Someone grabs your phone and runs.
What should you do first?
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Young Furzedown
Your safety. Your voice. Your neighbourhood.
A straightforward space for younger residents to find safety advice, understand how to report concerns and tell the Panel what would make Furzedown feel safer.
Know what to doSimple advice for phones, travel, harassment and online safety.
Know where to reportEmergency, police, school and community routes explained clearly.
Find somewhere safeKnow the youth spaces and staffed public places you can move towards.
Have your sayUse the Youth Safety Pulse to tell us what matters to young people.
Help a friendSupport a friend who feels unsafe and know when to involve a trusted adult.
Youth voiceSend the Panel a message about places, journeys or safety issues affecting young people.
Quick safety help
If something happens, use the right route.
Young people do not have to deal with a safety concern alone. If you are unsure, speak to a parent, carer, teacher, youth worker or another trusted adult.
Immediate dangerIf you or someone else is in danger, or a crime is happening now, call 999.
Non-emergency crimeReport non-emergency crime through 101 or the Metropolitan Police online service.
Recurring local concernFor wider issues such as repeated unsafe locations or recurring community concerns, tell the Panel.
What would you do?
Quick choices. Safer answers.
Tap an answer to see the safest next step. These are short examples — if somebody is in immediate danger, call 999.
A friend says someone is threatening them after school.
What is the best first response?
You see someone being harassed at a bus stop.
How can you help without putting yourself at risk?
You can swipe these scenarios on a phone.
Safe Places in Furzedown
Need somewhere safe to stop?
If you feel unsafe, move towards the nearest open, busy or staffed place. Tap a place below for the address, available times and what kind of help you could ask for.
If you are in immediate danger, call 999.Do not travel further just to reach a place on this list. Go into the nearest open staffed shop, café, pharmacy, youth venue or community building if that is safer.
Call 999Youth spaces and activities
Other staffed public or community places to know
Important: this is not yet a formal accredited “Safe Spaces” network. The youth services above are established youth provision. The other locations are familiar staffed public/community places that may be useful during opening hours if you need somewhere visible to stop or ask for help. In an emergency, use the nearest safe option and call 999.
Could Furzedown create an official Young Safe Spaces network?
Longer term, the Panel could work with willing shops, pharmacies, community venues, churches and youth organisations so participating locations are clearly identified and staff know what to do when a young person asks for help.
Youth Safety Pulse
What does Furzedown feel like for young people?
A short anonymous poll helps the Panel understand young people's experiences between meetings. It does not ask for your name, email or exact address.
September Youth Safety Pulse
Five quick anonymous questions. Open the poll when you are ready.
Open Youth Safety Pulse
September Youth Safety Pulse
Five quick anonymous questions. Open the poll when you are ready.
Safety made practical
Useful information without the lecture.
Swipe through quick starting points. For an emergency or an incident happening now, use the official reporting routes rather than contacting the Panel.
Phone robbery & theft
Keep your phone less visible near roads, stations and busy routes. If someone takes it, get to a safe place — do not chase or confront them.
Full phone-safety guideGetting around safely
Plan how you are getting home, use well-used routes where possible, stay aware around traffic and tell someone if your plans change.
More personal-safety adviceOnline safety
Block and report abusive accounts, keep evidence when safe to do so, protect your privacy settings and never share passwords, PINs or security codes.
Scam & fraud adviceHarassment & unwanted behaviour
If someone is making you feel unsafe, move towards a busy or staffed place, contact someone you trust and report threatening behaviour through the right route.
See reporting routesHelping a friend
Listen, help them get somewhere safe and know when a trusted adult needs to be involved. You do not have to solve the situation alone.
Help a friend safelyIf you witness something
You can help without putting yourself in danger. Know when to get an adult, call for help, create a distraction or support someone afterwards.
Bystander adviceActivities & positive spaces
Safe neighbourhoods are also about having positive places to go, things to do and opportunities to take part in community life.
Ways to get involved