Danish NGO uses coat check tickets to offer youth mental health support 

Danish children's charity Børns Vilkår uses coat-check tickets to offer discreet mental health support for young people

Across the globe, there has been a sharp rise in anxiety and depression among young people. In Denmark, up to 25% of young people report rising levels of mental health challenges.

Recognising the need for support systems, Danish children’s charity Børns Vilkår has launched a campaign to make mental health resources more accessible to young people.

Leveraging the fact that young people often take photos of their tickets when checking coats into cloakrooms, the charity created more than 250,000 custom coat-check tickets featuring a QR code that links directly to Hørt, Børns Vilkår’s 24/7 confidential counselling line.

The coat-check tickets were distributed to more than 100 nightclubs, concert venues and educational institutions across Denmark.

The Ticket Out of the Dark campaign was created in collaboration with Publicis, Denmark.

Results / According to the agency, the campaign generated over 500,000 impressions and 10,000 engagements on social media.

Contagious Insight 

Check yourself / This campaign exemplifies how an understanding of audience behaviour can transform even the simplest medium into a communication tool. Børns Vilkår leverages a key behavioural insight – young people’s habit of photographing coat-check tickets – and ensures its 24/7 counselling service, Hørt, was not only noticed but saved for easy access in camera rolls and browser histories.  

Placing the message in an unexpected but relevant space, such as venues frequented by young people, helped the campaign cut through. With research from Bulbshare in 2022 highlighting how challenging it is to reach this demographic effectively, this creative placement nudged the audience to engage with the service organically.

Cost-effective impact / Børns Vilkår demonstrates how a simple, low-cost medium can deliver outsized results. Strategic partnerships with more than 100 nightclubs and venues ensured the tickets were distributed at highly relevant moments, such as nights out, when young people are most likely to need support, helping the campaign reach over 250,000 young people across Denmark. By focusing resources on an existing, widely used tool, the campaign turned a simple interaction into a powerful touchpoint for youth mental health.



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