Enhancing women’s night safety training

We have partnered with Night-Time Economy Solutions to help us deliver our Women’s Night Safety Training.

About the training

We are providing free online e-learning training courses on Anti-Sexual Harassment and Vulnerability Support as part of our Women’s Night Safety Programme.

Access our free training packages

We encourage all of our businesses to use the e-learning training below as part of their induction sessions with new starters, or as refresher sessions for any of your existing staff.

Anti-sexual harassment training

The training objectives enable you to identify the issues surrounding sexual harassment, safeguarding and vulnerability management of women that you might encounter in the night-time economy.

Topics include:

• sexual harassment
• sexual assault
• rape
• drink spiking
• vulnerability
• alcohol and drugs

Vulnerability training

This training is designed for anyone working in the night time economy to learn how to support vulnerable customers.

The focus of these sessions is on the different types of vulnerability you will find at night including:

• vulnerability related to women’s safety
• violence
• drugs
• alcohol
• drink spiking
• domestic violence
• sexual assault
• harassment
• first dates

Through the course, you will be equipped with the tools to identify and support customers who may become vulnerable, either in venues or on the streets. This is a step further than standard safeguarding training, as it teaches attendees how to deal with specific issues that they may encounter as part of their shift and is built around real case studies and best practices.

The training also empowers staff to recognise hotspots within their venues, enabling their customers to enjoy a safer night out. The training is focused on group activities encouraging participants to think about the venues they work in and the situations they have experienced. 

Existing schemes

Ask for Angela continues to be rolled out in clubs, bars and other licensed businesses across London. Those who feel unsafe, threatened, or vulnerable can ask venue staff for help by asking them for ‘Angela’. Venues that support Ask for Angela have been provided Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement (WAVE) training, delivered by the Met’s Licensing officers and Safer Sounds.