Council

Agenda Item 69

       

Subject:                    White Ribbon UK Accreditation - Extract from the Proceedings of the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee meeting held on the 25th November 2021

 

Date of meeting:    3 February 2022

 

Report of:                 Executive Director for Governance, People & Resources

 

Contact Officer:      Name: Mark Wall

                                    Tel: 01273 291006

                                    Email: mark.wall@brighton-hove.gov.uk

                                   

Ward(s) affected:   All

 

For general release

 

 

Action Required of the Committee / Council:

To receive the report from the Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee for consideration and the recommendations for approval.

 

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.