SAFECHAIN™ operates through a governance structure designed to support institutional integrity, ethical oversight, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The framework recognises that safeguarding reform requires contributions from law, health, policing, academia, technology, and lived-experience leadership.

The SAFECHAIN™ governance model is intentionally designed to evolve as institutional partnerships expand.

1. Founder

Samantha Avril-Andreassen

Founder – SAFECHAIN™

SAFECHAIN™ was founded by Samantha Avril-Andreassen, a legal scholar, safeguarding advocate, and author whose work focuses on strengthening structural coherence across safeguarding systems.

Her work sits at the intersection of:

• safeguarding governance

• institutional accountability

• trauma-informed legal practice

• human rights protection

• procedural integrity in multi-agency environments

SAFECHAIN™ was developed through a combination of legal research, policy analysis, and lived-experience insight, identifying structural weaknesses in the way safeguarding responsibilities are currently distributed across institutions.

The SAFECHAIN™ framework introduces a governance spine for safeguarding interoperability, designed to support:

• documentation continuity
• inter-agency protocol mapping
• safeguarding accountability alignment
• structured safeguarding hand-off procedures
• trauma-informed procedural safeguards

The framework aligns with existing legal and regulatory standards including:

• Human Rights Act 1998
• Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Solicitors Regulation Authority Principles
• Bar Standards Board Core Duties
• safeguarding and institutional accountability obligations across public bodies.

In addition to her policy work, Samantha Avril-Andreassen is the author of:

• Silent Screams, Loud Strength
• Homeless, Not Defeated
• Healing From Within
• The Little Voice That Roared

She also hosts the Silent Screams, Loud Strength podcast, which explores trauma recovery, safeguarding failures, and institutional reform.

The podcast functions as a reflective research environment informing the continued development of the SAFECHAIN™ safeguarding architecture.