The local Safe Haven programme has seen staff at businesses and venues in the borough trained up to support anyone facing harassment or threats.
The details have been published online via Lambeth Council’s website pages in map and list form, detailing places signed up to the scheme.
Cllr Dr Mahamed Hashi, Lambeth’s Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, said: “This scheme is improving safety in our borough, and I thank the businesses and venues who have signed up.
“In Lambeth, we are working hard to protect women and girls and anyone who feels unsafe when out in our borough. This offer is available to anyone who feels they need help.”
There are now 33 Safe Havens in Lambeth, including at Lambeth libraries, all council leisure centres, and several business and community spaces across the borough.
The council is encouraging more places to get involved and expanding the directory further.
Cllr Hashi said: “We are working towards becoming one of the safest boroughs in London, and this work supports that aim. Tackling violence against women and girls is a major feature of that work.”
Staff at the Safe Havens get free training with the Safer Business Network, a crime reduction agency. The scheme can provide practical help such as phone charging, contacting emergency services, family and friends and referral to specialist support where needed.
Participating venues are displaying the Safe Havens logo in their windows.
Lambeth Council and Southwark Council created the Safe Havens initiative, which started in September 2023 and has helped more than 100 people since then.
Lambeth’s Safe Havens programme’s success has been adopted across London as part of the Greater London Authorities’ Women’s Night Safety Charter.
Service or business interested in becoming a Safe Haven should contact the Safer Business Network online at saferbusiness.org.uk.
To find out more about Lambeth’s response to Violence Against Women and Girls, please read our VAWG Strategy or visit Lambeth’s VAWG webpages.
