Women’s Night Safety Charter

London is a safe city, but too many women feel unsafe when travelling, working or socialising both during the day and at night. Londoners have asked the Night Czar to prioritise women’s safety, and that is why the Mayor has created this charter; to make London a city where all women feel confident and welcome at night.

The Charter is part of the Mayor’s Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and London’s commitment to the UN Women Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces global initiative. In 2022, Safer Business Network was asked to deliver its recommendations. This includes sharing of best practice, free training and networking events.

Now is an exciting time to join the Charter as we go into year 2. More information on the charter can be found at: https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/arts-and-culture/24-hour-london/womens-night-safety-charter.

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The Charter Pledges

To support the Women’s Night Safety Charter, we ask all organisations that operate at night to sign up to some simple pledges:

  • Nominate a champion within your organisation who actively promotes women’s night safety

  • Demonstrate to staff and customers that your organisation takes women’s safety seriously, for example through a communications campaign

  • Remind customers and staff that London is safe, but tell them what to do if they experience harassment when working, going out, or travelling

  • Encourage reporting by victims and bystanders as part of your communications campaign

  • Train staff to ensure that all women who report are believed

  • Train staff to ensure that all reports are recorded and receive a response

  • Design your public spaces and workplaces to maker them safer for women.

Supporting Initiatives to the Charter

  • Women’s Night Safety Summit - A biannual event bringing together all partners and signatories for discussions, panel debates and partnership.

  • Lunch & Learn - Monthly webinars hearing from signatory guest speakers on best practice, safety initiatives and support from across London.

  • Bystander Intervention Training - In partnership with The Suzy Lamplugh trust, training to upskill and empower bystanders to intervene and support women.

  • WAVE and Ask for Angela Training - Delivering our training to signatories and partners to improve staff ability to spot vulnerability.

  • Quarterly Newsletters - Keeping signatories informed of all developments with the Charter and important information on women’s safety.

Sign up to the Women’s Night Safety Charter

To sign your business/organisation up to the Charter please scan the QR code and complete the online registration form

If you need more information on signing, please use the button below to contact the WNSC Project Manager.