Our Current Projects
Safe Havens
Where safety is felt - not just enforced.
Safe Havens are public-facing venues - cafés, shops, GP surgeries, salons, libraries, pubs, and places of worship - that offer a short-term place of refuge for anyone feeling unsafe, vulnerable, or unsure.
They’re not there to fix everything.
They simply provide a moment of calm, reassurance, or connection -and sometimes, that’s all it takes to help someone continue their journey more safely.
By becoming a Safe Haven, your venue becomes a visible part of a local network that’s making a real difference - while building trust, confidence, and deeper connection within the community you already serve.
In May 2025, we launched Safe Havens in Tunbridge Wells - bringing together businesses, police, community leaders, and volunteers who share a commitment to making safety something we co-create, not just enforce.
📍What's next?
If you'd like your venue to become a Safe Haven, attendance at a free, 60 -minute training session is required. This includes:
- Guidance on how Safe Havens work (and what’s expected)
- Practical examples and conversation-based scenarios
- A Train-the-Trainer toolkit, including a QR code linking to short videos for your wider team
- A window sticker (no mandatory requirement to show in window), simple guidebook, and ongoing support
👉 Register your interest here
Together, we’re not just keeping people safe from harm - we’re helping people feel safe in the places they live, work, and pass through every day.
#WomensVoices
Reclaiming agency. Shaping safety. Leading change.
#WomensVoices is a space where women and girls come together, not just to be heard, but to be understood.
This is about reclaiming power on our own terms. It’s about naming what safety really feels like, sharing what freedom actually looks like, and co-creating solutions that reflect real lives, not just policies.
From storytelling and lived experience to tools like feminist self-defence and active bystander training, this strand of the #TogetherAsALLies movement honours the often-invisible emotional labour carried by women, and turns that insight into action.
We don’t need more panels. We need more truth in the room.
Each voice matters. Each story shifts the landscape.
And together, we’re rebuilding safety from the inside out.
📅 Next Gathering: Saturday 8th November 2025
Royal Wells Hotel, Tunbridge Wells
As part of this year’s 16 Days of Activism, we’re bringing together a powerful, invitation-only group of women to explore what it means to reclaim agency and voice in a world that doesn’t always make space for either.
The day will centre around co-created conversations, cross-sector collaboration, and grounded tools for change, across policing, public health, youth, lived experience, and community voice.
If you’d like to learn more, or if your voice, network or insight could help shape this work, we’d love to hear from you.
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#Youth Voices
Lived experience. Safe expression. Change that starts with being heard.
#YouthVoices is a space created with young people, not just for them — where they can speak openly about what safety means, what’s missing, and what needs to change.
In partnership with Mental Health Resource, we’ve begun by really listening to the raw, reflective voices of their Youth Group in Tunbridge Wells.
This isn’t about ‘fixing’ young people.
It’s about making sure they’re part of the solution.
From word clouds and creative workshops to community-led action, this strand gives voice to the truths that often go unheard - and helps shape safer spaces that feel real, not performative.
Each voice matters.
Each experience tells us something we need to know.
Together, we’re building a culture of safety that includes everyone.
👉 Want to host a listening session with your youth group?
Active Bystander
From silence to action - safely, compassionately, and effectively.
This training, delivered by violence prevention expert Graham Goulden, gives everyday people the tools and confidence to step in when something doesn’t feel right.
It’s not about confrontation. It’s about small, safe actions that show care, challenge harm, and shift culture - one moment at a time.
Because friends don’t let friends cross the line - or stay silent when it matters.
You’ll learn how to speak up with empathy, support others with confidence, and take action grounded in your values - playing your part in creating safer spaces, wherever you are.
We’re inviting individuals across our community to learn, grow, and act together.
And we’d love for you to be part of it.
🎥 Watch: From Bystander to Upstander – with Laura, Graham, Dan & Mark
#Mens Voices
Side by side, not on the side-lines.
This project invites men into honest conversations about power, gender, culture, and care - without shame, but with responsibility.
Rooted in lived experience and explored in live conversations, hosted by Laura Toop, with Dan Glyde and Mark Carolan, this strand challenges outdated definitions of strength and explores how men can lead with presence, respect, and accountability.
We explore:
- Redefining strength and masculinity
- Listening as leadership
- Challenging “Not All Men” narratives
- Holding other men accountable - gently and clearly
- Shifting from support to action
🎥 Watch: Accelerate Action – Men as Allies (International Women's Day 2025 Special)
“Being a true ally means challenging yourself first - your beliefs, your assumptions, and your actions.”
- Laura Toop
This is an evolving strand - and we’re building it with every conversation.
(You can also explore related topics in our Are You Truly Living series.)
Have you an idea you want to bring to life?
We Want to Hear from You
Do you have a community project that aligns with our values?
A gap you’ve noticed in your street, school, or sector?
A spark of something - even if you’re not quite sure what it is yet?
We want to hear from you.
We co-create with individuals, councils, organisations, and local connectors - because no one has the full picture.
But together, we might just build something that lasts.
Projects in the Pipeline
Big skies. Open minds. Possibilities in progress.
Some of our most powerful strands began with a spark - a conversation, a lived experience, or a moment of noticing what’s missing.
Here is one we’re currently exploring:
Health, Equity & Community Connection (In Development)
Because safer communities start with well-supported people.
We’re exploring how lived experience can inform better health outcomes - and how community connection can become part of the solution.