Lichfield District Council commits to helping end violence against women and girls on White Ribbon Day
Lichfield District Council marked White Ribbon Day on November 25, by reaffirming its commitment to preventing violence against women and girls and progressing its three-year action plan to become White Ribbon accredited.
White Ribbon is a global movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls by challenging harmful attitudes, behaviours and inequality.
Lichfield District Council is delivering a programme of activity in support, which includes specialist domestic abuse and bystander intervention training for council staff and partner organisations, supported by the Lichfield District Community Safety Partnership.
Councillor Richard Cox, Cabinet Member for Community & Public Protection, said: “Becoming White Ribbon accredited reflects our commitment to long-term cultural change. Violence against women and girls must never be tolerated, excused or ignored, and we’re taking action to ensure our workplaces and communities are safer for everyone.”
As part of the 16 Days of Action campaign, the council will be running a series of public engagement events and awareness campaigns across the district. These include:
Safety and prevention sessions with South Staffordshire College students (27–28 November)
A community drop-in at Tesco Extra in Church Street, Lichfield (4 December)
Safer Nights outreach activity on Bird Street (5 December)
Raising awareness on social media. Please visit lichfielddc.gov.uk/whiteribbon
To mark White Ribbon day, District Council House in Frog Lane was lit up in orange in solidarity with the international campaign.
Residents are also encouraged to support the campaign by making the White Ribbon Promise ‘to never use, excuse or remain silent about men’s violence against women’.
