• Suzy Lamplugh: Hammersmith BID is working with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to promote the webinar series they are running in partnership with L’Oréal Paris, responding to the significant increase in aggressive and violent behaviours experienced by workers across all sectors, particularly since the pandemic began in 2020. Sessions bring the expert approved “Stand Up Against Street Harassment” international training programme by “Right To Be”, a session that includes bystander training and welfare and vulnerability training. This programme drives awareness of harassment, upskilling and empowering individuals across various settings, such as schools, public transport, festivals, public spaces, and workplaces, to help defuse situations, discourage harassers, and support victims. Sessions are 1 hour long and free to attend. Please sign-up to the sessions via the link or email us. 
• WAVE Training: WAVE (Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement) Training is a training package aiming to support those working across licensed premises with awareness of different vulnerabilities and how to provide the best possible support.  If you would like WAVE training to happen within your business, please email us.
• Safer Business Network Vulnerability Training: In August 2023, Safer Business Network released its new vulnerability training animation to educate people on how to spot vulnerability within their communities. The video seeks to support businesses and organisations in training their staff by highlighting what factors may increase someone’s likelihood of being attacked or targeted, and the main signs of vulnerability to look out for

Ask for Angela: Ask for Angela is the campaign for licensed premises that seeks to reduce sexual violence and vulnerability on nights out. Ask for Angela provides customers with a code word to communicate with discretion when feeling vulnerable. This PowerPoint gives licensed premises customer-facing materials and staff resources to ensure the venue can successfully operate the scheme.

‘Speak Up, Interrupt’: The British Transport Police introduced a campaign in the Summer of 2022, ‘Speak Up, Interrupt’, encouraging bystanders to report or even prevent sexual harassment from happening. The campaign intends to empower bystanders and witnesses to speak to staff, interrupt, support the victim, or (if possible without endangering themselves) approach the offender.

‘Report it to Stop it’: Campaign from TfL encouraging greater reporting of unwanted sexual behavior.  

Have a word campaign:  The ‘HaveAWord’ campaign, launched by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London calls on men to hold other men accountable for violence against women and girls.  

ENOUGH: #Enough is the campaign the UK Home Office has launched to raise awareness and challenge the abuse of women and girls.   

Rights of Women – helping women through law: Rights of Women provides women with free, confidential legal advice. The organisation seeks equality, justice, and safety for all women by ensuring we hear their voices, and that legislation meets their needs.    

Thrive Law: Thrive Law, who came to present ways in which businesses in Hammersmith can ensure safety for women in the workplace, are an employment law firm which value mental health and embody diversity & inclusion in everything they do.  

Centre for Women’s Justice:  The Centre for Women’s Justice exists to provide those subjected to male violence with better access to legal solutions to improve their rights, bringing specialist lawyers, academics, and frontline activists together to ensure justice for victims of violence against women and girls.   

SafetyNet Radio Training:  Thanks to the SafetyNet radios and partnerships within Hammersmith’s Pubwatch network, pubs can highlight any issues early by immediately sharing the information across the town centre and receiving support to alleviate anti-social or criminal activity.  

PubWatch: Hammersmith BID’s PubWatch meets each quarter to discuss crime concerns and how to ensure prosperity across the local nighttime economy while discussing how to ensure more vulnerable people remain safe and secure.  

Strut Safe: Strut Safe is a community organisation that provides a free line for those who feel unsafe when walking in public, with volunteers on hand to stay on the line until that person feels safe again. Follow the link for more information and contact details.  

Hammersmith BID Women’s Safety Discussion Paper: The Discussion Paper was released during the UN’s 2021 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. The paper outlines the different strategies the BID is using to create a safe and accessible town centre, night and day, for all women and girls.

LBHF Ending VAWG Strategy 2022 – 2027: The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham have released their 5-year Strategy on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The document outlines what VAWG is, how to prevent it, and what can help to ensure abusers are held accountable and that victims receive the best support possible.

Women’s Night Safety Charter : Londoners have asked the Night Czar to prioritise the safety of women. The ‘Women’s Night Safety Charter’ is part of the Mayor’s ‘Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG) and seeks to make London a city where all women feel confident and welcome at night.  

Women’s Safety – Evening Nighttime Economy:  PowerPoint Presentation from Nighttime Economy Solutions, who design creative solutions to help towns and cities become safer, more vibrant, and more attractive both during the evening and at night.  

GLA: Safety in Public Space: Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse People : A guide to regenerating the city, from a space designed for men by men, to a space where Women, Girls, and Gender Diverse People feel safe.   

The Mayor’s VAWG Strategy for London 2022 – 25: The mayor’s strategy seeks to prevent and reduce VAWG, support all victims and survivors, hold perpetrators to account, and build trust and confidence.    

GLA: Supporting Diversity: The supporting diversity handbook, provided by the Mayor of London, highlights how to overcome barriers to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).   

UN Women: Creating safe and empowering spaces with women and girls: Sexual harassment against women and girls in public spaces in different settings is something legislation has previously neglected. However, UN agencies and other partners have set out to evaluate comprehensive approaches to prevent and respond to this ongoing issue. The UN Flagship programme: Safe cities and safe public spaces evaluates the different strategies when it comes to responding to sexual harassment against women and girls within the public realm.  

Pregnant then screwed: Pregnant then screwed is a charity space for mothers to share their stories of discrimination. The organisation is determined to support women and end the motherhood penalty within the workplace.  

Sands: SANDS is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity in the UK and seeks to provide the best care and support to those impacted by the death of a baby for as long as they need it.  

Railway Guardian: The British Transport Police has an app, ‘Railway Guardian’. The app allows you to report crimes to the Birth Transport Police and guides you on what to do if you witness sexual harassment on trains or in stations. Follow the link to find out more information and download the app.

ILO190: The international labour organization has a convention called the ILO190 seeking to prevent violence and harassment in the workplace.  

London Travel Watch: London TravelWatch is London’s independent transport watchdog that uses evidence to campaign to improve journeys across London, recognising that the personal security of vulnerable people is most at risk and subsequently advocating for implementing necessary change.  

Guidance from Transport for London:

• • Safer Travel at Night: TfL Community Team has teamed up with Metropolitan and City of London Police, providing tips for how to stay safe while travelling home at night in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year. The article gives travel and safety information, TfL’s Safer Travel at Night operation, the importance of booking your minicab journeys, and details on reporting a sexual offence. 
  • Stamping out sexual harassment on Public Transport : In October 2021, TfL launched a campaign across its transport network to illustrate a zero-tolerance approach to unwanted sexual behaviour and harassment.
  • Tackling sexual harassment on the TfL network : Through ‘Report it to Stop it’ communications campaigns, CCTV networks, and staff training on how to deal with different forms of harassment, TfL is illustrating its zero-tolerance policy toward sexual harassment.
  • Report sexual harassment : Outlined, are the steps to take when reporting sexual harassment.
  • CCTV and surveillance cameras: Provided, is information about CCTV and surveillance cameras in place.

ACCREDITATION:  

GLA: Good Work Standard accredited employers: 112 London organizations are considered Good Work Standard employers by the Mayor of London. To join the list and receive accreditation, you can click the link and begin the Good Work Standard journey which links to how places of employment can better support the victims of VAWG and domestic violence.   

BOOK:  

Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez:‘Invisible Women’ is a book revealing how the world has been built by men, for men, and highlights how systemically ignoring half of the population has had detrimental impacts on all citizens.  

PODCAST:  

The Fix with Michelle King: Discourse across the podcast weaves the research of Michelle King, Kelly Thomson, and Selina Suresh into actionable tips for bringing equality into everyday practices.  

APPS:

Railway Guardian: The British Transport Police has an app, ‘Railway Guardian’. The app allows you to report crimes to the Birth Transport Police and guides you on what to do if you witness sexual harassment on trains or in stations. Follow the link to find out more information and download the app.

Hollie Guard app: The Hollie Guard app, set up following the tragic stabbing of Hollie Gazzard, contains a journey feature that allows you to set the beginning and end destinations of your journey before setting off, alerting emergency contacts if you fail to arrive at your destination safely within the time schedule set.   

Walksafe: WalkSafe is an app that provides individuals with the tools to make informed decisions around personal safety, providing the individual with a map highlighting which routes to avoid and the tools to share planned routes with friends.   

Start Safe – Stay Safe: Stop Hate UK, as part of their service supporting violence against women and girls and combating hate crime, have developed a street harassment report and support app. The 24-hour app allows people impacted by harassment in public to report their experiences, provides local services with an understanding of issues across the area and allows people to access support and advice if necessary.