UK festivals sign anti-sexual harassment charter

AIF's Safer Spaces campaign reiterates its commitment to zero tolerance for sexual assault, and will be launched with a website black-out by more than 25 of its members

News By | 5 May 2017

Django Django perform at End of the Road, a charter signatory, in 2016 © Sonny Malhotra (@photosonny) for End of the Road

More than 60 members of the UK’s Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) have signed up to a charter of best practice aimed at promoting increased awareness of sexual assault.

The ‘Safer Spaces’ campaign – launched by AIF with guidance from Rape Crisis England and Wales, Girls Against, Safe Gigs for Women and the White Ribbon Campaign – aims to connect with music fans in the run-up to this summer’s festival season by emphasising participating festivals’ “zero tolerance” for sexual assault at their…

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