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I am going to start with a shocking image! This occurs in every large estate and it is all down to getting the timing of wants and needs wrong!

Policy development should be the first step in any culture change program.

In this article we give you the reasons why developing policy first will:

• Save you time
• Increase your personal impact
• Ensure your culture change project is embedded
• Create harmony in your community 
• Present your organisation in a better light

We also give you access to a template reuse policy (focussed on procurement, disposal and building decommission)  at the end.

In the example below we talk about developing a reuse policy for an organisation but the same reasons apply to any culture change project.

The “reduce, reuse, recycle” mantra has been ingrained into us since school but how many actually follow it in our our everyday thinking and actions. Some use their own water bottles instead of buying one-use plastic ones. Most of us bring our own canvas bags to the supermarket.  Up cycling is trendy and mainstream. The internet is full of videos on how to repurpose old furniture and other household items.   

Welcome to our really quick and easy guide on how to deliver a Stationery Amnesty in your organisation.

Stationery amnesties are awesome for a few reasons:

• Easy to deliver
• Simple to get departments to organise their own
• They can be fun, if partnered with a coffee or cake morning!
• Gets staff into the reuse mindset
• They work great in the build up to any office move as it takes assets out of the building
• Don't need to use porters!!
• Can use internal post
• Everyone has spare stationery
• Good intro to the reuse system

We’re going to go through what a Stationery Amnesty is, highlight why it’s important, and discuss some of the issues that might not have occurred to you at the first glance.

We'll talk about how we are going to approach this activity and how you can deliver it with minimal fuss and maximum impact.

We're going to progress through a 10 point plan, and show you the free resources that are available to download.

You have got an idea to improve a process at work or something that is going to change the world. Before you waste any more time obsessing about it- find out if it is a good idea with these 10 points.

You might be looking for procurement cost saving ideas, demand management ideas, waste reduction ideas, waste savings ideas.

Or you might be looking for income generation ideas or even ideas to save the health sector and NHS.

Or you might want to set up your own business!

This list will help you work out if it is a good idea or not:

This quick tutorial is about avoiding distractions at work so you can get stuff done!! We give you take home tips to implement straight away as well as a "not to do" list. 

This video and article is aimed at anyone who works on a project basis at work but especially sustainability , procurement and facilities management officers and managers.