£21,000 from crime used for York nightlife safety scheme

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 20:32 · Archive

City of York Council has allocated £21,000 seized from criminals to support nightlife safety initiatives through its Purple Flag status scheme.

Cash seized from criminals totalling £21,000 has been given to a York scheme to support safe nightlife. City of York Council has approved transferring the money through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS) to the local Business Improvement District (BID) to support the city's Purple Flag status, awarded by the Association of Town and City Management in recognition of the city's management of its evening and late-night offering.

Council officials stated the money would fund initiatives including family fun days aiming to offer an alternative to stag and hen do culture in the city centre. The scheme will also support giving awards to bars, pubs and other venues being run well. The funding has come from cash recovered from scams investigated in Yorkshire by national Trading Standards teams, and forms part of the ARIS fund which redirects the proceeds of crime recovered by the authorities back into local communities.

Other initiatives already supported by the scheme include Best Bar None, which celebrates excellence in how licensed premises are managed, Family Friendly Saturdays, taxi and riverside marshals, public safety campaigns and the regeneration of York's historic alleyways known as snickleways. A council report described this as 'an excellent example of redistributing money from crime back into the local community and help support York feeling safer and more vibrant'.

How it is being reported

• £21,000 seized from criminals given to York nightlife safety schemeCash seized from criminals totalling £21,000 has been given to a York scheme to support safe nightlife.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 22 Oct, 20:00
• £21,000 seized from criminals given to York nightlife safety schemeCash seized from criminals totalling £21,000 has been given to a York scheme to support safe nightlife.The Press (York) · 22 Oct, 20:00

In this story: City of York Council · York Business Improvement District · Association of Town and City Management · North Yorkshire Police · York

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