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North Yorkshire Safe Places
Background• Safe Places - A community
initiative that is nationally
recognised.
• It is for people who may need
more help and support to feel
safe in their local community
• North Yorkshire County Council
are working in partnership with
North Yorkshire Police and other
statutory and voluntary sector
organisations
Safe Places Symbol
This is the Safe Place symbol
It is nationally recognised and
is used to identify a Safe
Place by being displayed in
their door or window
Learning Disability Partnership
Board • The North Yorkshire Learning
Disability Partnership Board
supported work on a project
around people’s experience of
Hate Crime.
• This project highlighted that
people with a Learning
Disability were anxious about
accessing the community they
lived in due to harassment and
bullying.
What we did about this…
Develop a DVD as part of the
“Stand By Me” Mencap project
in partnership with NYCC and
North Yorkshire Police.
People who have a Learning
disability in North Yorkshire
took part in sharing their
experiences and the effect this
had on their lives.
The feedback from people with a
Learning Disability was:
People wanted to feel more
confident when out in the
community.
People wanted somewhere
to go for help, advice and
support.
Feedback Continued…
People wanted a card to help
them explain what their
personal circumstances are
i.e. they get distressed or
struggle with communication.
We responded to this by
piloting a Keep Safe Card.
The feedback was very
positive.
Feedback Continued…
The North Yorkshire Learning Disability
Partnership Board and NYCC formed a
wider project group with North Yorkshire
Police and other statutory and voluntary
sector organisations to set up the Safe
Places scheme
It was decided to open North Yorkshire
Safe Places up to all people who may feel
vulnerable
Members can also opt for a wristband
instead of a keep safe card
Managing the Scheme:
• NYCC have commissioned an organisation : SPS, to
provide support to register members and organisations
• SPS will manage the call centre and responder service
• SPS will monitor the use of cards and wristbands and
escalate issues to health and adult services as
appropriate.
Phase 1
Phase 1 of the scheme involved signing up
organisations across the county to be a Safe
Place. These organisations include:
• County Council Buildings
• Libraries
• Pharmacies
• District Council Buildings
• Extra Care Housing
• Job Centres
• Citizens Advice Bureaus
• Trans Pennine & Northern
Rail Stations
Phase 1 Continued…
• We asked for volunteer’s to sign up as members to
trial the scheme
• We received feedback and used this to improve the
scheme
• We have set up a webpage which contains all the
information about Safe Places
• We made a short film clip which is available on the
webpage to view
www.northyorks.gov.uk/safeplaces
Safe Places Launch
We launched the scheme to the public on 5th May
2016
Guidance
• When you have signed up as a
member or as a Safe Place you will be
sent a membership pack containing all
the required information & guidance
• A presentation you can carry out with staff is available
on our webpage under the ‘Safe Places Guidance and
Information’ section
• This phase involves signing up
more Safe Places and more
members
• We want commercial
organisations and High Street
shops to get involved
• We want people and businesses to recognise the value
of working as a community to help and support
vulnerable people
Phase 2
• A dementia friendly community is where local businesses,
organisations and individuals are working together to help
make their community a place where people living with
dementia and their carers can be a part of, and better enjoy
their lives and communities.
• It is a community where people with dementia are
understood, respected and supported, and confident they can
contribute to community life.
We are working closely with Dementia Friends as we recognise how the
two initiatives are both working to improve the lives of those in need of
support in their communities.
For more information visit:
www.alzheimers.org.uk/dementiafriendlycommunities
Phone: 03307 260 260
or
Email:
How do I sign up?
To register as a member or as a Safe Place: