Primary Sponsor
Primary Sponsor
CHELTENHAM GUARDIANS SAFEGUARDING TEAM
WOMEN SAFEGUARDING WOMEN IN CHELTENHAM'S PURPLE FLAG EVENING AND NIGHT-TIME ECONOMY
EXCELLENCE IN SAFEGUARDING
INTEGRITY
RESILIENCE
FORTITUDE
01242 350 330
SPECIALIST FEMALE SAFEGUARDING
The Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team (CGST) is a leading specialist UK female safeguarding service provider.
Partnering with Gloucestershire Constabulary and Cheltenham Borough Council our team of officers deliver enhanced female safeguarding services into Cheltenham's 'purple flag' night-time economy.
Our primary and priority function is to ensure the safety, security and well-being of women in the ENTE environment. Uniformed and covert safeguarding officers deliver this through our flagship safeguarding initiative the India Protocol every Saturday night and Sunday morning between between 10pm and 4am.
Our wider function may extend to the provision of general welfare services and emergency services support should circumstances allow but not at the detriment of India Protocol service delivery.
Since our launch in 2015 our award-winning volunteers have ensured the safety of thousands of women and have saved the community, the emergency services, the NHS and the criminal justice system over £1.5million and thousands of operational duty hours at no cost to the police or local authority.
Today in 2023 we are an integral and essential component in the care provision in Cheltenham's Saturday evening and night-time economy.
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN SAFEGUARDED
7,000+ INDIA PROTOCOL APPROACHES
£1.5 MILLION COMMUNITY SAVING
THOUSANDS OF POLICE HOURS SAVED
HOSPITAL ADMITTANCE REDUCED
10,000+ VOLUNTEER HOURS DELIVERED
VIABLE BLUEPRINT FOR CITIES WORLDWIDE
INDIA PROTOCOL SAFEGUARDING
Female safeguarding. Female management. Female focus.
The India Protocol is the longest established ENTE female-focused safeguarding initiative in the United Kingdom today. Created in 2016 after the rape and murder of India Chipchase the India Protocol administered by our experienced team is responsible for safeguarding thousands of women in Cheltenham's Saturday night-time economy.
For over 7 years the Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team has prioritised the safety of women and girls in Cheltenham's Saturday evening and night-time economy. We have a 7 year head start on local authorities and police forces across the United Kingdom who are now giving this serious issue the acute attention and resources it deserves - and not before time we feel.
Misogyny, inappropriate sexual comments, sexual harassment and sexual assaults are commonplace in Cheltenham's night-time economy. Behind the facade of our 'purple flag' night-time economy our town suffers the same disrespectful, harmful and illegal treatment of women that night-time economies across the country suffer. We do what we can in Cheltenham to counter this.
The India Protocol is named after and operated in memory of India Eve Chipchase, a 20-year-old female who was coerced away from a nightclub in Northampton in 2016 by a sexual predator before being raped and murdered. We are hugely grateful to the Chipchase family for their friendship and support.
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NIGHTCARE HUB
Administered by our Nova team volunteers, the Nightcare Hub is a female-led, female-focused India Protocol support and logistics facility located at 1 Royal Crescent in Cheltenham town centre (behind the bus station).
Whilst not currently offering a 'walk in' service the Hub is open to the Guardian team, police, ambulance service and community partners who may return vulnerable females to a safe, secure and supported environment.
The Nightcare Hub will offer a 'controlled entry walk-in' service from Saturday 10 June 2023. At this time the following services will be available between 10pm and 4am:
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Female safe and secure space
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'Spiking' testing
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Rest and recovery area
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Peer support and signposting
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Female toilet facilities
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Basic first-aid
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Bottled water
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Phone charging
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Female hygiene products
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Flip-flops (suggested £3 charge to help mitigate costs)
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Safe pick-up point for parents, family or friends
SERVICE RESTRICTIONS
Service provision for non-female service users who present at the Hub will be administered externally by our Guardian team (subject to availability and assessment) and not within the Hub estate.
REFUSAL OF SERVICE
The Nova team and the Cheltenham Guardians Safeguarding Team reserve the right to refuse or withdraw care if the safety, security and welfare of our service users or volunteers is threatened.
SUPPORT
Our thanks to the Royal Air Forces Association for the use of this space and to Cheltenham BID for their sponsorship of the facility, our vehicles and ongoing support.
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COMING SOON
Guardians Girls is an important new CGST project launching in July 2023. The project will educate, equip and empower girls and young women between the ages of 13 and 18 so that when they eventually step out into a night-time economy environment they do so with a good understanding of the part they can play in keeping themselves and their friends safe in what is a fun, yet sometimes fluid and challenging environment.
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CONTACT
Please do not use this form to request assistance. This is for non-urgent messages only that do not require an immediate response. Please allow 72 hours for a response.
If you need to contact the duty team on Saturday night and Sunday morning between 10pm and 4am please call 01242 350 330. Calls made to this number outside of duty hours will be directed to our messaging service.