Friday 14 November – Corporate & Night-time Focus: Shining a Light on Brighton’s Night Guardians
As Safer Business Action Week 2025 enters its final days, today we turn our focus to two vital pillars of Brighton’s safety network:
our corporate partners by day, and the teams who protect the night-time economy after dark.
Brighton is a city that thrives at night, vibrant, creative, welcoming, and at the heart of that energy are the people who quietly work to keep others safe.
Today, we shine a light on them.
Corporate Responsibility & Daytime Partnership
This morning, BCRP Manager Lisa Perretta is meeting with businesses across the corporate sector to strengthen relationships, offer support, and ensure their teams feel part of Brighton’s wider safety network. These conversations help build confidence, consistency, and shared understanding, the foundations that carry into the evening.
Creating Safer Nights: The People Protecting Brighton After Dark
As the city transitions into night, a different set of partners step forward, those who protect Brighton’s busiest spaces, spot risk early, and support anyone who might be vulnerable.
Night Safety Marshals
Our Night Safety Marshals play a crucial role in reducing harm in the city centre and along the seafront.
They support vulnerable individuals, de-escalate situations before they escalate, and work shoulder-to-shoulder with venues and police to keep people safe. Their presence is calm, compassionate, and deeply human.
Beach Patrol
On the seafront, Beach Patrol teams offer reassurance, spot risk early, and protect individuals in vulnerable situations.
Their work is often unseen, but their impact is significant, preventing harm in places where people may feel isolated or exposed.
Mobile Support Unit (MSU)
The Mobile Support Units across our city provides an immediate, flexible safety response in the night-time economy.
They support venues, assist police, respond to real-time incidents, and offer welfare support to people who need help.
Each of these teams contributes to Brighton’s wider mission of creating safer night spaces spaces where people can celebrate, enjoy, and feel confident that support is nearby if they need it.
They are, in many ways, the unsung heroes of Brighton’s safety network.
Tonight, we shine a light on their dedication.
The Night Begins With Preparation: The NTE Briefing
The night begins with a briefing.
Every Friday, the BCRP Night Safe Manager, Kylie Wroe, hosts the Night-Time Economy briefing, bringing together venue managers, security teams, Sussex Police, Night Safety Marshals, and frontline partners.
This briefing sets the tone for the entire night:
What the briefing provides
the latest intelligence on vulnerability, predatory behaviour, persons of concern, and current risks
descriptions of individuals who may pose harm or require safeguarding
updates on missing persons, theft patterns, spiking intelligence, or emerging trends
clarity on who is patrolling, where, and how to communicate
shared actions for creating hostile environments for those who seek to prey on others
The briefing ensures every partner starts the night informed, connected, and prepared to protect the public.
It is where coordination becomes confidence and confidence becomes safety.
Why This Work Matters
Together, these teams create safer night spaces by:
noticing early signs of vulnerability
stepping in before harm occurs
supporting people in crisis
sharing real-time intelligence
deterring predatory and harmful behaviour
reinforcing Brighton’s commitment to a safer, kinder night-time economy
This is safety built by people, not systems.
Their work strengthens the resilience of our night-time economy and helps ensure Brighton remains a city where everyone can enjoy a night out safely.
A city powered by partnership.
A city kept safe by people who care.
A city that looks after one another - day and night.
This is Brighton.