VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

The TRA pre-empted Southwark Council and carried out an audit of street lights in our area on 16 March to make the area as safe as possible. 2 lights were found not to be working in Forsyth Gardens. This was reported to the council and repaired within 48 hours. Please let the TRA know if you believe there are further safety improvements we can make.

The council has issued the following statement:

The events of the last few weeks has left us, like many others, angry at the gender-based violence that women and girls face every day. Our thoughts are with all those who knew Sarah Everard, and with all victims and survivors of gender based violence. We are urgently thinking about how we can make Southwark a safer place for women and girls and secure the long term change we need. We have called an emergency meeting of all councillors where we will be discussing actions the council can take and bringing an emergency motion to Council Assembly this week. This will include assessing areas of our streets where we can make immediate safety improvements so please do let us know if there are areas in Newington you are concerned about.