Stay Safe East

Who we are

Stay Safe East is a leading agency working with Deaf and disabled survivors of hate crime, domestic violence and other abuses. We are a Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisation (DDPO) staffed and led by disabled people. All our practice is inclusive and aimed at getting the best for our clients and promoting their human rights. 

We work to the social model of disability, and support our clients to address the barriers they face. We take a feminist and intersectional approach to gender-based violence against disabled women and girls, whilst recognising that disabled men and non-binary people may also be at risk. We currently work with disabled people from East London’s diverse communities and respect and understand their life choices. We are an LGBTQ positive organisation.

Founded in 2010 as a local East London service, in 2018 we extended our services across London, as partners in the London Victims and Witnesses Service (LVWS) led by Victim Support, and in Ascent Plus led by Solace. We are also part of the CATCH partnership, a London-wide alliance of the key organisations working on hate crime.

Our culture and values

Our aims is to support Deaf and disabled people who experience or have experienced violence and abuse, hate crime, domestic or sexual violence, carer abuse and others forms of human rights abuses

To ensure that disabled and deaf people get the justice they deserve

To provide an independent, accessible, third party reporting site for hate crime and domestic violence

To inform disabled and Deaf people of their rights to be safe, and to encourage them to report incidents and crimes

To build the capacity of our partner organisations (police, voluntary sector, housing, local authority, Crown prosecution service) to provide an inclusive, appropriate service and to deliver justice to disabled and deaf people

To bring about change in national and other policies on supporting victims of crime

To act as a model for good practice

We are an organisation run by disabled people for disabled people.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We work to the social model of disability, and support our clients to address the barriers they face. We take a feminist and intersectional approach to gender-based violence against disabled women and girls, whilst recognising that disabled men and non-binary people may also be at risk. We currently work with disabled people from London’s diverse communities and respect and understand their life choices. We are an LGBTQ positive organisation.