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Score area 1 · 20 points

Responsible service and safety

Practical controls for age checks, vulnerability, incidents and safe closing.

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Question 1 of 4: Age verification and refusals

The venue has a written age-verification and refusal process.

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Useful proof: A redacted age-check policy, refusal procedure or blank refusal-log template.

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Question 2 of 4: Vulnerability and safeguarding

The venue has procedures for intoxication, drink spiking, vulnerability and safeguarding.

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Useful proof: A redacted vulnerability, drink-spiking or safeguarding procedure or staff checklist.

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Question 3 of 4: Incidents and emergencies

The venue has incident, emergency and responsible-manager procedures.

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Useful proof: A blank incident form, emergency checklist or responsible-manager procedure — not a completed incident record.

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“Take a photo” opens the rear camera on supported phones and tablets. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC or PDF; up to 15 MB each and five files per question.

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What people will see: this answer affects the overall score and score area. We do not show the answer, proof or filename on the venue page, badge data or venue page API.

Question 4 of 4: Closing and neighbour management

The venue has safe closing, dispersal, noise and neighbour-management procedures.

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Useful proof: A closing checklist, dispersal plan, noise procedure or dated photo of visitor signage.

Before uploading, hide names, faces, home addresses, employee postcodes, incident details, account numbers and card details.

“Take a photo” opens the rear camera on supported phones and tablets. JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC or PDF; up to 15 MB each and five files per question.

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What people will see: this answer affects the overall score and score area. We do not show the answer, proof or filename on the venue page, badge data or venue page API.

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