Amazing response from businesses to SWaN charter Just WOW!

MORE than 150 businesses in Exeter have now signed up to Safer Exeter’s Safety of Women at Night (SWaN) Charter and committed to keeping people safer when they spend time in this fantastic city. There has been a tremendous response from businesses to the Charter which, by signing, commits each to making Exeter a safer place for women at night.

Pubs, restaurants, bars, night clubs, hotels, taxi firms, cinemas, gyms, supermarkets and shops have all committed their names to paper in the pursuit of safety.

Written and published by Safer Exeter the Charter has been developed as part of the city’s commitment to keeping the city a safe place, where women feel confident and safe at night.

The Charter is a voluntary pledge to prioritise the safety of women and to acknowledge it is the

Businesses commit to city-wide approach to reducing violence responsibility of all of us to take practical steps together to keep our city safe for everyone. commitment to keeping all women and girls safe,” he said.

This Charter unites organisations in a city-wide approach to reducing violence against women and girls.

Community Safety Partnership, said the Charter helps address the causes and effects of violence against women and girls in our city.

“In signing the charter, they commit voluntarily, on behalf of their organisation, to deliver on the Charter's pledges and commitments.

Peter

Scargill, chair of Exeter’s

“The Charter and associated toolkit gives businesses a framework in which to show their

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