Strengthening safer nights: BBN’s role within the Safe Ta Night network
Ensuring that nightlife spaces remain welcoming, inclusive, and safe environments is a central concern for Brussels By Night.
Beyond cultural advocacy and policy work, we have also invested in strengthening prevention and harm-reduction frameworks across the city’s festive ecosystem. A key component of this work is BBN’s involvement in Safe Ta Night, a Brussels-based network bringing together organisations working on health promotion, harm reduction, consent awareness, and community well-being in nightlife environments.
Our Contribution
Facilitating collaboration across sectors
Safe Ta Night operates as a platform for exchange between public-health organisations, social services, and nightlife actors. Through regular dialogue and coordination, the network allows members to share best practices related to harm reduction, safer partying, and violence prevention, particularly within French-speaking nightlife contexts. BBN’s presence ensures that the perspectives of club operators, promoters, and event organisers are integrated into these discussions, helping translate prevention principles into practical measures that can be applied in real venues and events.
Developing targeted projects with expert partners
The collaborative strength of the network is exemplified by projects such as the one we joined from 2023 to 2026, developed together with organisations including Modus Vivendi, PPS (Prévention Promotion Santé), and Ex Aequo, subsidised by Equal.brussel.
This initiative focuses on the long-term development of actions addressing sexual violence facilitated by the consumption of psychoactive substances, while promoting the well-being of people attending nightlife events in Brussels, with particular attention to LGBTQIA+ communities.
The project combines training, awareness tools, and professional support for nightlife actors, enabling venue teams and organisers to better recognise risks, prevent incidents, and respond appropriately when situations arise.
Supporting professional training and prevention culture
Through initiatives like EQUAL, BBN contributes to strengthening the professional capacity of nightlife operators. Actions developed within the project include:
- training sessions for event staff and venue teams,
- awareness campaigns on consent and safer partying,
- tools to identify and respond to substance-facilitated violence,
- guidance on inclusive practices for LGBTQIA+ audiences.
Bringing sector expertise into prevention strategies
Within the Safe Ta Night network, each partner contributes specialised expertise.
Associations such as Modus Vivendi, PPS, and Ex Aequo bring deep knowledge in harm reduction, sexual health, and community outreach, while BBN contributes the operational perspective of nightlife professionals and particularly regarding the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence in party environments. This complementary approach ensures that strategies remain both technically informed and practically applicable.