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Help with Safe Places

 

     image of area   image of a person supporting another person   Safe Places help people with a learning disability and Autistic People.

Please watch our video below for more information on the Safe Places scheme:

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How to get a Safe Places Card:

A Safe Places Card looks like this:

image of the front of a Safe places card   image of the back of a Safe places card
image of email Get in touch by emailing our team to request a Safe Places Card

 

Safe Places App

image of social media The Safe Place app can show people their nearest Safe Place.

Find out more about the Safe Places App on the Safe Places website

The app can be downloaded for free from the App store or Google Play:

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More Information about Safe Places

 The Safe Places scheme encourages people with a learning disability and/or Autistic People to be independent, and provides reassurance to their family and carers. Our CHAMPs Team, who help manage the scheme, says:

“This scheme helps people with a learning disability to go out and about on their own. It also helps parents of someone with a learning disability and/or autistic people to give them the confidence that their family member will be safe.”

Safe Places are businesses and services, which help people with a learning disability and/or Autistic people. The Safe Place calms the person and, if required, calls their contact person. This contact person is found written on their Safe Place card, that we encourage the person to carry.

The police are called if the person is in danger or they have reported bullying or harassment. For concerns about the person's welfare, we encourage the Safe Place to contact the Council’s Safeguarding Team.

Devon and Cornwall Police support the scheme.

 A registered Safe Place has a Safe Place sticker in their front window, a Safe Place sticker looks like this:

image of a Safe Places Window Sticker

The CHAMPs routinely go out to check Safe Places and we offer training and support to businesses and organisations.

image of 2 of the CHAMPs team stood with a member of staff at Fodders Truro with a safe places sticker in the window   a member of the CHAMPs team stands with a member of staff from the new gallery New Gallery in Portscatho, showing the safe places sticker in their window   a member of the CHAMPs team stands outside Redruth Library showing the Safe places sticker in the windowRedruth Library - SP

A selection of local businesses that are registered as part of the Safe Places Scheme (Fodders - Truro, Redruth Library and The New Gallery - Portscatho)

 

How do I Register as a Safe Place?

If you are interested in register as a Safe Place please download our registration form, complete it and return it by email to us at safeplaces@cornwall.gov.uk:

Download and complete the Safe Places Scheme Registration Form

 

Safe Places Newsletters

We send regular newsletters to our registered Safe Places, here are the latest copies:

Read the latest Safe Place Newsletter online

 

Reporting Hate Crimes/Incidents

gang of bullies To report a hate crime/incident use this form

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Safeguarding

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