Spire Elland Hospital joins Calderdale Safe Places Scheme

13 December 2021

Spire Elland Hospital are proud to join the Calderdale Safe Places Scheme. The scheme is to increase the safety and confidence of vulnerable people when they visit Halifax town centre.

What is the Safe Places Scheme?

The scheme offers support to vulnerable people and those with learning disabilities when they experience an incident while they're out and about in the borough. Incidents range from someone requiring directions, someone who has lost their wallet/purse or they may have been the target of harassment or bullying.

A vulnerable person might be someone:

  • With a physical and/or learning disability
  • With dementia or autism
  • With a mental health illness
  • Who is old, frail or ill
  • Who is upset or in distress

How does it work?
If a person needs assistance, all they have to do is show their Safe Place card which includes an emergency contact's details. If a person presents and is not carrying the card, the same service applies. If a person with a vulnerability needs help and visits a Safe Place centre, the staff at the Safe Place venue will support the person and either call the contact number on the card, or if appropriate, in an emergency the police or relevant service.

Safe Place centres will display a poster promoting the scheme and are located across the borough including Halifax bus station, libraries, leisure centres, supermarkets, medical practices and community hubs across Calderdale.

Event Booking Form

134148

Marketing Information

Spire would like to provide you with marketing information about products and services offered by Spire and by selected third-party partners. If you do not consent for us to process your personal data for marketing activities, we will still be able to contact you about your enquiry.

We may contact you by email, SMS or phone about your enquiry. If we try to contact you by phone (mobile and/or landline) and you are not available, we may leave you a voicemail message. We may also use your details to contact you about patient surveys we use for improving our service or monitoring outcomes, which are not a form of marketing.

We will use your personal information to process your enquiry. For further information, please see our privacy policy.

Submit my enquiry