Residents are being asked to join a walk today – Friday, February 25 – to highlight and tackle violence against women and girls.

The short walk will begin at 5.30pm outside Radnor Gardens Café and ends by Twickenham Green.

The Green has a memorial bench for Amélie Delagrange, who was a French tourist visiting Twickenham in 2004 when she was murdered by serial killer Levi Bellfield.

The bench is central to a vigil that is held on the first Monday of every month organised by the local branch of the Women's Equality Party.

Richmond Borough Council is accredited by White Ribbon, which is a global campaign that encourages people - especially men and boys - to act and change the behaviour and culture that leads to abuse and violence.

Walkers will hand out White Ribbon leaflets which ask all men to promise to never commit, excuse, or remain silent about male violence against women.

The first in a series of walks was held in December where participants walked from the centre of Richmond through to Twickenham.

Friday's event is being organised by Cllr Ben Khosa, Richmond Council's first White Ribbon Champion, who has the specific aim of driving forward the borough's work to tackle violence against women and girls.

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Cllr Khosa said: "We are planning a few of these walks throughout the borough to help spread the message that violence against women and girls will not be tolerated.

"We hope to see people join in and take collective responsibility for taking action to change behaviour.

"We need wholesale culture change to prevent violence before it starts, and we need to work together to achieve this. This is Richmond upon Thames standing up to end male violence against women and girls."