Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster has teamed up with Birmingham City Council to create safety and support kits for sex workers in the city.
The kits have been funded by the PCC’s Safer Streets Fund and are being rolled out in partnership with the council and Turnaround West Midlands.
The kits will contain essential items that can help ensure well-being, such as personal hygiene products, contraception, safety tools and informational resources, and will be given out during outreach patrols by Turnaround.
To create the kits, help and support is needed from the community. If you would consider donating a new or gently used handbag that can be used for this purpose, your contribution would play a significant role in empowering individuals within this community, providing them not only with practical items but also with a sense of dignity and care.
There are five drop off locations across Birmingham.
- City Centre – Council House Reception, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B1 1BB, Mon-Thu 8:45am-5:15pm and Fri 8:45am-4:15pm.
- North Birmingham – St Barnabas Church Centre, High Street, Erdington, Birmingham, B23 6SJ, Tue-Sat 10:00am-2:30pm and Sun 10:30am-12:00pm.
- East Birmingham – Go-Woman! Alliance CIC,140 Alum Rock Road (behind the Methodist Church), Birmingham, B8 1HU, Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30am-3:00pm.
- South Birmingham – Bournville Village Trust Office, 350 Bournville Lane, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1QY, Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:40pm.
- West Birmingham – Soho Road Business Improvement District, Suite 2, 118A Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9DP, Mon-Sat 10:00am-6:00pm.
Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster said: “I am pleased that my Safer Streets funding is being used to provide items vital for the safety and well-being of sex workers in Birmingham.
“They will be provided in a handbag, giving people who need them a sense of dignity, while also providing essential items.
“I would urge anybody who can help by supplying a handbag to do so at one of the drop off points and they will be filled with health and hygiene products, which can ensure the safety and well-being of sex workers in Birmingham.”
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