PRESS & MEDIA
SAFECHAIN™ is a safeguarding compliance infrastructure designed to reduce institutional failure in domestic abuse-related systems by making procedural safeguarding measurable, auditable, and enforceable.
This page provides official information for journalists, editors, podcasters, researchers, and institutional partners.
Founder
SAFECHAIN™ was founded by Samantha Avril-Andreassen, a survivor-advocate and systems reform founder focused on safeguarding, institutional accountability, and trauma-informed compliance.
Samantha’s work integrates:
lived-experience-informed design
statutory framing (UK)
procedural fairness and participation protection
structured education programmes
auditable safeguarding protocols
Speaking Topics
Weaponised justice and procedural fairness
Participation impairment and Equality Act duties
Post-separation coercion and institutional blind spots
From awareness to audit: safeguarding that can be proven
About SAFECHAIN™
SAFECHAIN™ delivers a compliance-overlay model for safeguarding environments where domestic abuse, coercive control, and vulnerability intersect with formal decision-making.
SAFECHAIN™ focuses on:
Trauma-blind misinterpretation risk in institutional settings
Participation impairment and procedural fairness
Post-separation coercion and litigation-as-control patterns
Auditability: documenting what was done, when, and why
Interoperability-first architecture for integration with existing systems
SAFECHAIN™ does not provide emergency safeguarding intervention. It is a compliance, education, and audit model intended for institutional implementation and prevention.
What We Can Comment On
SAFECHAIN™ can provide commentary on:
coercive control and post-separation abuse patterns
trauma-blind misinterpretation in legal and safeguarding systems
equality duties, participation adjustments, procedural fairness
safeguarding compliance, audit trails, and prevention frameworks
institutional risk modelling and behavioural literacy
SAFECHAIN™ does not comment on active litigation or provide legal advice.
Available on request:
Founder headshot
SAFECHAIN™ logo pack
Brand colours + typography sheet
SAFECHAIN™ one-page overview
Programme overview (courses + institutional pilots)
Approved boilerplate text
Press: press@safe-chain.org
SAFECHAIN™ is a safeguarding compliance infrastructure designed to reduce institutional failure in domestic abuse-related systems through measurable, auditable, and enforceable safeguarding protocols. SAFECHAIN™ focuses on trauma-blind misinterpretation risk, participation impairment, post-separation coercion patterns, and compliance logging that can operate alongside existing institutional systems. SAFECHAIN™ delivers structured education programmes and a compliance-overlay model intended for government, safeguarding institutions, legal environments, and public sector contexts. SAFECHAIN™ does not provide legal advice, medical services, or emergency safeguarding intervention.