Decision details

Bristol City Council has attracted significant funding through the Home Office Grant. This additional investment in the City, will enable delivery of a number of initiatives that aim to reduce incidents of violence against women and girls to include sexual harassment and drink spiking incidents. The project includes the development of legacy products to include a Bristol Women’s Safety Charter, anti-sexual harassment training package for night-time economy employees and a City-Wide Awareness campaign. The funds will also expand on the current police led drink spiking testing pilot across the City and support the Bristol@Night website. Implementation of these initiatives will serve to reduce crimes against women and girls at night, reduce the fear of these crimes and grow the power of the night-time community from within.

Bristol City Council have agreed to receive funds from the Home Office Safer Streets Fund (Safety for Women at Night). Bristol City Council will spend the funds on a number of initiatives designed to prevent violence against women at night in Bristol City Centre, to include within venues as well as routes home, through protecting those at risk and by targeting potential perpetrators of violence against women and girls. The proposed project is designed to make the Bristol City Centre safer and feel safer for women at night.

To decline the Home Office grant and/or refuse permission to spend. The decision to decline the grant was not taken forward as a preferred option for as to do so would be to decline the opportunity to undertake the above crime reduction project.