What is Safety Street?
Safety Street is Ireland's first purpose built interactive centre aimed at teenagers to identify everyday threats to their safety. Students from schools across Limerick City have to navigate there way through three different scenarios.
The scenarios include:
1. Personal Safety - Short Dark Alley v Long Bright Way Home
2. Life After Drugs - Tales from recovering addicts
3. Thats not ASB? - Impact of Anti-Social Behaviour
Each scenario will be followed by a Q&A sessions with representives from Limerick City Council, The Health Service Executive, An Garda Siochana as well as the Community Coordinators.
On completion of the expo students will be presented wil 'Safety Packs' which contains advice and products to promote personal safety.
Benefits for The Young Person
• Highlights various personal and community safety issues through interactive scenarios
• Encourages the young person to consider that they have choices
• Encourages the young person to be aware of the consequences of their choices
• Promotes the benefits of taking a positive, active role within communities
Benefits for The Community
• Reduce incidents of ASB
• Encourages active citizenship
• Increases personal safety awareness
Benefits for Partnership Agencies
• Delivers the messages of Limerick City Council, HSE and An Garda Siochana.
• Innovative project may spark National Press interest and raise profile of LCCSP as well as partnership agencies.
Opening of Safety Street
Safety Street was offically opened by Deputy Mayor Hourigan on the 21st September 2010. Pictured below is Deputy Mayor Hourigan along with the Community Coordinator team, Councillors, memebers of the Gardai, Limerick City Council, HSE, Scenemaker and volunteers at the opening of 'Safety Street' in the Aula Maxima, Limerick Institute of Technology on the 21st September 2010.
Schools that attended Safety Street
St Munchin's College, Corbally
Colaiste Mhichil, Sexton Street
Ardscoil Mhuire, Corbally
Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ, South Circular Road
Ardscoil Ris, North Circular Rd
Crescent College Comprehensive, Dooradoyle
Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh Meal Sior
St Clement's College, South Circular Road
St Nessan's Community College, Moylish
Scoil Carmel, O'Connell Avenue
Salesian Secondary School, Fernbank, North Circular Road
Villiers Secondary School, North Circular Road
Hazelwood College, Dromcollogher
On the last day community groups from around Limerick City gave a walk through Safety Street.
Quotes from the papers!
Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Maria Byrne said "the Safety Street initiative is a clever and innovative way to highlight various personal and safety issues through interactive scenarios." She added " It also promotes the benefits of taking a positive and active role within the community and it's a very clever and innovative project which appeals to teenagers, and delivers key safety messages in a key way." Taken from The Limerick Leader Wednesday 22, 2010.
Garda Inspector Luke Conlon, Head of Community Policing, Mayorstone Garda Station described the Safety Street Project as "very Positive and it will educate and inform young people on the possible dangers that they may encounter through the street scenes. We hope that this project will increase personal safety awareness, encourage active citizenship and reduce the incidents of anti-social behaviour." Taken from The Limerick Leader Wednesday 22, 2010.
Please click the link to see a piece done by TV3 news on 'Safety Street' http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=27246
Pictures from the different scnarios
Personal Safety - Short Dark Alley v Long Bright Way Home
Thats not ASB? - Impact of Anti-Social Behaviour
Life After Drugs - Tales from recovering addicts
Thank You
Limerick City Community Safety Partnership would like to thank everyone who helped with the creation of Safety Street especially
Bobby and his crew at Scencemaker
An Garda Siochanna especially Gardai from Mayorstone Garda Station
Limerick City Council
The HSE especially Aljeff and Slainte
Volunteers Actors - Declan, Edwina and Helen
All the students from the different schools that attended
Limerick Institute of Technology
Concept Signs
John and Bernard from Lyric FM
And all others who contributed to the success of the project.
More Information
If you would like more information on Safety Street please contact the office on 061 407247