City Ambassadors
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Our City Ambassadors are the face, eyes and ears for the BID team, ensuring city centre operations run smoothly. Our experienced team provide a welcoming sense of security and a visible presence within the BID area.
Our team, Wendy, Sally Heidi and Jo undertake a wide range of tasks including:
- Greeting visitors to the City and be available to members of the public requiring help, assistance, advice, guidance and direction.
- Advising shoppers and visitors about the range of services and facilities.
- Providing a smart, uniformed, highly visible, friendly walking visitor information service and business liaison service.
- Maintaining an excellent understanding of City centre operations, City events, attractions and BID activities.
- Visiting businesses regularly to address business needs, suggestions, security matters and record incidents, complaints or other feedback.
- Patrolling the city centre on a daily basis.
- To work with Police, PCSO’s, City Council Compliance officers, our own CCTV operator, Shopping Centre Security & CCTV officers and other partners to assist in the reduction of stock loss, antisocial behaviour and opportunities for crime.
- Offering basic First Aid and assist with lost children and offer assistance to vulnerable people.
- Dementia Awareness trained.
- Assisting businesses with co-ordinating promotions through to dealing with anti-social behaviour.
- Supporting property owners in keeping boundaries clean, tidy and attractive and devoid of litter.
- Maintaining communications with the control room, management and other agencies through the use of the radio and DISC Crime reporting app.
- Business contact gathering info and maintaining regular and effective contact with levy payers.
Meet the Ambassadors
Jo Parker
Heidi Wall-Holden
Sally Perkins
Wendy Houghton
