National BCRP Awareness Week

Taking place from 17th March, the inaugural National BCRP Awareness Week will focus on the important and varied work of BCRPs, highlighting ways in which the partnership supports our local community.

Through various events, the week will showcase the partnership’s holistic approach to business crime prevention, and partnership work safeguarding the people who live, work and socialise in central Bristol, to better understand issues affecting the business community and develop long-term solutions through collaboration.

Purposes and Objectives of BCRP Awareness Week…

Focus on BCRPs, raise awareness and highlight the existing work taking place to support businesses and communities locally.
To demonstrate the complex role of the BCRPs and how they differ from other organisations and projects.
To support the business community by prioritising and tackling business crime, in particular the Retail Crime Action Plan and the Night Time Economy.
To promote collaborative working and relationships between BCRPs, police, key local agencies and the business community.
To promote the importance of the BCRP National Standards Accreditation, and the recognition of compliance that it offers to businesses and Police.

BCRP Awareness Week 2025 schedule…

Monday 17th March | Youth Services in Bristol City Centre Awareness Day – an online campaign highlighting the various services available to young people, expect information about vulnerable children and exploitation, knife crime, reporting and more. Keep an eye on our socials for more information.

Monday 17th (10am-2pm) | Walk and Talk: Bristol BCRP manager Carmen Ceesay and Sergeant Sean Underwood will be visiting and speaking to businesses along the following route: Clifton Triangle, Park St, St Augustine Parade, Broad Quay, Harbourside, Pero’s Bridge, Narrow Quay, Queen’s Square, Welsh Back, Baldwin St, Corn St, Victoria St, Counterslip, Finzels Reach, Avon St, New Kingsley Rd, Unity St, Old Market. Please get in touch if you’d like to request a specific drop-in.

Tuesday 18th (afternoon) | The BCRP and BIDs will be represented at GWR’s Better Together event at Bristol Parkway Station, covering teamwork in safeguarding and success in partnerships.

Wednesday 19th (8am-2pm) | Smaller-scale version of the previously successful SaBA (Safer Business Action) event in Broadmead.

Thursday 20th (1-3pm) | The inaugural Annual General Meeting of the Bristol BCRP Advisory Board – if you would like to be involved in the board, please contact Carmen.

Friday 21st (12-2pm) | ‘Coffee with a Cop’ at Hatter House Cafe, Broadmead – a drop-in opportunity for businesses and the community to raise concerns with Broadmead PCSO Paul Caines in a relaxed environment. No need to book, simply turn up.

Friday 21st (7pm-9pm) | Night-time economy walk-around in collaboration with the Neighbourhood Beat Team for the area, led by Neighbourhood Sergeant Michael Friis. Visiting various businesses, discussing issues around anti-spiking and raising awareness of the BCRP and its benefits. Please get in touch if you’d like to request a specific drop-in.

The Business Crime Reduction Partnership is a collaboration between Bristol City Centre BID, Broadmead BID and Redcliffe & Temple BID and would not be possible without the work of Avon & Somerset Police, the National Association of Business Crime Partnerships (NABCP) and National Business Crime Centre (NBCC).

BID Lead