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CLKD

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Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« on: November 13, 2024, 12:27:31 PM »
The Ask for Angela initiative, a project in place at thousands of venues nationwide, aims to provide a discreet lifeline for people who believe they are in danger.

Those with such fears are advised to use the code word "Angela", to indicate to staff they are in need of help.
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JS79

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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2024, 12:37:46 PM »
In my voluntary work in stadiums and concert venues we are reminded of this before every duty.
Really good initiative and I've heard of it being used successfully .
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2024, 12:39:46 PM »
 :thankyou:  how does the initiate work after someone has requested help?  Who is involved, Police the 1st responders?
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2024, 01:48:49 PM »
Is this a replacement for ask for ANI (Action Needed Immediately) in pharmacies? I have just looked that up & it seems to have been discontinued from Nov 4th 2024.



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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2024, 01:50:52 PM »
Appears to be for bars, venues etc.
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2024, 01:52:17 PM »
ANI is for those in danger from domestic abuse . 

Both would be useful in Vet Surgeries too.

As an aside, did any1 watch The Queen talking about domestic abuse on TV this week?
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2024, 01:57:11 PM »
Quote from: CLKD on November 13, 2024, 01:52:17 PM
ANI is for those in danger from domestic abuse . 


Not much use if discontinued.
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2024, 02:00:16 PM »
Nor if the establishments that support these ideas don't have signs up!
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2024, 03:00:29 PM »
Ask angela is more for people that feel unsafe with an unknown, for instance a creep in a pub continually hitting on you and may be insistent on you leaving with them.
If someone asks for Angela then a staff member would take the person out through the back and get them into a taxi or if necessary if feared maybe someone has been spiked then police may be called.
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2024, 03:52:46 PM »
Why aren't these ideas more widely published  :-\ I need to have a lookC when out and about.
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2024, 03:56:24 PM »
It's been around for a while. This video seems to show that it's not always working though https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c789nn3d918o

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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2024, 04:52:18 PM »
I've seen it advertised in motorway services
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2024, 05:43:05 PM »
 :thankyou:
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2024, 06:36:54 PM »
A lot of pubs, particularly town centre ones, have posters on toilet doors giving information.
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Re: Ask for Angela scheme - any1 aware of this?
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2024, 08:54:26 PM »
I have seen posters of this on toilet doors in some of the larger pub groups
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