Reframe the night

We’re working in partnership with the City of London Corporation and Good Night Out. Our goal is to raise awareness of sexual harassment and abuse in the night-time economy.

Our #ReframeTheNight campaign aims to change people’s behaviour about how they treat others on nights out. We challenge myths and stereotypes around sexual harassment in the night time economy.

Challenging the common myths

We want to challenge people to ‘reframe’ the common misperceptions and myths. These are so regularly used when talking about sexual harassment. The campaign is aimed at everyone, regardless of gender or sexuality. It also recognises that sexual harassment and abuse is mainly experienced by women.

Good Night Out developed the campaign’s messaging. They drew on their extensive research and experience to tackle sexual harassment in the night time economy. Good Night Out will also provide accredited training and a toolkit for Hackney licensees. They will learn how to respond to and prevent sexual harassment in night time spaces.

Hackney Nights

Our new charter for night time safety, Hackney Nights, includes public facing campaigns like Reframe the Night. We’re also delivering licensee training and resources under Hackney Nights. These are just some of the initiatives funded by Hackney’s Late Night Levy. Local late night licensed venues pay for the levy. It contributes towards policing and managing night time economy areas.

The activities under the Charter will take place alongside additional police presence on the ground. This presence is also funded by the Late Night Levy. It will ensure protection against antisocial behaviour and crime for our local residents, visitors, and licensees.

Get support

If you, or someone that you know, has experienced sexual harassment or abuse there is support available in Hackney or an area convenient for you.

Call the police on 999 or 101 if an incident has occurred.

If you have experienced sexual harassment, you can also get free and confidential advice from Victim Support. Call their helpline on 0808 1689 111.

Get involved in the campaign

You can support the campaign by sharing our free, downloadable resources. Use them in your workplace, university, community, or on your social channels. This will help encourage people in your communities to reframe their views around sexual harassment.

See Reframe the Night resources (google drive).