6.8 million people are concerned for their safety every week, including commuting, travelling for business and working from home. So why do companies only focus on the workplace? New research explores the impact of the challenges on individuals and companies and the actions leading organisations are taking. 

Safer Business Networks will share how they introduced the Women’s Night Safety Charter in organisations and how they support businesses to help thousands of women to feel safer when traveling, working, or socialising. Discover what Safe Havens and WAVE are and how they support individuals and organisations.

Jason Burt discusses organisations’ legal responsibilities and the implications of 'getting it wrong'. Jason will explore corporate and personal liabilities, the ‘reasonable' test, real world implications, and the potential consequences in terms of sentencing and fines. This interactive session offers you an opportunity to pose questions and get some expert advice.

SoloProtect will explore the intricacies of developing an airtight Lone Working Policy. With practical advice, resources, and real-world insights to fortify your lone worker safety strategy. This session will give you a head start and explain how to access an example Lone Working Policy. 

How can we make sure that Lone Work is visible and is given the resource we need? Matthew will share insights from his work with Boards looking at safety governance and will explain why issues such as lone work can be hidden in the data.

Kristen will share tips and the best practice to communicate effectively, build trust, promote engagement, set expectations, and ensure safe working for your remote and hybrid workers. 

Join Glen for an engaging exploration into the world of workplace dynamics when managing remote or dispersed teams. This thought-provoking session will challenge conventional wisdom and redefine how we perceive our teams.

Leonie will discuss how to achieve buy in from your staff in order to improve usage rates in your organisation. Covering tips on implementation and the roll out of your chosen solution through to the ongoing monitoring and encouragement of use. 

The panel will be discussing and taking your questions to make sure that the audience understand their responsibly towards hybrid workers and go away with practical solution to the challenges. Come along armed with those difficult questions – this is your chance to get some free expert advice!

Work-related violence has become an unspoken fact of life, affecting all industries and organisations where staff work alone. During this presentation, the Orbis Protect team will discuss the reality that lone workers face today, and how technology leads the fight in protecting vulnerable people in all roles. 

Blackline Safety will be exploring the stress and well-being implications of working in isolation. Miriam will guide you through how a robust lone worker policy, combined with innovative safety technology, can mitigate potential risks faced every day by those working alone and, in turn improve employee wellbeing.

Across retail, hospitality, housing and transport, the frequency and severity of aggression towards staff has significantly increased. This interactive session will explore ways to engage staff and share best practice for managing both issues.  

Come along and discuss best practice when installing technology to support your staff. An honest appraisal of the challenges, the benefits and an opportunity for you to pose those conundrum questions.  

Explore the challenges organisations face to achieve buy-in for lone working safety solutions. By understanding the true challenges, we’ll highlight strategies to overcome resistance and foster a collaborative safety culture. Useful insights into end user communication and engagement approaches for effective impact in securing adoption to safety solutions. 

Detecting motionlessness of a person might seem easy at first but becomes more challenging in practice. The same is true for detecting fall accidents. In both scenarios safety equipment should warn and alarm without annoying the user with false positives. Andreas will discuss some of the solutions to this problem.  

Going solo into the homes of grieving families, funeral directors can face very challenging situations, including the risk of aggression and violence.  Colin explores how Dignity Funeral Directors acted to provide their people with a technology service that’s dedicated to getting help quickly and discreetly whenever they feel at risk.