SafeCirclesUK

Bringing the tech community together to develop new ideas for launching and incubating tech products and services for women’s safety.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Monster Island, which came third place in our first #Hackathon for #WomenSafety Tech. They pitched an interactive mobile game to provide a safe environment for children to learn to debunk the stereotypes that can lead to gender-based violence in wider society.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Safe Doors, who came second in Safe Circles' first #Hackathon for #WomenSafety Tech. Safe Doors provides sanctuary for women and children facing domestic abuse by connecting them with other women or companies that will offer them a temporary place of refuge.

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We are delighted to announce a Gold Sponsor @_LaFosse. We are thrilled to be sponsored by such proactive companies, and their support made possible the life-changing #tech that was pitched at the end of last week. Join our community - https://t.co/6zOuYMgwN2
#womensafety #dev

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CONGRATULATIONS to @Epowar_app who is the winner of Safe Circles' Hackathon for Women’s Safety Tech. Epowar is revolutionising women’s safety by building innovative technology that can instantly detect and respond to someone being attacked, without the need to press a button.

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Our Judges: Simon Blakey joins us today for Demo Day from Playfair Capital. We are excited to see the great insight he will add to the judging panel today.

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists - LIVE NOW https://t.co/FmjuFAUnGB

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Meet Our Judges: Thomas Teichman joins us today for Demo Day from SPARK Venture Management. We are so pleased with Tom’s involvement and are excited to see the verdict of the final pitches today.

Demo Day - LIVE NOW: https://t.co/FmjuFBbYy9

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Meet Our Judges: Elena Sinel joins us today for Demo Day from Teens in AI. We are delighted Elena accepted our invitation to be a judge, and we’re excited to see her expertise at the finalist pitches!

Demo Day - LIVE NOW: https://t.co/FmjuFBbYy9

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Meet Our Judges: Modwenna Rees-Mogg joins us today for Demo Day from AngelNews. We are thrilled to have her on board, and look forward to seeing the verdict today.

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists -LIVE NOW: https://t.co/FmjuFBbYy9

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Meet Our Judges: Guita Blake joins us today for Demo Day as a Global Tech Services Senior Executive. We are looking seeing Guita’s expertise in action during the judging of our finalist pitches.

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists - LIVE NOW: https://t.co/FmjuFBbYy9

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Meet Our Judges: Duncan Barrigan joins us today for Demo Day from @GoCardless as the Chief Product Officer. We are delighted to receive this support from our Gold Sponsor and look forward to seeing the verdict today!
Demo Day- LIVE NOW https://t.co/FmjuFAUnGB

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Meet Our Judges: Benoît Jacob joins us today for Demo Day from DN Capital as a Venture Capital Investor. We are thrilled he was able to lend his expertise for the judging of the finalist pitches!

You can watch the demo day with the 10 Finalists LIVE NOW: https://t.co/FmjuFBbYy9

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The section of our website dedicated to @GoCardless has gone LIVE - https://t.co/vZ7PgO7SoL! GoCardless are helping drive the innovation of life-changing #tech for women’s safety. We are delighted to be able to spotlight them on the website!
#GoCardless #Sponsorship #WomenSafety

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#Hackers - we are almost at the end of our #Hackathon! We have loved seeing the journey that you have been on throughout the last two weeks. Tune into #DemoDay TOMORROW at MIDDAY to see our Finalist Pitches presented LIVE and our winners announced! https://t.co/FmjuFBbYy9
#tech

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Watch the video below to learn how to stay safe as well as keep your mental wellbeing in check with Martial Arts! Sign up to watch our Demo Day TOMORROW: https://t.co/FmjuFBbYy9 #timesup #tech #techcommunity #dev #yesallwomen #techforgood #heforshe

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We are thrilled to spotlight all of the collaborators for our #Hackathon.
We want to highlight in particular our Gold Sponsors @GoCardless @_LaFosse and @IpsosMORI – all of which have spearheaded the promotion of this Hackathon.

#womensafety #techcommunity #tech #techforgood

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We are pleased to announce our final collaborator for our mission ‘Safety on Campus’ @UniofExeter The University is dedicated to raising awareness about gender safety on Campus. They plan to launch a pilot of ‘Nightsafe’ with the help of student initiatives like Urban Angels.

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Meet our experts: Christina will join our #Hackathon for the Pitch Coaching workshop tomorrow. Learn #pitching to gain investors and clients for your product. Even if you aren’t #hacking with us, click before TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT(BST) to join - https://t.co/AeTxYF9gxV
#womensafety

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Hackers - in partnership with @ibizajujutsu we are offering FREE self-defence classes! Although we want a world where #selfdefence is not necessary, for now, we believe it is an important skill for #personalsafety. The next session is TOMORROW at 18:00 BST. Link via email.

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We think that making students feel safe at university through technology is essential, especially for women’s welfare. We are excited to explore more tech solutions to women’s safety issues in our Hackathon. Click this link to join our community - https://t.co/6zOuYLYVos #tech

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We are delighted to announce another collaborator for our mission ‘Safety on Campus’ @univofstandrews. They are committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of all its students, introducing a compulsory orientation module this academic year to ensure students learn about consent.

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Like other UK universities, St Andrews has a Report + Support tool that allows students to report any instances of violence or sexual harassment, offering anonymity if requested and sending follow-ups and referrals for relevant cases.