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Press Release
FUNDING PARTNERSHIP FOR Q-SAFE TAXI MARSHAL SCHEME
April 2011: The Safer St Helier Community Partnership is celebrating securing a funding partnership between Jersey Hospitality Association, Home Affairs Dept, Parish of St. Helier and the Jersey Taxi Drivers Association for the Q-Safe Taxi Marshal scheme following recent media coverage of the shortfall in funding. The funding will provide funds from 1 May 2011 to 31 December 2011.
Funding for 2012 will be the subject of a partners meeting to be held before December 2011.
The aim of the Q-Safe Taxi Marshal scheme is to provide supervision for the late night taxi queues at the Weighbridge, in order to minimise queue jumping and associated disorder with a view to making residents and visitors feel safer.
The scheme has been a spectacular success, exceeding the expectation of travellers and taxi drivers and reducing levels of crime and disorder by 64 per cent in two years. It won the St Helier Social Responsibility Award in 2008 and has received recognition by the National Community Safety Network in the UK.
Meanwhile if any organisations wish to make a contribution
to the Q-Safe Taxi Marshal Scheme or wish to advertise their company on
taxis please contact Colin
Russell