What is Safer Dance?

Safer Dance is a UK-based harm reduction and nightlife safety initiative that helps venues build safer, more supportive environments for customers and staff.

Through hands-on resources, staff training, and venue planning frameworks, they help operators prevent and manage risks across dancefloors, bars, queues, and welfare zones.

How can it help your business?

Safer Dance provides a plethora of of ways to ensure you're doing eveything you can to create a safer space for your customers. From practical tools like floor staff checklists to downloadable emergency response plans, Safer Dance supports venues in moving from reactive to proactive safety.

1.   Supports emergency planning and crowd safety

2.  Equips floor and security teams with intervention tools

3.  Provides ready-made welfare space templates

4.  Offers briefings and resources to reduce risk, spiking, and harassment on-site

Complying with your Legal Obligations

(Where Safer Dance can help!)

Safer Dance offers a variety of resources and materials that can not only help educate you and your staff with the correct knowledge, practice and framework, but it can also provide relevant support to ensure you and your business are compliant with UK Government Policies and any other Legal Obligations that you may be held accountable to. See the breakdown below:

Available Resources & Materials

For a complete breakdown of all of the resources Safer Dance provides - contact them via email

FREE 'Best Practice' Info Booklet

A no-nonsense, one page information booklet on how to implement the best practices and getting you started with pledging to be a Safer Dance Venue.

Emergency Response Training
Safer Dance grants you access to their proactive training, teaching staff how to recognise and respond to distress, disorder, and emergencies in a club environment.

Floor Staff Briefing Sheet
A straight-forward one-page guide to nominate and equip your venues floor team with clear safety responsibilities during their shifts.

Incident Handling SOP
A template of a 'Standard Operating Procedure' to help managers and staff log and respond to incidents that happen in their venue, effectively.

Welfare Zone Setup Toolkit
A Practical guide to designing and implementing an

on-site safe space for vulnerable customers. Includes layout tips, signage ideas, and staff responsibilities.

Risk Reduction Framework
A printable framework to help map out your venue, identify risk zones (e.g. stairs, exits, queues), and improve crowd management.

Emergency Action Plan Template
Includes role-specific duties, response timing, and security coordination for emergencies (e.g. fights, fire, medical events).

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