BCU Cheerleading society hosting their first ‘Girls Night In’.

Women across the UK are boycotting nightclubs this week for a so-called "Girls Night In" to highlight the issue of drink spiking.

With the increase of spiking that has been going on lately in nightclubs.

BCU Cheerleading society is hosting a ‘Girls Night in’ as a protest to the needle injections and spiking going around.

The BCU sports societies, such as cheerleading, football, and rugby, go clubbing every Wednesday night.

Due to the danger that has recently been posed to women in clubs, the women have cancelled their socials in order to raise awareness of this issue.

The event will take place on the 27th of October at 6 pm at the Eagle and Ball on the City Centre Campus.

Robyn Jones, social secretary who is hosting the 'Girls Night In' said: “This needs to happen because police investigations and social media posts aren't doing enough to initiate the change.

“The movement itself sends out a big message to clubs and other venues that what they're doing right now isn't good enough.

“That they need to take time and rethink safety measures".

A petition launched last week calling on the Government to make it a legal requirement for nightclubs to thoroughly search guests on entry has already gained more than 161,000 signatures.

This campaign was launched after dozens of young women came forward after being spiked by injection in nightclubs.

A Girls Night In Cambridge spokesperson stated: "Universities across the UK are organizing the boycott to raise awareness of the current rise of spiking that has become an epidemic in clubs and venues".