Edition 4 March 2023
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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, Businesses bars, night clubs, commit to hotels, taxi firms, cinemas, gyms, city-wide supermarkets and approach to shops have all committed their names reducing to paper in the pursuit violence of safety. Written and published responsibility of all of by Safer Exeter the us to take practical Charter has been steps together to developed as part of keep our city safe for the city’s commitment everyone. to keeping the city a This Charter unites safe place, where organisations in a women feel confident city-wide approach to and safe at night. reducing violence The Charter is a against women and voluntary pledge to girls. prioritise the safety of Peter Scargill, chair women and to of Exeter’s acknowledge it is the
March House meze bar in South Street is one of 150 businesses to have signed the SWaN Charter Community Safety Partnership, said the Charter helps address the causes and effects of violence against women and girls in our city. “The Charter and associated toolkit gives businesses a framework in which to show their
commitment to keeping all women and girls safe,” he said. “In signing the charter, they commit voluntarily, on behalf of their organisation, to deliver on the Charter's pledges and commitments. Turn to page 3.