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.
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.
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
SAFECHAIN PROGRAMMES
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