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SIP SAFE

Y&R ANZ, Melbourne / MONASH UNIVERSITY / 2018

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Audience

With the staggering amount of sexual assaults related to drink spiking the Sip Safe wristband is a functional spearhead in the fight against predatory behaviour.

Both utility and education this simple wristband has the ability to protect the wellbeing of everyday people and stop the culture of drink spiking.

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The key restriction in communications regarding drink spiking is that it can happen anywhere that people socialise. It is so incredibly unpredictable and immeasurable until it has happened to someone.

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After observing that young people are accustomed to wearing wristbands at festivals and other events we found inspiration to create something to help stop drink spiking.

The Sip Safe wristband detects if a drink has been spiked with drugs. The wearer simply puts a drop of their drink onto the wristband and in a short amount of time the wristband changes colour if it has been exposed to ketamine or GHB – two common drink spiking drugs.

The ability to test your own drink provides utility and the freedom of choice to the wearer. Also, wearing the Sip Safe wristband provides a visual deterrent to any would be drink spiker. The design of the wristband can incorporate the logos of any brand, nightclub or festival that provides these wristband to its patrons.

Execution

The Sip Safe wristband was first launched at the Schoolies end of exams party in November 2017. This activation was paired with market research through interviews and surveys that provided learnings on distribution, usage and engagement.

Taking this feedback on board a program of activations was launched on Monash University campuses in April of 2018. This initial program saw more than 6,000 wristbands distributed to university students along with drink safety information. Coinciding with these activations we engaged the founder of Bars of the North, a venue safety organisation, to begin a program of lobbying licensed venues.

Outcome

The results to date have been nothing short of remarkable. In the space of six months we have launched a product to some of the most vulnerable young people, begun an ongoing program around university campuses where more than 6,000 wristbands have been distributed as well as garnered international media attention.

Most importantly, in a university survey 89.5% of students now have a greater awareness of drink safety after engaging with Sip Safe.

Further survey results showed:

31.6 % knew of people who’ve had their drink spiked

78.9% Could see themselves or their friends using the wristbands.

From a commercial viewpoint, the Sip Safe wristband has been registered for a trade mark and the website’s had order enquiries from 27 countries. With this shift in scale the product developed with Monash University now has the potential to do far more good in harm minimisation for young people across the globe.

Relevancy

We directly targeted our audience at three key locations. Seeking out school leavers in the high-risk environment of their week-long end of exams party, we built relationships in the week before they nominated their university of choice.

Wristbands were also distributed on university campuses to students experiencing life away from home, as well as in known university bars, clubs and hang outs. So, whether through promotional staff at a university campus, or a point of sale stand on the bar inside a nightclub, Sip Safe created a call to action of drink safety and a method to know for sure.

Strategy

To launch Sip Safe we established the product at events for pre-university students and on university campuses before taking it to the wider audience of clubs and festivals.

We initially targeted the wristbands at the young people who are most at risk. This was found to be those celebrating at Schoolies, Australia’s biggest end of high school exams party, as those attending are away from their usual environment and are now old enough to drink alcohol.

We also introduced the product to university students at a time when they are being exposed to new environments and social dynamics. Critically, the approach to sharing the Sip Safe wristband is about providing information and utility for the individual to make their own informed decisions.

In bars, clubs and other venues, we positioned the strategy as one of responsibility for venues to provide safety precautions for their patrons to utilise.

Synopsis

4,500 Australians have their drink spiked every year - 40% of which lead to sexual assaults. As a caretaker of young people Monash University set a brief to help educate and make their students and the wider community more aware of drink safety.

The objectives we set out to achieve were to instil young people with the ability to ensure their safety when socialising in various surroundings.

A key indicator of success was to see a change in awareness of drink safety by creating behavioural change at a key moment in life. This change in behaviour was crucial in the ultimate objective of preventing drink spiking before it happens.

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