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Ten face to face sessions of Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement (WAVE) and Licensing SAVI training has been funded by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, along with further online sessions and one thousand e-courses also available to staff.
Night-time economy staff from across Trowbridge were invited to attend the session at the Civic Centre, which included training on how to better identify customers who are vulnerable and make appropriate interventions. It also gave staff better awareness of potential drink spiking and an understanding of the ‘Ask for Angela’ scheme, which is in place in many venues across Wiltshire and Swindon.
Staff from these venues attended:
The course is run by the Safer Business Network and Licensing SAVI, which operates a star rating style system, similar to the food hygiene stars.
Eren Bessem is from the Safer Business Network:
"WAVE training is about giving businesses the knowledge and skills to tackle vulnerability in their organisations, both inside and outside.
"The training is beneficial because it's all about creating safer places, safer towns and safer cities"
Data gathered by Licensing SAVI shows that in Northampton, violent crime has reduced by 60% and criminal damage by 40% in the night-time economy since the course was delivered. While in Telford, Carl Phillips, the head of public protection for Telford and Wrekin Council, claims to have seen a 30% reduction in all Police reported incidents in venues that undertook the Licensing SAVI process.
Tori Jordan is the co-owner of Still Sisters gin distillery and bar:
"The training has been super valuable to us as an organisation.
"We're going to go away and review some of our policies and procedures after learning some key pieces of information that we can implement, which is fantastic.
"It's great to have the police and other licensees here today, as it felt like a real coming together of the businesses and agencies and hopefully, we can all move forwards together to make the streets safer in Trowbridge"
The training sits within the Police and Crime Commissioner's priority to create safer streets in Wiltshire, which has already seen Home Office money invested to fund night-time economy wardens in Trowbridge and Salisbury on Friday and Saturday nights as well as providing funding for four deployable CCTV cameras in Salisbury, additional CCTV in Chippenham town centre and improved lighting and CCTV in Swindon.
Stephen Melville is the Safer Streets Commissioning Officer for the OPCC:
"This training is really important in bringing together venues across Wiltshire and Swindon to allow them to take responsibility for their customers and create safer and more supportive environments.
"Many of the issues concerning vulnerable people can be seen as a problem. We want to change that mindset and offer them the support that they need to create safer venues for people to enjoy"
Nine more sessions will take place across Wiltshire and Swindon over the next year.
Wednesday 10 July 2024
Friday 5 July 2024
Wednesday 3 July 2024