Sparks funding for spiking team

STAMP Out Spiking was one of the groups successful in bidding for funding from Safer Exeter’s Community Sparks fundreceiving £2,000 to help develop its training course to identify and deal with spiking and for a poster campaign to promote antispiking messages with businesses and community groups.

Stamp out Spiking is a nonprofit organisation dedicated to safeguarding drink spiking and spiking related crimes. Awareness is the key to prevention and we want to reach as many people as possible through three training options available.

The organisation offers the first accredited course in the United Kingdom to businesses such as pubs, bars and nightclubs, holiday parks, hotels and restaurants.

But the course is also relevant to HR departments looking to strengthen their health & safety, safeguarding and harassment policies, security firms, student bodies, and psychology, criminology, law, toxicology or sociology student groups against spiking?

The course content helps organisations feel confident they have safeguarded their organisation and that staff know how to act.

• Immediate actions: what to do if you are made aware of a victim.

• How easy is it to spike a drink?

• Correct policy, procedure and risk assessment to put in place.

Stamp Out Spiking can also

Ms Dines has been campaigning on spiking issues for nearly two decades and was called as an expert witness at the home affairs committee Westminster. She also sits on the working group through the Department of Education to prepare a paper for Universities to implement and protect students from this horrific crime.

If you would like any help or advice on safeguarding on spiking issues, please get in contact with Dawn at info@stampoutspiking.org

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“We will ask businesses to recommit to the charter annually but we will help them to deliver by providing regular training updates, signposting to specialist providers and guidance, and sharing national best practice.