Happy October!
Dear Bermondsey and Rotherhithe,
October is full of events and activities that will keep everyone busy!
There is also half term this month so parents I have included some links below
to information on events and activities.
Please don't forget to have your say on the Rotherhithe Broadband
Consultation which closes on the 1st November. All the details are below.
It is also Black History Month and there are lots of events and activities
around the borough. Please see the link to the brochure below.
October is also Stoptober. There is information
below on activities and events pertaining to this.
All in all, there is lots happening to keep everyone busy and involved in the community.
Please feel free to send me information about your community events. I am
happy to publicise.
Have a great month!
P.S. - The next Community Council Forum Meeting the 14 November at Tooley Street - Save the Date!
Bridget Galloway
Community
Council Officer
Bermondsey
and Rotherhithe
Tel:
020 752(5 1780) / Mobile: 07701 377 162
Email:
bridget.galloway@southwark.gov.uk
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/events-culture-and-heritage/search?c=56
All
events: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/events-culture-and-heritage/all
ACT for Youth campaign launch - social media toolkit
Background
Action
Counters Terrorism (ACT) is Counter Terrorism Policing’s brand platform which
brings together communications to warn, inform and reassure the public and
encourage them to take action to help save lives.
On
Thursday, 28th September, ACT’s ‘Act for Youth’ campaign launched in
partnership with News UK and is designed to help educate 11 to 16 year olds on
how to stay safe in the rare event of a firearms or weapon attack. Key advice
is to follow Run, Hide, Tell guidance until police arrive on the scene but
insight shows that this messaging is not always effectively reaching younger
audiences.
Counter
Terrorism (CT) Policing and celebrity influencers, including Bear Grylls,
participated in a burst of activity as part of the campaign launch to raise
awareness amongst young people about how to stay safe.
Government
departments, ALBs, force comms and stakeholders have a multitude of channels
and networks that can be utilised and we encourage you to participate by
sharing content. ACT for Youth is currently a priority campaign for CT Policing
and also for government with the Executive Director of Government
Communications, Alex Aitkin, seeking concerted cross-government
amplification. Whilst the primary audience is young people, your channels
will also help to reach secondary audiences, including parents, teachers and
other influencers too. With your help we can spread messaging far and wide.
Ways you can support
- Share the below
suggested tweets and adapt for other channels
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Follow @TerrorismPolice on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and share their ACT
for Youth content on Thursday and over the coming weeks
-
Follow campaign
supporters such as Bear Grylls, Olympian Jade Jones and Footballer Jamie Vardy and share their posts.
- Share the digital
assets we sent alongside this digital tool kit. These include:
-
A 1 minute celebrity
endorsed film that outlines steps young people can take if they are caught
up in a firearms or weapon attack. Contact nctphq.comms@met.police.uk if you would like the
raw film file
- Celebrity influencer themed
posters and digital assets
Include hashtag #ActionCountersTerrorism in
posts
Signpost audiences to the ACT website – www.gov.uk/ACT
Please flag ways you have supported the
campaign for evaluation purposes to mike.ashworth@cabinetoffice.gov.uk for government channels
(supportive departments will be showcased in a valuation dashboard) and Michelle.Elkins@met.pnn.police.uk for force and CT network
channels.
Suggested tweets/posts
Tweet 1 (retweet)
Quote
Retweet @TerrorismPolice’s film tweet, which will
be published from 09.00hrs with the below message:
-
We support
@TerrorismPolice campaign helping young people stay safe if caught in a
weapons attack #ActionCountersTerrorism www.gov.uk/ACT
Tweet 2 (native tweet)
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Weapons attacks are
rare, but remembering this simple advice could keep you safe: RUN, HIDE,
TELL #ActionCountersTerrorism www.gov.uk/ACT [INSERT ACT
FILM OR POSTER]
Please
feel free to adapt these messages for Facebook and any other platforms.
Contact
mike.ashworth@cabinetoffice.gov.uk and Michelle.Elkins@met.pnn.police.uk if you have any questions.
There will be subsequent campaign milestones in the coming months.
Trading Standards tackle underage knife sales
4 October 2017
Officers from Southwark Council Trading Standards took part in a London
wide police operation to highlight the need for retailers to ‘Challenge 25’
when it comes to knife sales.
This activity formed part of a London Trading Standards awareness day
focused on sales of knives to under-18s. A
video, filmed in Southwark, detailing the operation can be viewed online.
So far this year across London, out of 315 test purchases, 50 sales were
made to volunteers aged between 13 and 17. These sales included a variety of
knives, including kitchen knives, utility knives, razor blades and cleavers.
Over the past five years the local compliance rate in Southwark has been
77 per cent and knife retailers can sign up to a local partnership scheme
which encourages responsible retailing. Since the scheme began in 2006
some 58 businesses have signed up.
The scheme also stipulates that businesses must operate a ‘Challenge 25’
policy, meaning that if a customer looks under 25 and is attempting to buy
knives, the retailer must always ask for suitable proof of age.
Alongside spot checks and enforcement, Southwark Council also recognises
that education and engaging with young people is also a vital to tackling knife
crime.
Southwark Youth Council identified knife crime as one of their key
concerns for young people in the borough and will help support the Southwark
Council response to knife crime. The voices of young people must be heard when
we talk about knife crime and the council will be actively involving the youth
council as it implements the Knife Crime and Knife Carrying Action Plan.
Cllr
Barrie Hargrove, Cabinet Member for Cabinet Member for Communities, Safety
and Leisure said: “Sadly we all know of the devastation that knife crime can
bring to families and communities and all too often we see news reports of
young lives lost to such violence. This is why we must continue to work with
the Mayors Office, the Met, retailers and Trading Standards to stamp out knife
crime.
“Spot checks, such as those demonstrated by Southwark Trading Standards,
of retailers are so important to keeping knives out of children’s hands.
Thankfully, the majority of Southwark retailers are responsible but there is
always work to do.
“We know that challenging retail practices is not the sole answer to
dealing with knife crime but we must do everything in our power to prevent
young people getting hold of knives in the first place. I would strongly
reiterate the Mayor’s messages that carrying a knife is more likely to ruin
your life than save it.”
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