Here are some simple safety tips to help you enjoy being out and get you home safe…
Before you go:
- make sure your mobile phone is fully charged, has ICE number on phone and has credit before heading out
- wrap up warm when you’re out and about
- carry enough money to get home and keep it safe from your other money
- plan your journey home: book a taxi or arrange for someone to collect you
- leave emergency money at home to pay for a taxi
When you’re out:
- if you leave with strangers, make sure your friends know where you are going
- remember safety in numbers, stick with your mates
- look after your mates: text a friend to let them know when you arrive home safely, get them to text you too
- avoid walking home if under the influence
- do not accept lifts from cruising cabs or touts and try to travel home with a friend
- if walking home, keep to well lit, busy areas, always try to walk facing traffic so a car cannot pull up behind you unnoticed
If you feel threathened:
- stay calm and walk away if someone approaches you that you don’t know
- stop at a well-lit public place, such as a pub or takeaway.
- don’t go straight home as this will show the person where you live