00:00Liverpool Nightlife CIC and partners have come together at Fusion on Fleet Street for the launch of a safety app which is being rolled out in bars across the city centre.
00:10Hopsey includes training such as Ask for Angela, Martin's Law and Anti-Spiking.
00:14People using it can understand exactly all the safety messages, be connected with all of the safety programmes that are in place that they need to make sure it's as safe as possible for everybody.
00:27We're going to drill it right through all the staff so everybody knows if any situations arise where a young lady comes to the bar and asks for Angela, they're not going to get told no one Angela works here and all like that.
00:39It's very important for us that. So it's just really putting our arms around the city again to make sure everyone knows.
00:46Liverpool's held Purple Flag accreditation for 15 years, a global standard recognising excellence in managing safe, vibrant nightlife.
00:54This recognition highlights Liverpool's commitment to being one of the UK's safest night-time economies where residents and visitors can enjoy a secure and vibrant nightlife experience.
01:05It's one of only a handful of cities that's retained the status since 2010.
01:09The Purple Flag indicator is a measure of how safe it is for the community, particularly here in the night time.
01:15So it brings together local authority, Merseyside Police, the Business Improvement District, all of those elements come together to make this environment safe.
01:23You know, it's fabulous being in Fleet Street, but very strange to be here when the sun's up.
01:28Run by the Association of Town and City Management, the Purple Flag scheme recognises places that have a dynamic and secure evening and night time economy,
01:38similar to green flag for parks or blue flag for beaches.
01:41Since Sam Cooke was murdered in 2017, we've pushed all of these bleed packs out and been training all the staff.
01:50We've had five incidents in the city centre where the staff have saved people's lives, which is absolutely amazing.
01:56We've got now the 24-hour bleed boxes going all around the city.
02:00Former footballer Jamie Carragher was at the launch as part of his 23 Foundation.
02:05We know, not just in this city, but right up and down the country, there is a problem with night time, especially around young people.
02:12So we want to highlight that and try and make not just Liverpool, but other places as safe as we possibly can be.
02:19Boxer Tony Bellew's been telling us why he is supporting the initiative.
02:23It's a breath of fresh air. It's a step in the right direction and it's going to help save lives.
02:27The more we spread awareness of it, the more we get it out there, the better it's going to be in the future.
02:32And like I said before, the most important thing is saving lives because we can't get it.
02:36It's a bit of a taboo subject. We've got to get away from it's not a bad thing to stop with these knives because it's happening in front of our eyes.
02:43And we all need to accept it, understand it and say, we've got a problem here.
02:48We need to tackle it and deal with it. And John's gone a long way to help him solve that.
02:51So it's brilliant and I'm more than happy and honoured to help him spread the word.
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