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City Pastors Save Soles!
Date:
26 January 2012
Steps are being taken to help women revellers who end up footsore – and in accident and emergency units – after a night out.
Some women attempt to walk home from Liverpool city centre with no shoes – usually because their feet are sore from wearing high heels all night.
Inevitably some of them end up in hospital suffering from lacerations when they step on broken glass.
Now, the Street Pastors, an inter-denominational group who talk and listen with people on the city centre streets at night, have stepped in to help.
They have been buying slippers from poundshops using donations from various sources, to hand out to women who are walking home barefoot.
But in future thy will be able to give them more help as Citysafe, Liverpool’s Community safety partnership and Liverpool Trading Standards Alcohol and Tobacco Unit, have foot the £1,000 bill to buy 500 pairs of flip-flops which the street pastors will give to those in need.
Councillor Ann O’Byrne, city council cabinet member for community safety, said; “We have a thriving night-life in the city with more than 100,000 people visiting Concert Square and Mathew Street at the week-end and it is estimated that 30,000 walk between them.
“Because of aching feet or broken heels some women try and walk barefooted and end up in hospital. “We want to reduce the burden on accident and emergency units and we are delighted that the street pastors are giving them out.
“Flip-flops may not be fashionable but they are certainly a better look than bandaged feet!”
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