Birmingham and Manchester
City Centres become Child Safe Zones
 DJ
Campbell helps launch the first Child Safe City.
The Birmingham City striker helped to formerly launch Birmingham
as the first Child Safe City in the UK at the Bullring on
April 6th. The scheme which is strongly supported by the West
Midlands Police covers the main shopping centres, the markets
area and the city centre itself.
Jonathan Cheetham, Chair of Birmingham City Centre Partnership
said “We have worked very closely with the West Midland
Police, security teams and retailers across the city to enable
us to bring the Child Safe initiative to Birmingham. We are
delighted to be the first city centre in the UK to offer the
scheme city wide to include retailers around New Street, High
Street, Corporation Street, Bull Street and Great Western
Arcade, as well as those situated within the Bullring, The
Pallasades Shopping Centre, Pavilions, The Mailbox and the
Markets area”.
Manchester and the West End to follow
In time for the summer, the City of Manchester and the West
End of London are also to adopt the scheme. Manchester Arndale
launched the scheme before Christmas and will now work closely
with the City Centre Management to extend the scheme across
the City Centre shopping areas. |
