Strut Safe is a free-to-call UK volunteer phone line that keeps you company while you walk or travel home alone. The number, opening hours, how a call works…
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Spiked drink symptoms and needle spiking: signs and what to do (UK)
The symptoms of a spiked drink or needle spiking, what to do in the first hours, how long drugs stay in your system, the infection risk from needles…
Recovery position: how to help someone who is very drunk, unconscious or spiked
How to put someone in the recovery position step by step, when to call 999, and what to do (and not do) for a friend who is very…
Freshers’ week safety checklist for UK students
Before freshers’ week: set up Emergency SOS, save key numbers, agree a buddy system and plan how you get home. On nights out, watch your drink and know…
Drink spiking: signs, what to do and how to report it in the UK
If you think you or a friend has been spiked, tell staff, stop drinking, stay with someone you trust and get medical help. Report it quickly so tests…
Ask for Angela: how the UK safety codeword works
If you feel unsafe in a bar or club, go to the bar and ask staff for “Angela”. Trained staff will quietly help: reunite you with friends, call…