Safe Places Learning and Sharing event

30th June
Notes
Who came?
Anita Young, F2G BMBC
Lucy Virgo, Inclusion North
Abigail Burns, NYCC
Mark Johnson, CHAD
Angie Booth, CHAD
Carol Benson, Aspire CBS
Katy Flint, NYCC
Tim Snell, Aspire CBS
Richard Hicklin, Keyring
Stewart Finney, Keyring
Bruce Tickner, Keyring
Tony Howden, Keyring
Jane Miles, Keyring
June Peacock, City of York Council
Lesley Hunt, Doncaster MBC
Carol Beardmore, SNOOP
Angela Ellis, Inclusion North
Whats happening in your local area?
York
Scheme just being set up
Have a small pot of money that has helped
to form a steering group that will develop the
resources and lead on the training
They will report to the council and police
about what it will help it be set up well and
keep going

 Steering group has had its first meeting

Scheme open to lots of different people
checking with these who should be
approached about being a Safe Place
Planning to develop training soon
North Yorkshire
Been going for 2 months
Have a small working group
Have someone who is paid by North
Yorkshire to manage the data
The Director is very supportive of the
scheme
Promote the scheme through Social Media
Schemes based in community chemists,
council offices, community centres
Salvation Army would like to be part of the
scheme
Scheme open to anyone who is vulnerable
(dementia, epilepsy, physical disability,
learning disability)
Have a 123 schemes, growing at a steady
pace
See more interest in areas where self
advocates are promoting Safe Places
Training includes presentation, DVD and
what is expected of them
Bradford
Going since 2009
Over 500 Safe Places going since 2009
SNOOP host the whole scheme
Lots of organisations hold and pass on info
People with a learning disability deliver the
training
Did an audit last year
Keep it simple, free, safe and consistent and
short
Doncaster
Looking to expand the scheme

 Going about 10 years

About 200 local Safe Places schemes
Have shut 1 scheme down (people said it
need to close)
Schemes are in lots of different places
including pubs, buses and libraries
CHAD lead on getting info out about the
scheme they will have a website soon
They go into day services, schools and run
displays about the town
Training delivery by CHAD members and
Police and Community Safety Partnership
Leeds
Going since 2012
Covers the whole city
166 local schemes
Schemes include transport hubs, HSBC,
pharmacies, museums
Have about 300 members of the scheme
Focus on people with a learning disability
Worked closely with chemists to link into
another of their projects (Making Time)
Scheme run by Aspire
Training delivered by people with a learning
disability and takes about 30 minutes
Barnsley
Been going for 4-5 years but relaunched last
year (December)
Has a steering group including local
advocacy group, community safety and
council. Share the work out
Will promote the scheme through local
events
Originally set up for people with a learning
disability but now wider
Schemes include small shops, libraries,
museums and just looking at GPs &
chemists
Info on the council website & Disabled Go
includes links to schemes in nearby towns

 Linked to the local travel training scheme

Have workers who are Safe Places
What helps Safe Places work well?

Joint working, networks

Keeping it simple
Having a working group
Using the app to hold the info
Regular check-up calls with the Safe
Places providers
Keeping the momentum going
It was very good to be a volunteer to test the
scheme
Testing the scheme helps to make it work
What are some of the challenges?

Checking how well its working

Finding the time for developing the scheme
Keeping on top of the info
Worry about who will lead on the scheme
I had to tell the library what to do about Safe
Places
Promoting common ground guidelines
How can we protect our schemes from
others poor practice?
What do you like the sound of?
Like the what will staff do from Barnsley
We like the sound of more promotional
material with large print. Business Cards
Target Community Centres as Safe Places
Service users doing the training for
businesses/shops
Not a hate crime reporting centre

Whats next?
Doncaster CHAD to discuss the yellow and
orange logo & how to implement this whilst
maintaining SIDs own identity
Get the Police more involved. Be clear of
responsibilities for each partner
To engage with childrens services and
schools
Andrew Culkin, Safe Places CIC
Andrew came along to talk about this organisation.
This is a link to their website:
http://www.safeplaces.org.uk/about-safeplaces/our-mission/
Safe Places CIC offer a:
Website that can be used in schools and
lists all registered Safe Places schemes
Apps that are free to people that are using
them
They are also developing some materials for use
in schools and make more improvements to the
app.

What can Inclusion North do to support your

local area?
Pull together some of the info today & pass
onto police & LAs as evidence of whats
happening
Include link to Safe Places info on Inclusion
North site
Develop 5 core principles for Safe Places
(Linking Y&H and other areas in Britain)
Support to find out pots of funding available
Also support with applications for funding
Police dealing with people at Safe Places

schemes as a priority
Police understanding of hate crime/Safe
Places
Invite Police Force snr colleagues
Develop the App for people to move around
& get outside of their County
National Agenda how do we get MP aware
and talking about Safe Places