Taxi Driver Online

This is mostly about 'night safety' in general rather than about the trade, which is covered in one paragraph.

But, if like me, night drivers are interested in this kind of thing then they may feel a tad cynical about all this kind of stuff, but that's all I'm saying


Funding to make Durham City safer for young women

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/ ... ung-women/

A SERIES of projects to protect people in Durham are being rolled out following the success of a £100,000 funding bid.

Training and education in how to be aware of vulnerability and situations, and a night safety hub are among the measures that will be delivered following the application by the Durham City Safety Group (DCSG) to the government’s Safety of Women at Night (SWAN) Fund.

Durham County Council submitted the bid with support from Durham Constabulary, and Police and Crime Commissioner for County Durham and Darlington Joy Allen.

The council sought, and was awarded, £109,302 from the Home Office fund and is one of 22 recipients of SWAN money across England and Wales.

Alan Patrickson, chairman of the DSCG and the council’s corporate director for neighbourhoods and climate change, said: “The measures are primarily aimed at making Durham as safe as possible for women and girls but will help ensure our city is as safe as it can be for everyone.

“Durham is a very safe and welcoming place but we are not complacent. There is inevitably a small number of people who engage in crime and anti-social behaviour and by recognising this and preparing for it we can help to make our city as safe as possible.”

The money will be used to deliver vulnerability awareness training, informed by the experiences of survivors and specialist Violence Against Women and Girls organisations, to hoteliers, managers of takeaways and off licences, staff at transport hubs, designated premises supervisors and door security staff.

A bespoke online training package will also be developed and delivered to all taxi and private hire drivers licensed with the council, providing an accreditation identification badge upon completion, with the aim of increasing feelings of safety amongst female passengers.

Situational awareness training, education and development programmes will also be delivered at Durham University, while a night safety hub will be created to provide a safe space for those who are vulnerable to seek advice or first aid, engage with support services, report incidents, wait for a family or friend, or access information about safer transport.

A co-ordinator role will also be created to oversee the delivery of the various projects.

Proposals outlined in the bid for funding were informed by work Durham Constabulary has done with women and girls, in which they were encouraged to have their say on their personal experiences and what more they think could be done to make the city as safe as possible.

Joy Allen, Durham Police and Crime Commissioner, said: “We wanted women and girls in our community to have their say on their personal experiences and we wanted to know what more they think the police and our partners could do, which is why the proposals outlined in the bid were informed by the respondents to the force’s Call It Out survey.”

Durham’s Chief Constable Jo Farrell said: “This funding will support work by police and our partners to address both high harm crime and the fear of crime: measures which will deliver practical improvements to help women and girls feel safer.”

And not a bean for taxi marshalls, which would keep vulnerable folks far safer than any of the above, and help out the trade as well.

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