It is Newquay’s ambition to have a town where personal safety is a priority
It is Newquay’s ambition to have a town where personal safety is a priority, to send a clear message to people visiting Newquay that our town is safe, and that a whole town approach has been launched to help ensure this.
Newquay BID is leading this initiative as part of Love Newquay and are taking a proactive step to implement several Safe Spaces within the town by April 2024.
Newquay Safe Spaces will offer a place of safety to anyone feeling vulnerable or at immediate risk within the town. These Safe Spaces are being provided by local businesses.
CLEAR will provide relevant support and training for businesses and organisations wanting to become a Safe Space or wishing to support the Safe Spaces, with a real focus on the nighttime economy.
People in need maybe of any age or gender, feeling at imminent risk of abuse or harm. Examples include:
- a young person at risk of immediate physical abuse;
- a person feeling they are being stalked or having been harmed by violence;
- a person feeling under pressure by peers to participate in drug, crime or other activity;
- a young person unable to get home safely after a night out.
It must be emphasised that a Safe Space is to support, not to fix. It is a temporary and immediate venue to provide safety and assistance.
Becoming a Safe Space:
All businesses and organisations wanting to become a Safe Space will be supported to ensure they are properly prepared and ready to become a Safe Space, with systems in place to protect themselves, their employees and the person at risk seeking immediate support.
In becoming a Safe Space, you will have the necessary understanding to support a person seeking help and have a list of wider support agencies to contact in order to signpost to the support required. It may be that your support for a person in need is simply a call home or to someone to come and pick them up. If the person seeking safety has been a victim of crime or feels they are at risk, you would simply call 999.
By way of support, CLEAR is also able to provide critical incident support for people working within a Safe Space following any incident that they may have found to be traumatic.
Next steps:
Training in readiness for the launch of Newquay Safe Spaces has now been completed with a total of 17 Safe Spaces trained and now offering support. Establishments trained and operational as Safe Spaces can be seen here:
If you would like to become part of this exciting initiative, please get in touch!
Lets work together to make Newquay the first ever ‘SAFE SPACE TOWN’!
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