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But there are opportunities for #PositiveTippingPoints in green tech & ecosystem restoration, and the team want it on the #COP30 agenda
Full report👇
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Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact
Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🧑‍💻Sign up to the training here 👉 www.suzylamplugh.org/pages/events...
Learn more about #StandUpAgainstHarassment here 👇
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Safer Parks: a new campaign to end street harassment
Keep Britain Tidy and the Green Flag Award are working with the University of Leeds and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to support a new campaign: Safer Parks: Stand Up Against Street Harassment.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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💭They've developed a free toolkit to help park designers and managers, and bystander training to empower anyone to step in, safely when they see harassment. Together we can can build safe, inclusive spaces for everyone to enjoy🚶‍♀️‍➡️
October 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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ℹ️ Download & Display our posters in your parks and offices

📃Access Safer Parks guidance which explains how design and management can improve parks

Explore our campaign toolkit here: www.greenflagaward.org/safer-parks-...
Safer Parks: a new campaign to end street harassment
Keep Britain Tidy and the Green Flag Award are working with the University of Leeds and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to support a new campaign: Safer Parks: Stand Up Against Street Harassment.
www.greenflagaward.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Here's how you can get involved ⬇️
☑️Register for free, 30-min online active bystander training open to everyone.
🌳Book tailored in-person or remote sessions for teams of park staff, built environment and safety professionals by emailing training@suzylamplugh.org (for groups of 70+)
September 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Everyone can help to create safer parks. That's why this initiative offers free training in the #5Ds to park staff to equip them with the skills to intervene safely. It uses scenarios from our research with women and girls to encourage bystander intervention to tackle harassment in green spaces.
September 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Harassment is a pervasive issue in public spaces, and our research shows that parks are no exception. It contributes to women and girls feeling unsafe in these vital public spaces, as does a lack of confidence that others will step in to help when it happens. essl.leeds.ac.uk/education-so...
Leeds research is catalyst for major Safer Parks campaign
This September, researchers at Leeds are partnering with Keep Britain Tidy, and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to launch Safer Parks: Stand Up Against Street Harassment.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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🏗️ Other partners on the project, for the Safe, Sustainable, and Swift Reconstruction of Ukraine (S3RoU), include @sheffielduni.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk

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Sharing expertise to aid Ukraine's recovery
Academics from Ukraine visited the University of Leeds to share expertise and receive training in a pioneering project aimed at accelerating their country’s recovery and making its reconstruction more...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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The training is based on the 5Ds of bystander intervention, designed to promote safety and not escalate the situation:

🗣️ Distract
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Delegate
📱 Document
💙 Delay
✋ Direct

More here 👇
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Leeds research is catalyst for major Safer Parks campaign
This September, researchers at Leeds are partnering with Keep Britain Tidy, and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to launch Safer Parks: Stand Up Against Street Harassment.
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September 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Policymakers, academics, clinicians and educators are discussing solutions to this & other problems facing millions of UK children growing up in poverty at the National Opportunity Summit at @universityofleeds.bsky.social today. #natoppsummit for more. #childrenfirst @cfyounglives.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM