NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, UK. December 17th, 2025 – Sixty venues across Newcastle have now achieved Shout-Up! certification, with 1,256 staff trained to recognise and respond to sexual harassment and sexual violence, as the programme continues to grow across the city during 2025.
Shout-Up! works with bars, pubs, clubs and live music venues to build safer night-time environments by giving staff the confidence, skills and practical tools to intervene appropriately and support customers when it matters most.
A number of Newcastle venues have recertified during 2025, demonstrating an ongoing commitment after already completing two years of Shout-Up! certification. These include: Alvinos; Boilershop; Collingwood Street Collection (Cha Cha Buchi, Howlers, The Social Club, Verano and La Fee); Colonel Porter’s; Powerhouse and The Pink Rooms; Mother Mercy; Newcastle Students’ Union; Northumbria Students’ Union; NX Newcastle; O2 City Hall; Spot White; The Lubberfiend; The Stand; Tokyo; Voodoo (Promoter); Wonderbar, Newgate Street Social and World Headquarters.
Alongside this recommitment, fourteen venues have become newly certified during 2025, including: Bar Luga; Bealim House; Café Mercy; Castros; Popworld; Redhouse; Tipsy Toad, Pickled Toad and Tiny Toad; The Alchemist; The Bridge Tavern; The Grove; The Last Resort; and The Telegraph.
Including all previously certified venues, Newcastle now has 60 Shout-Up! certified venues, with a further 12 venues currently in the process of completing training.
To date around 1,300 people working in venues across the city have completed Shout-Up! training, helping ensure that people working in Newcastle’s night-time economy have the confidence and skills to respond appropriately when incidents occur.
By becoming certified, or choosing to recertify, venues are making a clear public commitment to safer nights out, staff confidence and responsible night-time management. Certified venues receive practical training, guidance and visible in-venue materials so customers know support is available if they need it.
Emily Zachary, Director at The Last Resort, said: “Ensuring that all visitors to The Last Resort can enjoy their time here without being subjected to sexual harassment is extremely important to us. The training we have received from Shout-Up! was not only enlightening but has left all of our staff with a powerful set of tools that they can use to ensure the safety of our customers and themselves. The initiatives taught as part of this campaign, focused on proactive prevention, are clearly a big step forward in tackling this problem, so it’s really great to see more and more venues engaging with Shout-Up! We are looking forward to continuing to work with them into the future.”
Dawn Bowman, Engagement, Prevention & Helpline Manager at Rape Crisis Tyneside & Northumberland and Shout-Up! Lead, added: “What we’re seeing in Newcastle is a real shift in how venues think about responsibility and care. Training over a thousand staff is significant, and it’s a huge testament to the venues, who are choosing to commit to this work and keep it going. That consistency is what helps create safer, harassment-free nights out for everyone.”
Looking ahead, Shout-Up! will continue to expand its work in the North East, with the programme set to extend into Durham in 2026, supporting venues there to take the same proactive approach to safety in the night-time economy.
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