Walksafe app

Walksafe App

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WalkSafe was founded in 2020 with a concept to give users as much information about their surroundings as possible. Now, with a growing team and advisors, their products, offering and mission have developed and they work with one goal in mind:
To make the world a safer place.

WalkSafe+ is the UK’s leading personal safety app which combines journey-sharing features and a national Safe Space map. The map plots safety-trained venues across the UK in partnership with Local Authorities and Businesses that offer safety facilities such as phone charging stations and free period products, enabling our users to find help in real-time while on their commute home. WalkSafe+ has a suite of tracking and non-tracking features available, which enables trusted friends to follow your live journey should you need it.

Cumberland CSP supports Walksafe

WalkSafe will help people who live, work or visit Carlisle to plan their journeys home and nights out in the safest way, while letting their friends and family know where they are on an online map.

The free app has received the backing of organisations and agencies including Cumbria Police, Cumberland Council, Armstrong Watson and the University of Cumbria. https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/24801475.walksafe-rolled-help-people-feel-safer-carlisle/

The initiative follows concerns raised in a survey carried out by police to hear more from women and girls on how they felt about their own personal safety.

Feeling safe in the night-time economy was raised as a key worry, leading to an extra focus by police on the issue of violence against women and girls.

It features a map of the city that pinpoints local venues that have received accreditation in certain safety standards that may make people feel safer on a night out.

The app also can help people plot a safer route home.

Users can share their live location with trusted contacts and the app will notify friendly and family when they get home safe.

It features an SOS button to alert trusted friends immediately that you feel in danger. The app also highlights features such as:

Venues that operate the Ask for Angela scheme, where people can ask a member of staff for support by “asking for Angela”.
On-street support, such as the Safer Streets Welfare Hub in Carlisle city centre.