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"TELL A FRIEND" (TAF) is a new concept in partnership working to try and address the under reporting of crime within the LGBT community in Westminster.
A "Friend" is a person from one of the partnering organisations who can help you to report incidents to police. If you want some help, look at our list of TAF partners to see which one is best for you.
To make a report yourself, please complete one of the forms/ booklets that are available from, ourselves various pubs and other LGBT venues within Westminster. Once the form has been filled out, either drop it into the Community Safety Office at 15 Moor Street, Soho or send it to West End Central Police Station through the post. If you wish to be contacted someone WILL do so. If you do not wish to be contacted your information will NOT be ignored it will be used by the police to get a more realistic picture of what is happening.
If you would prefer, you can drop in to Kairos in Soho, The Community Safety Office or C.L.A.S.H. and have one of their staff fill out a report on your behalf.
If you agree for us to contact you a specially trained officer will do so from the Westminster Community Safety Unit when and how YOU choose.
HELPLINES
LONDON LESBIAN + GAY SWITCHBOARD
24 hour help and info. Line 020 7837 7324
LLGS offers help, advice, information and a sympathetic ear about anything and everything. Just a helpline service. If it’s information you want, including up to date pubs and clubs all over the UK and everything from gay plumbers to lesbian singing lessons, try the website.
BEAUMONT TRUST
Tuesday and Thursdays
7pm
07000 287 878
An organisation offering support and advice on a wide range of issues to transgendered people.
LONDON FRIEND
Daily from 7.30am-10pm
0207 837 3337
Offering social groups, counselling, groups and a helpline to LGBT for over 25 years.
WESTMINSTER VICTIM SUPPORT SCHEME
Mon to Fri 9am-5pm
0207 828 4261
or nationally, 24 hours a day on 0845 30 30 900.
THE SAMARITANS
08457 90 90 90
ADVICE
CASH DISPENSERS:
24 hour help and info. Line 020 7837 7324
Take care when using a cash dispenser. Don’t check your money at the cash point.
Stay safe.
PREVENT BAG THEFT:
Don’t make it easy for thieves. Keep your bag with you at all times. Don’t leave it on the floor or hanging on the back of a chair, keep it between your feet.
MOBILE PHONES:
Do not leave your mobile phone on a table in a public place. Thieves will distract your attention and steal it.
WALLETS:
Keep your wallet in an inside coat pocket, jacket or in the front pocket of your trousers. Never leave your wallet in any clothing that you take off.
TAXIS:
Don’t get into an unlicensed mini cab if one approaches you in the street, or has not been previously booked. It can be dangerous.
FURTHER INFORMATION AND SUPPORT
KAIROS IN SOHO
WHERE WE ARE : Click here for the address and contact details.
Open Mon, Tues and Thurs 10am-6pm.
THE COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICE
15 Moor Street, Soho, London W1
Open weekdays 11am-6.30pm
This is a new office in the heart of Soho used during the day by Community and Charity Groups. At night it is used by police to keep the area safe.
C.L.A.S.H. (Central London Action on Street Health)
Is an agency giving advice, information and support around HIV, sexual health and other related needs. CLASH has a team of dedicated workers who outreach to people both in the streets and in bars, clubs, saunas and cruising sites.
The CLASH team operates from their drop-in centre at 11 Warwick Street, W1.
For more information call 020 7734 1794 between 10am and 5pm weekdays.