Tuesday 11 November, Training & Membership Drive: Empowerment Through Partnership

Day two of Safer Business Action Week focuses on building confidence, knowledge, and shared responsibility ensuring every business and every staff member feels equipped to play their part in making Brighton safer.

SaBA Week is about more than visibility, it’s about capability. Across the country, police and business partnerships are delivering training, hosting awareness events, and connecting communities with the practical tools that help prevent crime before it happens.

In Brighton & Hove, this same spirit runs through our daily work. By investing in our people, from retail staff and security teams to venue managers and outreach partners, we build a network of confident, proactive individuals who know what to look for, how to report concerns, and how to support one another.

Training & Membership Drive

Today, PCSOs and the BCRP team are visiting stores around Churchill Square, supporting the BCRP membership drive. These visits are about listening and learning helping businesses understand how information sharing through DISC and partnership engagement can directly reduce harm and create a safer trading environment.

Meanwhile, over at John Street Police Station, staff from across Brighton’s business community are taking part in Bystander Awareness Training, funded by GTR. This session focuses on how to safely intervene and support others when witnessing concerning or unsafe behaviour turning awareness into confident, practical action.

“Empowerment builds safety. When people know how to act and who to turn to, the whole city benefits.”

By sharing knowledge, we strengthen our shared capacity to protect one another because every confident bystander, informed store manager, and engaged team adds another layer of safety to Brighton’s community fabric.