Stay Safe East

Stay Safe East is run by and for disabled people. We provide advocacy and support services to survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence, hate crime, harassment and other forms of abuse. We serve communities in London.

Stay Safe East is a unique user-led organisation run by disabled people, providing specialist and holistic advocacy and support services to disabled people from diverse communities in London who are victims/survivors of domestic or sexual violence, hate crime, harassment and other forms of abuse.

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.

Stay Safe East works to tackle violence and abuse against disabled and Deaf people, including:

• Domestic violence by partners, family members, or by paid or unpaid carers
• Disability and other hate crime
• Bullying, anti-social behaviour and harassment
• Sexual violence
• Financial abuse
• Human rights abuses in residential care or supported housing