#2 - Awareness Akademie

06.05.2021

23.03.2020

#2

Awareness work in the club - good practice

What are the different approaches to awareness work in clubs?

Ranging from door policies, codes of conducts that prohibit discrimination, infrastructure for support work, to acceptance-oriented drug work - awareness work can be designed in many different ways, each of which come with its own set of challenges. For the second roundtable, the Berlin clubs ://aboutblank and Mensch Meier were invited to present their many years of practical work in the field of awareness. Together with all participants, different approaches, possibilities and problem situations were discussed.

Insights and outlook

To what extent is awareness a part of the door team’s work? It is possible to provide specific training and sufficient capacity so that door staff can also support those affected. A separate awareness team makes it possible to dissociate door policy and care work, but also requires additional financial resources.
What kind of infrastructure is needed on the ground? To contact the awareness team, they can either be marked or accessible through alarm systems at the bar or entrance. Quiet rooms, for example, are useful as retreats.

How can cases be handled in the long term? Incident logs that are created the same evening help to classify situations and discuss them in hindsight. Counseling centers can help: see the guide offered by the Berliner Landesantidiskriminierungsstelle (LADS; in German): (Berliner Beratungswegweiser der LADS).