Saturday 26 March 2016

WELCOME and Safe Night Out Update March 2016

Welcome to our Website.

Safe Night Out Airlie Beach (SNOAB)is excited to have our website up and running. We will be posting updates on what we are up to, what we attend to achieve and any developments news worthy to the Safe Night Out Airlie Beach life. We would like to thank Th3rd Dimension Media for their great work in helping us create this website and helping us develop our brand.

SNOABs main objective is to work as a community with the public, venues and stakeholders to minimise risk on a night out and ensure everyone has a safe and fun night out. We are lucky in Airlie Beach to have so many visitors come through and enjoy our region and all it has to offer. A part of their experience is having a fun and vibrant night out. For our small little town we do quite well in this department and are very lucky not to have as many issues as our bigger cities and town. This said no-one likes to see anti-social behaviour and we really want to create an environment in airlie beach where aggressive behaviour is not tolerated and not apart of our culture.

If you have any bright ideas on what we can do to change the unfortunate aggressive culture associated with alcohol and a night out your thoughts are most welcome. Please go to our contact page and drop us a line.

We have also set up a go fund me page. Yes we apply for grants but these won't last forever so we are looking at other ways to raise money to create a strong organisation that works as a community and implements local solutions for our little humble town.

https://www.gofundme.com/2nw3sdy4.

Whats new? Currently we have two pending funding grants, one is in relation to signage for our town it will include having road side signs at each end of town to let people know that they are in a Safe Night Our Precinct. In town we will have a notice board and precinct map so people know where amentitites are, the boarders of the precinct and are aware of what it means to be in a Safe Night Precinct. This will be coupled with flyer stands throughout our accommodation houses and backpackers. This initiative is aimed at making people aware of expected behaviours and what it means to be in a Safe Night Out Precinct.

The second idea we have in the works is a Safe Night Out Security Hub which will include and information pop up stand and vehicle to provide extra information and security at night and at chosen events. This idea has been applied for but is pending more operational information from us. Watch this space.

The Department of Communities have also recently put out to tender for rest and recovery centres, this is not something we were not allowed to apply for but have given our support to two community organisations for this funding. We will let you know more about this as soon as we know it.

The Safe Night Out Courtesy Bus trail has come to and end and in its evaluation stage. If you have any feedback regarding this initiative please contact us and we will send you a short survey to complete. Your feedback is important. Please copy and paste the below into an email complete and send to safenightairliebeach@outlook.com.

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Gender?  MALE / FEMALE

Age Bracket: 18 - 25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40, 40-50, 50+

Suburb:
Do you work at a night time venue on the main street? Restaurant, Pub, Club or Bar?

When was the last time you went out at night in Airlie Beach?

Which venues did you mostly frequent?

How many drinks on average would you say you had each night?
0-5, 6-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20+

How often do you go out per week / month?

What time do you go out usually?

Do you eat out first?

What’s the latest time you usually stay out until?

What would you do to reduce anti-social Behaviour in our street?

Do you feel safe in our main street at night? If not why?

Did you ride the courtesy Bus?

How Often? Where from? Where to? & what times?

Did you hail the bus or get a guard to arrange your pick up?

If you didn't catch the bus, what other options do you use to get home?

How far do you live away from the main street?

Do you think this is a beneficial service to run? Why?


Thank you for your time, please email this survey back to safenightoutairliebeach@outlook.com.