Subject:		White Ribbon UK Accreditation - Extract from the Proceedings of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee meeting held on the 25^th November 2021
Date of Meeting:		16 December 2021
Contact Officer:	Name:	Thomas Bald	Tel:	01273 291354
	E-mail:	thomas.bald@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Wards Affected:		All Wards

For General release

Action Required of Council:

To receive the recommendations of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee for consideration.

Recommendations:

That an application by officers for White Ribbon Accreditation be agreed.

Brighton & Hove City Council

TOURISM, EQUALITIES, COMMUNITIES & CULTURE Committee

4.00pm 25 November 2021

MINUTES

Present:   Councillors Powell (Chair), Osborne (Co-Chair), Grimshaw (Joint Opposition Spokesperson), Evans (Joint Opposition Spokesperson), Simson (Opposition Spokesperson), Rainey, Littman, Ebel, Childs, and Brown

Co-Optees: Joanna Martindale (Community Voluntary Sector), Nick Dias (Sussex Police), Stephanie Prior, and Harpreet Kaur (BHCC CCG).

PART ONE<AI1>

43       WHITE RIBBON UK ACCREDITATION

43.1 Anne Clark introduced the item starting on page 49 on the Agenda.

43.2    Councillor Brown was informed that:

· Purple Flag status for a city means that crime rates are lower, and it is deemed safer for people.

· There are 4 factors to work on to achieve this status including strategic leadership, including men and boys in the conversation, changing the culture, and raising awareness of violence.

43.3    Councillor Osborne raised that the culture around violence against women and girls is important to mention in the plan, given that 99% of the perpetrators are men, and that he would be more than happy to be one of the 4 ambassadors for the White Ribbon campaign.

43.4    RESOLVED:

(1) That full Council be recommended to agree that officers should apply for White Ribbon Accreditation;

(2) That the action plan as set out in appendix 1 to the report be agreed.