Women in a Nottinghamshire area have been urged to take up a free app that can provide 'peace of mind'. Women and girls in the Warsop area of Mansfield are being offered a mobile phone app which can help safeguard them by acting as a discreet panic button and body cam.
The initiative is part of a Safer Streets scheme that has already seen new CCTV cameras installed in Warsop and focuses on helping women and girls feel safer. Now, funding has been allocated to allow 200 residents in the Warsop area free access to Hollie Guard Extra, which gives users 24/7 access to a professional police-approved monitoring team who can send help if required.
Of the 200 funded subscriptions, 26 have already been distributed to residents, and 40 have been transferred to domestic abuse charity Women's Aid. The remaining free subscriptions of the Extra app will be available for one year on a first-come, first-served basis to residents in the Warsop area, with anyone interested needing to email [email protected].
