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Launching in August 2009, the 'Safe About Town' profile pages
will provide young people with information about personal safety and
a place to voice concerns they may have about keeping safe in their
communities.
The online
area will also give young people the opportunity to display creative
work and share information on music, hobbies and city events. In
addition, users will be able to suggest ideas on what they think
would make Peterborough a better place for them to enjoy their free
time and a safer place for young people to live.
Staff from
the community safety team at Cambridgeshire Constabulary will be
introducing Safe About Town to schools and inviting young people to
design a logo that reflects a personal safety theme. The young
person behind the chosen design will win £50 and get to spend the
day with the police dog section and air support unit.
The
competition is open until Friday 24 July 2009 and the
winning design will be announced in August ahead of the Safe About
Town launch.
Sarah
Edwards, from the police community safety team, said: "Young people
can be vulnerable targets for crime with items such as mobile phones
and iPods often being stolen from them. Safe About Town will provide
them with theft prevention advice and information about keeping safe
and their well-being. Users will be able to talk to one another
online and add photos and information as well as suggest to us new
additions to the page.
"Safe
About Town will help target specific messages to young people and
strengthen links with them across organisations that make up the
SaferPeterborough partnership. Students at several schools have
already submitted designs and a team of young artists from
Peterborough City Council's young people's service are also getting
creative with what they think the logo should look like."
Schools
and young people interested in Safe About Town and anyone wanting to
enter the competition should contact Sarah Edwards on 01733 424493
or email
sarah.edwards@cambs.pnn.police.uk
June 2009 -
Peterborough UK Community Website
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