About this presentation. Name and job title: Damion Nickerson – Community safety Officer Organisation. Leicestershire County Council Community Safety Team Telephone number 01163057662 E-mail address: damion.nickerson@leics.gov.uk You could put a key Purpose of the presentation : symbol or picture here, • To explain what a keep safe place is. to show the main subject of your presentation •What’s happening next with Keep Safe Places • What help do we need
What is a Keep Safe Place? • Keep Safe Places are places that help people feel safer when they are out and about in the community knowing there is somewhere to go for help if they need it. • People can sometimes be bullied and feel scared and frightened whilst they are in their community. Sometimes this means they stop going out.
How can a Keep Safe Place help you? The staff at a Keep Safe Place can: • Offer you a place of safety. • Offer you a place to calm down. • Help you make a phone call to a friend, relative or carer • Make a phone call to a friend, relative or carer for you • Call the Police or another emergency service for you
What will happen at a Keep safe Place? If you are out and about and you feel like you need help or support for a few minutes you can go to a ‘Keep Safe Place’ • A Keep Safe Place will be easy to see from the sticker in the window. • At a Keep Safe Place , you will find someone who is helpful and friendly. • They will ask you what you need. • You can tell them what would help you.
What will happen at a Keep safe Place? (continued) The staff at a Keep Safe Place can: • Call a Family Member • Call a Carer • Call the Police • Offer you a safe place • Offer you a place to calm down & wait until any situation is over
What will happen at a Keep safe Place? (continued) • The staff member will ask you for some details so that they can help you. • The details that are taken will be passed to the First Contact service so that they can make sure that you are ok after your visit to the Keep Safe Place. • You don’t have to give your details if you don’t want to.
Keep Safe Form
What are we doing next? We want to tell as many Keep Safe people as we can about Keep Places Safe Places. The new Keep Safe Card will be ready in February. We need to find Keep Safe ‘Champions’
Keep Safe Champions • To explain to people in your area or groups that you are involved in about Keep Safe Places. • To help us talk to the media about Keep Safe Places. • To be a ‘Mystery Shopper’ at Keep Safe Places to make sure they are working well.
If you’d like more information contact: Damion Nickerson Community Safety Officer Priority Lead ASB & Vulnerability 0116 3052659 damion.nickerson@leics.gov.uk Or to find your nearest Keep Safe Place go to: www.leics.gov.uk/keepsafeplaceschemes
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