Safe places

A number of shops and businesses in Witney, Carterton, Bampton, Burford and Chipping Norton offer a Safe Place for vulnerable people (such as those with dementia, learning disabilities or mental health needs) when they feel lost, worried or threatened while they’re out and about in the town.

How the Safe Place scheme works: 

• people who might need to use a Safe Place carry a card, which they fill in with the details of their chosen contact
• the businesses display a distinctive window sticker so that the vulnerable person can easily identify them
• when they show their card in a Safe Place, the business or shop will get in touch with their chosen contact and keep the vulnerable person safe until they arrive

Request a Safe Places card

You can get a Safe Place card for a vulnerable person from West Oxfordshire District Council, Welch Way, Witney, OX28 6JH.

Register as a Safe Place

To register as a Safe Place in West Oxfordshire contact:

• Paul Ledden on 01993 861077 or email paul.ledden@westoxon.gov.uk  
• Jennifer Bennett on 01993 861000 or email Jennifer.Bennett@westoxon.gov.uk 

Thames Valley Police check that each business meets the Safe Place criteria and volunteers visit every so often to check.