From Crisis to Stability, From Harm to Hope

Creating Safety and Hope

We will create safety, hope and future perspective for young Londoners and families

We help young Londoners find stability in times of crisis. We work with them to identify what they need to be safe and stay safe, and we collaborate with multi-agency partners to make that happen.

We will:

• Create a progressive journey for young Londoners, while they are working with us and as they move beyond Safer London.
• Diversify our models and approaches including growing our distinctive Harmful Sexual Behaviour service.
• Make sure our services are fit for young people who are neurodiverse and those with special educational needs and disabilities.
• We will intensify our focus on those most at risk by analysing our data, focusing resources where they will have the greatest impact.
• Increase the independence and sustainability of our core service, growing by 5% each year.

How youth voice and participation will support our creating Safety and Hope objectives

• We will involve young Londoners in informing, influencing and shaping services that meet their needs.
• We will actively listen and respond to feedback through clear mechanisms.
• We will co-design approaches that reflect the lived experience of the young Londoners we work alongside.

How we will influence others

• We will share best practice and evidence with partners and others to strengthen multi-agency safeguarding responses.
• We will deliver training and resources to professionals on trauma-informed approaches and relationship-based practice.
• We will advocate for systemic improvements in safeguarding approaches to make sure young Londoners get long-term support, flexible support that meets their needs.

Being Bold and Visible

We will be bold and visible in voicing what generates violence and exploitation, whilst advocating for change

We will use our voice - and amplify young Londoners’ voices - to speak up on the issues that matter most to them. By influencing systems, services and policy, we aim to change the conditions that create harm in the first place.

We will:

• Proactively speak out and call for change on the issues affecting young Londoners, making sure their voices shape public debate and influence policy and system change.
• Build a strong network of ambassadors, including those with lived experience, to amplify youth voice and champion change locally, regionally and nationally.
• Use online and digital platforms to share our messages, expanding our reach and mobilising others to support our mission.
• Advocate for specialist support services like ours in every major city and town, promoting models that prioritise safeguarding, healing and long‑term support.
• Increase our visibility by engaging a broader range of stakeholders, making more people understand, support and champion our work.
• Leverage existing community, organisational and government networks to raise our profile, strengthen relationships and extend the reach of our influence.

How youth voice and participation will support our being bold and visible objectives:

• We will strengthen our Young Researchers and VIP programmes to inform advocacy.
• We will support the development of Youth Voice Ambassadors to share lived experiences.
• We will create platforms and opportunities for young Londoners to speak directly to decision-makers.

How we will influence others

• We will support or lead advocacy campaigns at local and national levels to address systemic drivers of harm.
• We will build coalitions with other organisations to amplify the voices of children and young people and push for system change.
• We will engage with the media and utilise public platforms to shift narratives around young Londoners affected by violence and influence societal attitudes so people see the child behind the harm.

Breaking New Ground

We will break new ground through innovation - researching, testing and launching services and products that make a difference

We will research, test and launch new models and approaches that respond to emerging needs, making sure our work remains relevant and impactful. Innovation is how we keep moving forward - challenging gaps and building solutions shaped by young Londoners’ voices.

We will:

• Build a culture of innovation across Safer London, where everyone is supported to contribute ideas and improve outcomes for young people.
• Bring developed ideas forward to funders, sustaining our Harmful Sexual Behaviours service in year 1 and growing it in year 2, and secure investment for our young researchers and VIP programme.
• Share learning and evidence widely - with young people, communities, practitioners and policy makers - so that what works for children and young people becomes standard practice in London and beyond.
• Research and test next‑step models, including developing a peer intervention framework and other emerging approaches.
• Understand the impact of our models, using robust and innovative evaluation methods to learn what works and continually improve practice.

How youth voice and participation will support our breaking new ground objectives:

• We will engage young Londoners as co-researchers in developing new models.
• We will support youth-led innovation projects and ideas.
• We will make sure young Londoners’ insights shape evaluation and learning.

How we will influence others

• We will publish and disseminate learning from our innovation projects to influence sector-wide practice.
• We will partner with academic institutions and decision makers to embed evidence-based models into other services.
• We will organise cross-sector forums and events to challenge gaps and promote new solutions for emerging needs.

Transform Evidence and insight

We will transform how we build evidence and use data to deliver insight, impact and improvement for young Londoners and families

To create the change young Londoners need our decision making, planning and development must be grounded in insight. Data and evidence help us understand what works, identify gaps, improve our practice and demonstrate our impact.

We will:

• Develop an overarching and operational monitoring, learning and outcomes framework that supports both strategic oversight and day‑to‑day decision‑making.
• Transform how we use data and evidence so we can drive impact, learning and continuous improvement.
• Evidence and share the difference we make for young people and families, making sure our impact is visible and understood.
• Revolutionise the visibility and usability of our data, making it easy for the whole organisation to access, understand and act on.
• Collaborate across the organisation to interrogate our data and learning, using insights to adapt, improve and innovate.
• Take a whole‑organisation approach that brings together staff, Trustees, young researchers and VIPs in how we use data and evidence.
• Use our data to galvanise support for our work, strengthening our influence with partners, funders and communities.

Financial sustainability

We will build long‑term financial sustainability by investing in fundraising so we can continue our work, grow our impact and plan confidently for the future

A sustainable Safer London is one that can show up consistently for young people, innovate boldly and plan for the long term. By strengthening and diversifying our income, building efficient systems and developing financial confidence across the organisation, we protect our mission and create the stability needed for sustained impact.

We will:

• Invest in fundraising to secure our sustainability for young people, diversifying and strengthening how we generate income.
• Increase income from trusts, foundations and other income streams alongside statutory contracts, expanding the support behind our work.
• Invest in corporate partnerships by developing a clear corporate case for support and a compelling partnership offer.
• We will test an individual mid‑level giving proposition focused on young women’s work, and research and test a new product in 2027-28 with plans to scale in 2028-29.
• Create efficiency across the organisation by streamlining business processes and exploring the use of AI where appropriate.
• We will strengthen contract and financial management across the organisation and develop a more dispersed model of financial knowledge, management and responsibility.
• We will manage our reserves to remain within the agreed policy range and manage and forecast cashflow closely.
• We will manage our investments to grow income and strengthen long‑term financial resilience.