Thanet’s SOS trailer will be returning to town centres in the run-up to Christmas to help people feel safer on their night out.
The Safety on our Streets trailer was first deployed during the summer months on five occasions, when it was used by around 100 people.
The trailer has a counselling room, where a sexual outreach worker is available to help people, a treatment room where St. John’s Ambulance are ready to assist, and an interview room for people to speak to police about issues that may have concerned them during their night out. All staff on the SOS trailer, which includes representatives from Kent Police, Thanet District Council, St. John’s Ambulance, Sexual Outreach Nurses, KCA (Kent Council on Addiction) drug outreach workers and the Community Pastors, are available to speak to people and offer advice.
In December, the trailer will be parked outside Pierremont Park by the memorial in Broadstairs on Friday 10 and Friday 24 December. On Friday 17 December, the trailer will be in the middle of Ramsgate town centre, outside Boots. On each night, the trailer will be out from 7pm until 1am.
Cllr. Chris Wells, Cabinet Member for Community Services, said: “The SOS trailer has already been very well received over the last few months and it’s been able to help a lot of people on its previous nights out. The aim is get services out to people when they need them on their night out and it’s been successful in achieving that so far and I’m sure it will be again in the run-up to Christmas.”
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