{"id":719222,"date":"2026-06-06T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719222\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:21:10","slug":"mum-behind-safety-app-backs-staffordshire-roll-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/719222\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum behind safety app backs Staffordshire roll out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to research by the app&#8217;s developers, 81% of women said they considered their safety when travelling home from pubs, clubs and bars, while 63% said they were more likely to visit venues that had visible safety measures in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Like many women, I experienced unwanted behaviour from a young age,&#8221; Kay said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Even though I grew up with a strong awareness of personal safety through my father&#8217;s policing background, those experiences still happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As I learned more about the scale of violence against women and girls, I realised there was a need for practical, accessible tools that could help people feel safer and more informed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The app has been rolled out in partnership with Staffordshire Police, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Business Improvement District and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to research by the app&#8217;s developers, 81% of women said they considered their safety when travelling home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-719222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}