Safe Places Shropshire is a community-led initiative supported by Shropshire Council, Telford & Wrekin Council, and West Mercia Police. It provides a network of ‘short-term safe havens’ for people who may require additional support and assistance when they are out and about in the community. The aim of ‘Safe Places’ is to provide vulnerable individuals with a number of places that they know they can go to and immediately receive support and understanding about their issues. This includes people with learning disabilities or those who live with anxiety attacks or dementia. Each location that signs up to the initiative will display a sticker that identifies it as a ‘Safe Place’. This scheme gives people more confidence to travel independently around Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin. It will also allow carers to feel reassured that there is always likely to be help nearby for their loved ones. As of October 2025 the following locations in Oswestry had signed up to the initiative: Allenby Douglas Approved Care and Support Ashwood Extra Care B&M Bargains Billie Bob Barber’s Booka Bookshop British Heart Foundation Charity Shop British Ironwork Centre Cambrian Medical Centre Clarks Shoe Shop C L Beauty Co-operative Food Derwen College Oswestry Hair and More by Beth Honeysuckle Wholesale Foods Hope House Charity Shop J & I Carpets Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors Llewellin House (Connexus Group) One Stop Community Store Oswestry and Borders Foodbank Oswestry Library Oswestry Nails Oswestry Tourist Information Centre Oswestry Town Council Park Gate Florist Petsworld Qube Salvation Army Charity Shop Shlurp and Forever Yours Florist Shropshire Housing Alliance St Oswald’s Church Stonehouse Beer and BBQ The Oak Furniture Shop The Works TSB Bank Vodafone. For more information, please follow the link to visit the Safe Places Shropshire website or contact Ruby using the details provided, or Ann by telephone on 07970 816030 or via email to: safeplacessecretary@gmail.com We're sorry but <%= htmlWebpackPlugin.options.title %> doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. Please enable it to continue.
