{"id":41744,"date":"2024-12-06T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/?p=41744"},"modified":"2024-12-06T14:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:44:34","slug":"bristol-city-centre-safe-space-trials-to-tackle-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/2024\/12\/06\/bristol-city-centre-safe-space-trials-to-tackle-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol City Centre Safe Space trials to tackle violence against women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SAFE-video-hf.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Safe Space pilot project in Bristol City Centre this weekend aims to reduce violence against women by providing a safe haven late at night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bristol City Centre BID collaborated with Avon and Somerset Police on the project after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/bristol-news\/bristols-first-safe-space-night-9761604]\">a police officer&#8217;s niece had a difficult experience when waiting for a bus late at night.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002-676x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002-676x400.jpg 676w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002-710x420.jpg 710w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002-640x379.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002-681x403.jpg 681w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_6002.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Person leaning against a window sill outside of a nightclub. Photo: Holly Farmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The help on offer includes access to phone chargers, taxis, refreshments, a place to warm up and trained companions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Safe Space will be located opposite the hippodrome in a vehicle. It will also be within close proximity to the Alcohol Recovery Centre, who assist with drug and alcohol-related medical issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vicky Lee of Bristol City Centre BID said: \u201cIf you lose your friends, you can go in there and have some support and [&#8230;] talk to somebody if you need a warming presence.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project is reliant on volunteers from Bristol Street Pastors, Hope Against Suicide and police volunteers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chair of Bristol Street Pastors, Helen Harrison<em> <\/em>has worked to keep the streets safe at night and&nbsp;is elated at the prospect of the trials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-700x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41782\" style=\"width:700px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-700x375.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-1536x822.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-2048x1097.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-784x420.jpg 784w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-640x343.jpg 640w, https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_5971-1-681x365.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two girls crossing the harbourside bridge at night. Photo: Holly Famer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harrison said: \u201cWe are street pastors. We do not have a place of safety to take someone.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s absolutely brilliant. I hope and pray it is a successful venture\u201d. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A young woman living in Bristol recounted her experience feeling unsafe when being followed home at night.&nbsp;\u201cI think there\u2019s lots of places that women feel unsafe rather than just city centre\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lee responded to this, saying: \u201cAs a BID, our challenges aren\u2019t just focused in the city centre. The more that we can support wider work, that\u2019s absolutely something we\u2019re interested in doing.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trials will take place on Friday 6<sup>th<\/sup> December &amp; Saturday 7<sup>th<\/sup> December 9pm-6am.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Safe Space pilot project in Bristol City Centre this weekend aims to reduce violence against women by providing a safe haven late at night.&nbsp; Bristol City Centre BID collaborated with Avon and Somerset Police on the project after a police officer&#8217;s niece had a difficult experience when waiting for a bus late at night.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":41745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41744"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41877,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41744\/revisions\/41877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwejournalism.net\/bowernews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}