Together, we can strengthen people’s WalkawayPower

We have established an interdisciplinary expert panel that contributes to the quality assurance of the digital service. At the same time, we will need further specialist expertise as our content, tools and activities develop.

We would particularly welcome dialogue with professionals, research communities and institutions with expertise in violence and control, risk assessment, psychology, trauma, law, rights, financial dependence and support services.

Collaboration could include professional assessments, developing the knowledge base, quality-assuring tools and methods, or research to examine how the services work in practice.

We are committed to developing initiatives that are not only based on relevant research, but that can also be examined and improved systematically over time.

People with personal experience of violence, coercion or control have knowledge that is essential for developing services that work in practice.

We want to involve people with lived experience in assessing, among other things, language, clarity, content, user experience and practical value.

Such involvement must take place in a way that safeguards participants’ safety, privacy and autonomy. No one should have to share more of their story than they wish to, and taking part must never be a condition for receiving help.

We will make room for safe and carefully considered user involvement as part of the ongoing development work.

A digital service for people living with violence and control places particular demands on security.

Some users may be subject to digital surveillance, monitoring of their phone or internet use, and other forms of technology-facilitated abuse. Both the functions of the service and the way it is used must therefore be assessed in light of users’ actual risk.

We would welcome collaboration with professional communities and technology partners who can contribute in areas such as information security, privacy, universal design and accessibility, usability, technical architecture and secure operation.

Our ambition is to develop technology that makes relevant knowledge more accessible, without creating unnecessary risk for the people who will use it.

We want to develop WalkawayPower in dialogue with existing knowledge, services and professional communities.

Public bodies, research institutions, non-profit organisations, centres of expertise and other relevant organisations can contribute perspectives and experience that strengthen the work.

Collaboration could involve developing expertise, preventive initiatives, communication, knowledge exchange or the development of new services.

In the longer term, we also want to explore international partnerships that could help make knowledge, methods and digital solutions available to people in other countries.

We are looking for partnerships that add real value to our social mission, and that are built on clear roles, mutual respect and professional independence.

WalkawayPower is being established as a non-profit foundation. Services for people subjected to violence and those close to them will be free of charge, and users will not be subject to commercial exploitation.

To develop a professionally sound and sustainable service, we need funding for, among other things, expert quality assurance, technology, information security, further development, operation and organisational development.

We would welcome dialogue with public and private grant schemes, foundations, businesses and others who would like to support the work.

Financial support shall help to fulfil our social mission. It shall not give influence over professional conclusions, determine how support services are described or give access to users’ personal data.

We are committed to establishing long-term, responsible funding models that ensure WalkawayPower can be developed and run independently of commercial interests.