Victims of domestic abuse and harassment can now find refuge in a number of businesses around Gravesend as a new scheme is being launched to support those feeling unsafe. There are 20 premises who teamed up around the town to become ‘safe spaces’ for people feeling threatened.
Munns, Mug and Meeple, The Somerset Arms, and B&M are some of the businesses which signed up to the scheme. It has been launched using funds from the Government’s Safer Streets programme.
Launching the scheme, Cllr John Burden, Leader of Gravesham Borough Council, said: “Our Safe Space scheme is an important tool in our efforts to combat violence and domestic abuse against all, but particularly against women and girls.