Volunteers needed

EXETER’S safe haven for anyone enjoying a night out in the heart of the city is recruiting volunteers to help improve the safety of women and girls.

A recruitment event for anyone interested in joining the volunteer programme was held at the Safe Space, St Stephen’s Church, on the City’s High Street, on 21 February.

The Safe Space has three main purposes - providing light medical treatment (cuts, sprains, recovery, blisters), welfare support (such as phone charging, water, safety alarms, bottle tops, change of clothes) and a safe warm place to wait for night buses.

It is open three nights a week Wednesday (term time), Friday and

Saturday – from 23:00 to 03:30am.

“If you are interested in volunteering at the Safe Space, want to learn more about what a volunteer would be doing during a shift and are keen to learn more about the training programme we want to hear from you,” said Ann Hunter, from InExeter, who manages the Safe Space.

“The volunteering programme will offer many opportunities to learn new skills and meet people. And it will help us to make Exeter an even safer place for everybody.”

If you are interested in volunteering to support the Safe Space but missed the open evening you can register your interest by emailing info@exetersafespace.com or calling 01392 424975.

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“Our bystander training helps people to gain the confidence they need to safely and skillfully intervene in harmful situations.

“Most of the time, the reluctance to intervene comes from inexperience or fear of the unknown, but silence is complicity.

“We must all do our bit to promote more equal, diverse and inclusive places to live and work.”

Safer city

To find out more about the Safer Exeter campaign, how to spot harassment and what you can do to make Exeter a safer city, please visit: https://exeter.gov.uk/ clean-safe-city/ community-safety/ safer-exeter/exetersafer-streetsprojects/#4