Key Policy Issues:-

• To provide a clear and consistent message that smoking and passive smoking kills and causes disease, and as such will no longer be permitted in Trust buildings.
• Compliance with Department of Health Guidance and legislation.  From 1 July 2008 smoking will be against the law in any enclosed or substantially enclosed part of any mental health establishment.
• Staff, visitors and contractors are not permitted to smoke on any Trust premises.
• Service users will be allowed to smoke in designated outside areas only.
• The provision of a healthy working environment and improving the health of service users, staff, visitors and contractors.
• Protecting non-smokers from the danger to their health of exposure to second hand smoke.
• Provide an environment conducive to giving up smoking and ensure that service users and staff who want to give up smoking receive the necessary support. 
• The policy will reduce the risk of fires being started by smoking.  

KEY POLICY ISSUES:

• Objectives of treasury management;
• Attitude to risk;
• Responsibilities for treasury management;
• Bank relationships and cash management;
• Reporting and performance management; and
• Controls.

This policy and procedure have been drawn up to provide a clear

Framework for the Volunteer Service withinSussexPartnership NHS

Foundation Trust. It should be read in conjunction with the Guidance for

managers on volunteering available on the Trust website.

There are also links between the development of the Volunteer Service and

the work being undertaken within the Trust on community engagement,

service user and carer participation, service user employment, peer support

and developing a recovery approach within all our services.