Scheme offers a safe approach - The Worcester Observer

Scheme offers a safe approach

Worcester Editorial 4th Mar, 2015 Updated: 19th Oct, 2016   0

A NEW scheme which aims to help vulnerable people feel confident and safe while out and about has launched in the city.

Deputy Mayor, Coun Roger Knight, was on hand to unveil ‘Safe Place’ last Thursday (February 26) along with members of the Worcestershire North and South Community Safety Partnerships at The Guildhall.

It gives the elderly and people with a disability, illness or learning difficulty, or who just feel in danger, a range of safe places where they can go to for help if they feel they are being bullied, abused or harassed while out alone.

In Worcester, Co-operative stores have already signed up to the scheme and it is hoped that more retailers and cafes will now come forward.




Safe Place venues will display the national Safe Place logo in a window or other prominent place.

Staff there will be ready to help and assist anyone who goes to them for help, creating a temporary safe haven for them, whatever the circumstance.


Safe Place cards can also be carried by individuals, with useful contact details for family members or carers, which can be presented to staff.

Jude Langton, community safety manager at Worcester City Council, said: “The Safe Place initiative is great for people who find themselves in need of help whilst out in Worcester.

“Thanks to police and crime commissioner funding, we are now able to expand the scheme across Worcestershire.

“This is great as each scheme will be run on exactly the same lines, helping more people to feel safe whichever town they choose to visit in the county.”

The first scheme launched in Kidderminster last month, and will also be rolled out to Redditch, Malvern, Bromsgrove and Droitwich later in the year.

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