Greater Manchester's five tips for a proper good night out.

These tips will help you to spot anything dodgy and make sure your night out remains a good one.

1. Out together. Home together. Plan your journey

• Plan your route home in advance. Check the last train, tram or bus time in good time.
• Check in with your friends. Make sure you all get home safe and look after one another.
• Take a taxi you can trust – use black cabs and those booked through operators.
• Travelling on Metrolink? Watch where you step when using tram crossings.

2. Don’t be a creep! Call out inappropriate behaviour

• We all have a part to play. If someone’s behaviour makes you ask ‘Is this OK?’ then it probably isn’t.
• Call out your friends that are not acting OK.
• Find out more on what you can do to stop gender-based violence on our website (external website) 

3. Watch out for open water

• Take a safe route away from water – one drunken slip could end your life.
• If you spot someone in the water, call 999 and ask for the fire service. Do not enter the water but do shout for help.

4. Be smart with phones and bags

• Thieves can grab a phone in seconds. Don’t leave your phone or bag unattended, out of your sight, or on a table.
• Close your bag and don’t leave a phone on show in your back pocket.

5. Stop spiking

• Never tamper with anyone else’s drink.
• Spiking someone is premeditated and is a crime.
• You don’t have to accept a drink that you haven’t seen prepared.
• If you think you or a friend has been spiked: seek medical advice straight away, alert the venue, and report it to Greater Manchester Police as soon as you can. Reports will always be taken seriously.