Safe Place Scheme
The Safe Place scheme gives vulnerable people a short term 'Safe Place' to go if they are feeling confused, scared or upset when out and about in their local town.
Shops, businesses and public buildings who are a Safe Place will display the Safe Place sticker in their window.
If a vulnerable person seeks help, members of staff would be expected to make a phone call if necessary (emergency contact details will be carried on their Safe Place member card), provide a temporary safe haven for them and also to reassure them and keep them safe until help and support arrives.
How do I get a Safe Place Member Card?
Please call the Community Safety Team - 01494 586535 or email communitysafety.csb@buckinghamshire.gov.uk and we will send a card out to you.
Please note it is not essential for you to have a card to be able to access this service but it will help if you have an emergency contact number for the staff to help you out.
I would like my business to be a part of the scheme but what will I need to do?
Businesses that wish to register their interest in the scheme can contact the Community Safety Team. Businesses should have two or more employees on the premises at any given time in order to handle situations presented to them while still being about to maintain business as usual.
Once signed up, businesses will receive a list of contact details so that the employees know who they can contact if a vulnerable individual presents themselves.
In this short film, members of Talkback in High Wycombe explain why the scheme is so important and why businesses should get involved in it.
The following shops and businesses in Chiltern have already signed up to the Safe Places Scheme:
Amersham
Hill Avenue:
- Caroll's
- Chancellors
- John Nash & Co
- NatWest
- Savills
- Simply The Best
- Sue Ryder
- Talking Mobiles
- Tesco Express
Chesham Road:
- Hadlands Estate Agent
Sycamore Road:
- Age UK
- Barnardos
- Boots
- Cancer Research
- M&S Simply Foods
- Oxfam
- Pizza Express
- RM Terry Newsagent
- Scope
- Superdrug
- Waitrose
- WH Smith
Rickmansworth Road:
- Amersham Dry Cleaners
Chiltern Avenue:
- Amersham Health Centre
- Amersham Library
- The Chiltern Pools and Gym
Woodside Close:
- Wheelhouse Vets
Woodside Road:
- Amersham Fire Station
- J Brown Funeral Services Ltd
- Shaws Florist
Chalfont St Giles
- Buckinghamshire Building Society
- Chalfont St Giles Post Office
- Co-op
- Community Library
- Lloyds Pharmacy
- Old Post House Newsagents
- Rennie Grove charity shop
- Stratton Bakery
- The Deli
- Wheelhouse Vets
Chalfont St Peter
Churchfield Road:
- Emerald Frames
Gravel Hill:
- Chalfont Community Centre
Hampden Road:
- Allen Practice
- Hall Practice
High Street:
- Barclays
- Chalfont St Peter Community Library
- Madeira Coffee Shop
- Mr Crusty
- White Hart Public House
- Yorkshire Building Society
Market Place:
- Birring Greengrocers
- Crumbs
- First Floor Carpets
- Rodgers Estate Agent
- St. Peter's News
- The Breadhouse
- Vantage Pharmacy
St Peters Court:
- Halls Patisserie
- McColl's / The Post Office
- Shaw Trust
Chesham
We worked with Better Chesham to promote the Safe Place scheme to business owners in Chesham, and we have been very happy with the response from businesses wanting to be involved.
- Barclays Bank
- Boots Chemist
- Boots Opticians
- Broadway News
- Cancer Research UK
- Chesham Leisure Centre
- Chesham Library
- Chesham Town Hall
- Chess Medical Centre
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Flix Hair & Beauty
- FMY Chemist
- Halifax
- Healthright
- Helen & Douglas House
- IBB Solicitors
- M&Co
- Oxfam
- Poppins
- RSPCA Charity Shop
- Savers
- Skipton Building Society
- Sue Ryder
- The Little Treat Shop
- The Post Office
- Ultimate Eyewear
- Waterstones
- WH Smith
- Wheel House Vets
Great Missenden
High Street:
- Alphabet Soup
- Café Kissa
- Chiltern Opticians
- Focus Salon
- The Practice Surgery
- Roald Dahl Twit Café
- St Andrews Bookshop
- The Library
- Wye Country
- TSB Bank
Station Approach:
- Co-op Food
- Great Missenden Station
- Great Missenden Station Taxi Office
- Samways
- The Pantry - Great Missenden Station Platform 1
Holmer Green
Park Parade
- Fox Pharmacy
- Spar
- Rennie Grove
Little Chalfont
Nightingales Parade/ Nightingales Lane:
- Chalfont Hearing Centre
- Little Chalfont Community Library
- Mangal Express
- McParland Pharmacy
Chenies Parade:
- Age UK
- Iain Rennie Hospice At Home
- Little Chalfont Post Office
Old Amersham
Broadway:
- No. 67 Hairdressers
Church Street:
- Amersham Town Council
High Street:
- Lauras
- One Vision
Market Square:
- Bonhams
- Seasons Cafe
School Lane:
- Rectory Meadow Surgery
Prestwood
High Street:
- Co-op Food
- JNP Partnership
- John Hampden Surgery
- PEM Newsagent
- Prestwood Pharmacy
Wycombe Road:
- Daisy's Flowers
- Prestwood Plaice
- Sweet Charity
- The Salon at Prestwood
Check back for more members to be added in the near future.
