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 your venue would like to become a Safe Haven, a free 60-minute session is required.
This includes:
🔸How Safe Havens work and what’s expected
🔸Practical examples and conversation-based scenarios
🔸A Train-the-Trainer toolkit with short videos for your wider team
🔸A window sticker (optional), a 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 creates space for women and girls to speak honestly about what safety feels like, what’s missing, and what needs to change.
It brings lived experience, community voice, and our male allies into the same room - and turns insight into practical action.
The November gathering at the Royal Wells Hotel brought over seventy women together from policing, youth, health and community leadership, along with our male allies.
The conversations were raw, grounded, and are already shaping local action.
What's Next:
📅 Reclaim the Night - Tuesday 25 November
Join the annual walk through Tunbridge Wells as part of White Ribbon Day.
📅 16 Days of Activism Display - 25 Nov to 10 Dec
A powerful exhibition created by the Soroptimists at The Amelia Scott, highlighting visibility, safety and community action.
#WomensVoices sits within the wider #TogetherAsALLies movement - a commitment to rebuild safety with, not for, our communities.
#Youth Voices
Lived experience. Safe expression. Change that starts with being heard.
#YouthVoices is co-created with young people - giving them a space to speak openly about what safety feels like, what’s missing, and what needs to change in the places they move through every day.
From creative workshops with the Mental Health Resource Youth Group to sessions with Girlguiding Rangers, and Youth For Christ their insight is already shaping #WomensVoices, #MenAsALLies and the wider Safety Together ecosystem.
This isn’t about ‘fixing’ young people.
It’s about making sure they’re part of the solution.
What's happening now
🔸Ongoing listening workshops with local youth groups and schools
🔸Creative sessions exploring “What does a safe space look, sound and feel like?”
🔸Co-created insight informing local community safety conversations
🔸Plans for a year-round youth-led programme
📍 Next session: Paddock Wood
Our next #YouthVoices workshop will be held in Paddock Wood, continuing to build on the honest reflections and lived experience shared by young people across the district.
👉 Start a conversation about hosting a #YouthVoices session with your youth group or organisation.
#MenAsALLies | #MensVoices
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, Mark Carolan, and Matt Adamson 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.)
Active Bystander
Delivered in partnership with violence-prevention expert Graham Goulden, these practical two-hour sessions give people the tools to notice early signs of harm and take small, safe steps that support others and challenge behaviour before it escalates.
This isn’t about confrontation or heroics.
It’s about grounded, values-led action - the kind that quietly changes culture.
Upcoming sessions for Men & Male Allies
Both sessions are free, practical, and open to men across the Tunbridge Wells District who want to play a more active role in creating safer everyday spaces.
📅 Tuesday 25 November (7–9pm) – White Ribbon Day
👉 Book your place here
📅 Monday 1 December (7–9pm) – Online
👉 Book your place here
Live: Men Making the Difference:
📅 Tuesday 25 November - 6.30pm (UK)
A White Ribbon Day special with Laura, Dan, Mark and Matt.
Join the Live: Here
Active Bystander training is a core part of the wider #TogetherAsALLies movement, connecting with #WomensVoices, #YouthVoices and #MenAsALLies to rebuild the map of safety across our communities.
🎥 Watch: From Bystander to Upstander – with Laura, Graham, Dan & Mark
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.