Tips on staying safe

There are steps you can take to help keep yourself safe. Many sexual offences take occur when alcohol is involved in a night out. Don’t take your safety for granted!

The following tips, can help to keep you safe:

Before you go out

• Plan your journey to and from home.
• Make sure that someone knows where you are going and what time you will be home.
• Don’t go to a pub, club or party on you own. Friends should watch out for each other.
• Make sure your mobile phone is charged and you have credit.

When you’re out

• Remember that alcohol can affect your actions and reactions as well as reduce your ability to be alert- alcohol is the most common date rape drug
• If you begin to feel really drunk after only a couple of drinks, get help from a trusted friend or a member of the club or pub management.
• Stay away from situations that you do not feel comfortable with.
• Make sure you set aside cash for your journey home.
• Don’t drink so much that you are unable to say NO!

Coming home from a night out

• Stick with your friends, don’t leave them to make their way home with someone they’ve only just met.
• Consider very carefully whether you should leave the pub, club or party with someone you have only just met.
• Always try to pre-book a taxi through a licensed minicab office, and make sure the taxi that you get into is actually the taxi that you ordered.
• Sit in the rear of the vehicle and always carry a mobile phone or rape alarm.