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Safer Socialising Award

ABCP has developed the Safer Socialising Award (SSA) to provide an inspected award scheme for the evening economy and licensed members of business crime reduction partnerships. The purpose of the award scheme is to encourage licensed premises members to achieve higher standards of management and operation as a demonstration of their ability to help reduce crime and disorder and anti-social behaviour in pubs, clubs and licensed premises. It rewards those licensed premises who can achieve the standards.

The Safer Socialising Award is managed by the partnership and a certificate is awarded to successful premises by them following an inspection process involving the partnership, police, local authority licensing and the fire service. Window stickers can also be issued by the partnership with their logo to publicise the role of the partnership in the process.

Safer Socialising Awards are re-inspected every two years by the partnership in conjunction with the other agencies to ensure that high standards of management are maintained. The award will encourage licensed premises to become members of the local partnership, to be part of this responsible management scheme, to see themselves as making a positive contribution towards local community safety and to reassure the public that local licensed premises are safe and pleasant places for people to visit.

The Safer Socialising Award is open to business crime reduction partnerships who are members of ABCP and are holders of a current Safer Business Award accreditation.   Management of the SSA rests with the partnership, subject to assessment of the Safer Business Award and Safer Socialising Award procedures by ABCP.

Safer Socialising Award documentation can be downloaded from the members' area.

Use of the 'Safer Socialising Award' designation or logo may not be used by any partnership which does not possess a current Safer Business Award, nor by any other organisation without the written consent of the Association of Business Crime Partnerships Ltd.







Latest news

30 July 2010
Important announcement to partnerships and stakeholders
We announced recently that the Association of Business Crime Partnerships Limited (ABCP) was created following a joint board meeting between AABC and ATCM on the 3rd June. The new organisation has the support of both the Home Office and ACPO business crime. More...
24 July 2010
Update on ABCP strategy workshop
As part of the development plan for the new organisation, ABCP held a strategy workshop day at ATCM offices in London on 15th July. It was attended by representatives of BCRPs, retailers, town centre managers, police and directors of ABCP. More...
22 July 2010
Shoplifting DOWN across Eastbourne
The shoplifting action plan developed by the Eastbourne Crime Reduction Partnership (CRP) has seen a dramatic reduction in shoplifting offences across the town. More...
16 July 2010
Crime in England and Wales, 2009/2010
The latest annual crime statistics for England and Wales, produced by the Home Office are now available on their website. More...
14 July 2010
Mansfield Safer Business Partnership have cause to Celebrate
Mansfield Partnership Against Crime (MPAC) has just released the ratified crime figures for 2009/2010 that show a reduction in crime for Mansfield town centre of 20.4% over the previous year. More...
2 July 2010
Harrogate BCRP joins ABCP
Another new partnership has become a member of ABCP and joined the expanding group of partnerships we have in Yorkshire, making this one of our largest regional groups. More...
18 June 2010
Westfield Shopping Centre joins ABCP
The most luxurious shopping centre in the UK, Westfield, in Shepherd's Bush, opposite the BBC centre in west London, has become the latest partnership to join ABCP. More...
18 June 2010
ABCP is moving forward
The Association of Business Crime Partnerships (ABCP) has now been officially created following a joint board meeting between AABC and ATCM on 3rd June. The new name has been registered with Companies House and there will be a new logo and other visual changes as we move forward. More...