Northampton Town Centre Task Group
Contents
- Northampton Town Centre Task Group
- 2025 Plan on a page
- Quick guide
Northampton Town Centre Task Group
The Northampton Town Centre Task Group (TCTG) is a multiagency partnership working to make Northampton town centre a safe and vibrant place to be, and to deliver projects through the Home Office Safer Streets funding, and to deliver activity in relation to recommendations made by Night Time Economy Solutions, adopted by the group into a set of action plans.
The Northampton TCTG Partners are
- West Northants Council
- Northants Police
- Northants Fire & Rescue Service
- Police Fire and Crime Commissioners Office
- Northampton Business Improvement District
- Grosvenor Centre
- University of Northampton
- Northampton Retail Crime Initiative
- Northampton Street Pastors
- Northampton Guardians
- Northampton Town Council
- Northampton General Hospital
Achievements in 2024
Improve the Overall Appearance of the Town Centre
- New commercial waste policy in place, led by Environmental Team
- Bin and street cleansing capacity increased
- Development of Town Centre Management Guide for businesses
- 2 Partnership clean-up days delivered in the town
Safety and Welfare (Particularly in the evening/night time)
- Lighting and CCTV improvements completed as part of Safer Streets
- Evening audit to review town centre spaces in the evening completed November 2024
- Refresh of the local ‘Ask for Angela’ campaign and updates delivered to Pubwatch venues
Safer Transport in the Evening and Night Time
- Taxi driver training roll-out to all drivers completed
- Taxi marshal service implemented since December 2023
- OPFCC led Safer Streets Transport hub training contracted
Engagement and Promoting the Offer
- TCTG webpage created with links to partners and campaigns
- NTE video created to promote safety initiatives, campaigns, and services available during the evening/night time
- Diversionary Youth activity delivered over Summer
What is Happening in Northampton Town Centre?
As part of our efforts to revitalise the town centre, we are introducing several key initiatives to enhance the experience for everyone. These initiatives include:
Purple Flag
The Purple Flag is an accreditation awarded to Northampton Town Centre for recognising the partnership commitment to creating a dynamic, secure, and vibrant evening and night time economy, successfully held since 2019.
Find out more about our Purple Flag accreditation. You can also read our dedicated news article.
Purple Flag businesses map
You can view a map of businesses within the Purple Flag zone below:
It only takes one
The It Only Takes One campaign, created with the OPFCC and local Sexual Violence organisations, aims to:
- share safety advice for nights out
- raise awareness about harassment and inappropriate behaviour
- equip bystanders with the knowledge and confidence to challenge unacceptable behaviour
For more details, see how we promote safer nights out.
Ask for Angela scheme
Northampton Town Centre has run the Ask for Angela scheme for many years. Most places support the scheme.
In 2024, the TCTG made a new local campaign with fresh posters for venues. Northampton Pubwatch helped with this.
They also made posters for staff to show what to do when someone asks for Angela, these can be found on toilet stall doors in the establishments where the campaign is running.
Download our public and staff campaign posters:
For information on national Ask for Angela resources and training guidance, please refer to:
Contact us
For more information about the Town Centre Task Group and its work contact [email protected].
Last updated 03 March 2025