"The Community Link is very valuable to us and we use it in a number of ways. One of the fantastic ways we used it was for our Jubilee party in June 2021, (the party was) located outside in the Jubilee Gardens just along from here. What we needed was a space where we could take our members to have some downtime, to be able to not become overstimulated, and to have somewhere they could have personal care inside with privacy and dignity. It's a wonderful space just down the road and we use it for other clubs as well. We also use it for fundraising and we don't have another space that is offered for free to us other than the Link.”
Liz, Support 4 Sight, a sight loss charity in Essex
“Having the Community Link is so accessible for our visually impaired people and their families. It's right in the middle of town. Really bright and airy space for us to use."
