Following on from our We Believe You campaign on rape myths, we have approached some candidates in the upcoming Police and Crime Commissioner elections to hold campaign events concentrating on sexual violence, and looking at the police's role in combating rape myths and encouraging victims to come forwards.
Police and Crime Commissioners are going to have wide-ranging powers to help set the crime and policing agenda within police forces, so we think it's important that they should hear directly from members of the public about what their priorities in office should be.
Pru Jupe, the LibDem candidate in Cumbria, held the first of these events on Saturday October 27 (see this thread.)
We're pleased to announce that Tony Lloyd, Labour PCC Candidate in Greater Manchester, will be holding several more We Believe You PCC events over this coming week (w/c 29 October):
WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER Tameside Women's Group, Hyde Football Club, Ewen Fields, Walker Lane, Hyde, Cheshire SK14 2SB, 18.30
THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER, Bury, Alana's Beauty Heaven, 46 Cecil Street, Bury, BL9 0SB, 11.30
FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER, Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 6DD, 15.00. This one will also be attended by MPs/Shadow Cabinet members Stella Creasy and (possibly) Rachel Reeves, and by Manchester Central by-election Labour candidate Lucy Powell, as well as Tony Lloyd (Labour candidate for Manchester PCC).
(Sorry for the Labour-heavy emphasis there - we have approached three Conservative PCC candidates as well, and are waiting for word from them.)
What he needs now is interested members of the public to come along, ask questions, feed back on your perception of how the Manchester police force deals with sexual violence, and generally contribute to the conversation, with the hope of informing the aims and agenda of whichever candidate is ultimately successful.
If you're in the area, or know people who are, please do spread the word about this event - it would be great to have a good turnout and demonstrate to the candidates that this is something the electorate in Manchester feels strongly about. And as ever, if you're on Twitter or Facebook, please share the details (Twitter hashtag is #webelieveyou, and Tony's account is @tony4gtrmcr). Encouraging local press and broadcast representatives to go along would also be great.
And if any of you go, do please post here to let us know how it goes.
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We Believe You: Police and Crime Commissioners elections - are you in or near Manchester?
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RowanMumsnet · 28/10/2012 11:25
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