{"id":55106,"date":"2024-02-15T11:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=55106"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:51:34","slug":"sheffield-retain-international-purple-flag-award-for-12th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/15\/sheffield-retain-international-purple-flag-award-for-12th-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield retain international \u2018Purple Flag\u2019 award for 12th year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheffield has once again been reaccredited with the international award for its night time economy covering culture, eateries and safety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shefnews can exclusively reveal today that Sheffield has been awarded with the Purple Flag accreditation by the Association of Town and City Management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atcm.org\/purple-flag\" title=\"The Purple Flag\">The Purple Flag<\/a> is an international award that highlights excellence in the evening and night-time economy. It recognises safe and enjoyable places to go for a night out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Joe Otten, Chair of the Waste and Street Scene Policy Committee said: \u201cWe\u2019re very pleased we\u2019ve been reaccredited for the next year. The teams put a deal of work into it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our city centre has been reaccredited with a Purple Flag award for the 12th year running!<br><br>It is awarded to towns and city centres that meet or surpass standards of excellence in managing the evening and night-time economy<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HVniaLKTU0\">https:\/\/t.co\/HVniaLKTU0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gIuN6TRwlI\">pic.twitter.com\/gIuN6TRwlI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sheffield City Council (@SheffCouncil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheffCouncil\/status\/1758521629053788287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The award is very similar to the Green Flag, which is awarded to green spaces and parks, of which Sheffield has several parks with the recognition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A physical Purple Flag can be found hanging in the Sheffield Winter Garden alongside the Green Flag awarded to that space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/new-image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/new-image-1.png 921w, https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/new-image-1-480x347.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 921px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The purple flag is on display in the Winter Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheffield has several initiatives to help with safety in the night time economy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coun Otten said: \u201cThe things we\u2019ve put in place by working with the businesses, working with the city centre ambassadors, the street pastors, the CCTV operation. 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