SAFECHAIN™


A Safeguarding Infrastructure for Trauma-Informed Justice

Reconnecting police, courts, housing, and financial systems so survivors of domestic abuse do not fall through institutional gaps.

Learn About SAFECHAIN™

Attend the Masquerade Gala – 30 October

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Why SAFECHAIN exists

The System Today

Survivors often navigate multiple institutions:

• police
• courts
• housing
• banks
• healthcare

These systems rarely communicate effectively.

The result:

• fragmented documentation
• repeated trauma disclosures
• safeguarding failures

The System Today

Survivors often navigate multiple institutions:

• police
• courts
• housing
• banks
• healthcare

These systems rarely communicate effectively.

The result:

• fragmented documentation
• repeated trauma disclosures
• safeguarding failures

SAFECHAIN VISUAL

Policymakers

Courts — SAFECHAIN — Banks

Lawyers Charities

Survivors

Founder

SAFECHAIN™ was founded by Samantha Avril-Andreassen.

The initiative was developed through legal research, policy analysis, and lived experience examining structural failures within safeguarding systems and the challenges survivors face when navigating multiple institutions.

Samantha Avril-Andreassen is the author of:

• Silent Screams, Loud Strength

• Homeless, Not Defeated

• The Little Voice That Roared

• Healing From Within

Her upcoming book, Somebody, will be released on 30 October 2026.

Samantha is also the host of the Silent Screams, Loud Strength Podcast, where she explores themes of trauma recovery, resilience, and the systemic issues surrounding domestic abuse.

Her Documentary will be released at at dateto be anounced later this year.

Samantha Avril-Andreassen.

The SAFECHAIN Masquerade Gala

30 October

Launching the book:

Somebody

A night dedicated to:

• exposing the hidden cost of domestic abuse
• bringing institutions together
• advancing safeguarding reform

Book Tickets

Sponsor the Gala
A woman smiling and holding an ornate gold masquerade mask covers half her face in a dark-themed promotional poster for the Save the Date Masquerade Gala. The event is on October 30, 2026, in Winchester, and is part of Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. The poster has a gold and black color scheme with elegant fonts and a gold awareness ribbon, emphasizing themes of trust and transforming futures.

SAFECHAIN PROGRAMMES

• Rebuild Compass™
• CPIT™
• MØPIT™
• R.I.S.E.™
• Threshold™

POLICY & RESEARCH

SAFECHAIN publishes research on:

• coercive control
• institutional fragmentation
• trauma-informed legal participation

GET INVOLVED

Get Involved

• Attend the Gala
• Join the Reform Dialogue
• Institutional Partnership Enquiries

A meeting with two people at a white table, working on laptops and taking notes, with decorative vases and flowers in the background.
A woman smiling while holding a golden masquerade mask, with candles in the background, promoting the Save the Date Masquerade Gala for SafeChAIN, scheduled for October 30th, 2026 in Winchester, highlighting domestic abuse awareness month.
Promotional image for the book 'Somebody' by Samantha Avril-Andreassen, featuring the book cover, book launch details, and decorative elements such as gold mask, white roses, gold ribbon, and a handwritten note.