Wetherspoon signs the Ask for Angela national venue pledge
The chain joins more than 3,000 venues on the scheme's map, giving guests a discreet way to ask staff for help.
JD Wetherspoon has signed the National Ask for Angela Official Pledge, The Morning Advertiser reports. Guests who feel unsafe or vulnerable can ask a member of staff for Angela and get discreet help.
The scheme now lists more than 3,000 venues on its national map. Signing is free: venues get training, assets and one-to-one support, plus official branding.
What it means on the floor - Anyone can use the code, not only women and girls, though that remains the focus - Staff need to know what to do the moment someone asks - The Ask for Angela team has previously stressed proper training so the response is calm and consistent
Lewis Hinckley-Keens, security co-ordinator at Wetherspoon, said the safety and wellbeing of customers, guests and employees is a responsibility the business takes extremely seriously. Ask for Angela chief executive Sylvia Oates called the chain's backing "a significant step forward" in making support more visible.
On your shift: if someone asks for Angela, treat it as the priority it is. Know your venue's steps cold, and make sure the newest person on the rota knows them too.
Source: The Morning Advertiser (opens in a new tab)
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