TAMPERING WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
CAMEL CLUB BOSS SAYS DRINK
HUDDERSFIELD’S Camel Club has closed its doors this week to back the mass boycott in protest to worrying drink-spiking across the country.
The popular town centre club shut on Wednesday night and last night to prove the scary trend will not be tolerated at the club and that it takes the safety of punters seriously.
The bold move comes as thousands of young women across the country launched a boycott of bars and clubs to demand action on a recent surge in drink spiking.
In a show of support to the campaign, Camel Club owner Dave Biddle explained his reasons for closing the club.
He said: “Given the increased concern of drink spiking nationwide, we have liaised with both the Students Union and the individual who is running the Huddersfield Night In campaign.
“We have confirmed all of the national and local requests for customer safety have been addressed by our venue with extra steps also taken.
“We are working with the Huddersfield Night In campaign and the SU to ease all of our customers’ concerns and to clarify our message.
“We made the decision to close for staff and customer safety reasons. Our staff have already faced abuse from people while in town promoting it, so it felt like the safest option to not put our staff through this again while at work.
“All staff were given the night off fully paid and we will be returning on Friday, October 29, with the help of the SU and the Huddersfield Night In campaign, who will be on hand to stop any abuse aimed at bar workers.”
According to figures released on Wednesday, 56 cases of spiking by injection have been recorded by police forces in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in September and October. This is in addition to 198 confirmed reports of drinkspiking.
The Night In campaign encourages people to stay at home in a bid to pressure the night club industry and authorities to take the issue seriously.
Dave says it is something the club has already been doing – but knows there is more that can be done.
He said: “As a club we have been working very hard to implement lots of safety measures to help customers be safer on their night out and both the Huddersfield Night In campaign and the SU are very happy with the steps we have taken as are the police and licensing.”
The club has 12 trained first aiders who have been taught how to spot and treat cases of suspected spiking. The bar will also be providing drink covers and will soon have testing strips for punters to check their drinks.
The club also has a designated area a victim and their friends can go if they are worried for their safety.
There will also be enhanced bag searches.
Full M.O.T & Service Facilities for
types of vehicles inc
Cars, Vans, Motorhomes, Mini Bus,
Light Commercials, HGV, Bus & Coach, Horse Box.