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Take Kare Ambassadors - keeping Sydney safe on New Year's Eve!

Take Kare Ambassadors - keeping Sydney safe on New Year's Eve!

Tiny bastions of safety will pop up across Sydney's foreshore on New Years Eve as the city's information booths transform into safe spaces for the drunk, lost and injured. 

The Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation's (TKYF) "Take Kare" Ambassadors will commandeer six information booths to help vulnerable revellers get home in one piece during one of the world's biggest NYE celebrations.

"Everyone deserves to have a great night on New Year's Eve and to come home safely at the end of it," said TKYF founder Ralph Kelly.

 

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MEDIA RELEASE: Providing a safe space to reduce alcohol-related violence

15th September 2014.

The NSW Government, the City of Sydney and the Thomas Kelly Youth Foundation today announced a Safe Space trial to improve safety on Sydney’s streets at night.

The trial, long advocated by the Foundation, will provide a safe place in the city centre with help on hand for intoxicated young people vulnerable to crime, either as a victim or offender.

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