Staffordshire Police

Alcohol

• Alcohol impairs your judgement.  You can’t be responsible for your own safety if you can’t think straight
• Try to moderate your drinking especially if you’re on a night out clubbing
• Try to keep a mental note of how many drinks you’re having so you can tell if your drink’s been spiked
• Drink spiking happens so never leave your drink unattended and never accept a drink from a  stranger
• If you’re too drunk to know what’s going on and someone has sex with you, it’s rape as you aren’t in a position to give consent

Staying Safe on the Web

• Never arrange to meet someone you’ve only met through a chatroom or a social networking site
• Never give out personal details, such as your age, where work/go to school/college or your address to people you don’t know
• Be careful who you accept into your private chat rooms or forums. It’s safest just to accept people you know in the real world and not just cyberspace
• Use your privacy settings. People can still send friend requests and message you, they just won’t be able to pester you on Instant Messenger
• Be careful what pictures you post on your profile. Pictures can give away personal details without you realising it

Don’t give away too much in a blog such as the address of a party you’re planning to go to. If your friends need to know the details, they can ring you.

National organisations: 

Rape Crisis www.rapecrisis.org.uk (Opens in new window) or Survivors Trust www.thesurvivorstrust.org (Opens in new window) 

Local groups:

• Savana (Opens in new window). Tel: 01782 221000 (24hr message service).  Savana, based in Stoke-on-Trent, offers services to anyone who has encountered or experienced sexual assault or violence at some point in their lives.
• Emerge (Opens in new window). Tel: 01785 225991.  Emerge, based in Stafford, is a voluntary sexual abuse helpline, for adult survivors of sexual abuse.
• Sexual and Domestic Abuse and Rape Advice Centre (SARAC) (Opens in new window)
  in Burton-upon-Trent. Tel: 01283 517185