For Internal Use Only

In March 2025, the Saffron Team met to workshop our hopes and dreams for Saffron. No idea or dream was too big or small.

The interim CEO presented these outcomes to the Board of Trustees, who prioritised them into the 5 categories below.

Actions to Start Exploring / Progressing Now

Waiting List

  • Reduce waiting time through more capacity / different use of the space/therapist time

  • Add resources for those who have registered to access whilst they are waiting for therapy assessment.

  • Preparatory support/wellbeing or a short course (potentially reduce the number of therapy sessions needed)

Ending Package

  •  Resources and information for clients ending therapy

  •  Post therapy groups/contact

Saffron Forge (Client Engagement Group)

  • Explore Ideas on how to engage current and new members

Delivery Expansion

  • Offer a weekend service or income stream by renting the space 

Clinical Team Development

  • Full clinical team reflective practice with themes and topics (currently just offered to staff)

Full Team Development

  •  Regular networking as a full team

  •  Training on the role of the board/role of staff/associates/volunteers

  • Shared ethos, aims, goals, priorities

  • Who’s Who of staff and trustees, Images to connect team members who do not work together.

Income Generation

  • Legacy strategy

More Information Required Before Prioritising

Waiting List

  • Pre-therapy online course option – well facilitated and good boundaries - improve website

  • Review the cap on therapists' maximum 2 days working to allow more clients to be seen

Clinical Team Development

  • Regular CPD 

Full Team Development

  • Regular newsletter for internal communications

Income Generation

  • Renting 289 to Saffron staff for private clients - pay for room hire

  • Renting 289 to pay for the Saffron Centre

  • Review the business model entirely

  • Generosity model - pay it forward to another client

IT Development

  • New CRMS - improved reporting

  • New CRMS - improved efficiency 

Actions to Progress In The Near Future

Resources - HR

  • Plan for succession and advancement opportunities

IT Development

  • Website development - a better tool for clients and for advocacy/influence

Saffron Forge (Client Engagement Group)

  • More involvement in ideas/decisions making

  • To help with community fundraising

Future Goals

New Women's Hub

  • Central location with lots of modalities

  • Volunteering opportunities for former clients

  • Café – partner at the Hub

Income Generation

  •  Capital appeal

  •  Sell training courses

  •  New hub as income stream

Not To Be Progressed At This Time

Potentially look at means testing/option to pay