I know what works and what doesn’t when it comes to developing prevention and response campaigns. Grassroots anti-street harassment campaigning and rape and sexual abuse crisis helpline work led me to ten years as a trainer and educator in the UK and Australian Violence Against Women and Girls sectors. In 2014, I co-founded Good Night Out, the campaign for safer nightlife, developing the world’s first workplace education programme for the industry.
I advise on sexual violence prevention communication and education for charitable, public and private sector organisations and communities.
I am committed to an inclusive, trauma-informed and accessible ways of working, and believe deeply in applying a structural lens to issues of identity that lead to solidarity and across difference, not fragmentation.
Selected client work
- Zero Tolerance on Rail – Rail Delivery Group
- #TimeTo for Nabs – National Advertising Benevolent Society
- #ReframetheNight for Hackney Council and City of London Corporation
- #OktoAsk for Drinkaware
- Women’s Night Safety Charter Toolkit for Mayor of London
What I can do
- Design of effective and evidence-based gender-based violence campaigns
- Bespoke policy consultancy and support
- Writing training programmes assets and toolkit delivery for your initiative
- Auditing, content review, ‘expert eye’ or ‘critical friend’ before you launch!
My approach
- Any programmes or interventions should be able to measure the change they seek to make. We are no longer in the ‘awareness’ era!
- I have been trained in the application of the Primary Prevention Framework by OURWatch. This pioneering model was developed in Australia and uses a structural analysis of power and a practical understanding of how people work. It requires us to clearly differentiate between work that encourages a clear response to gender-based violence, and that which aims to stop it happening in the first place.
- I typically use the psycho-socio-ecological model for preventing Gender-based Violence Against Women to design and assess how an intervention can make change at different levels.
Advisory Positions
- Safety on Rail Advisory Group 2019-2021
- Independent Sexual Offences Scrutiny Panel British Transport Police 2017-2019
- Project Guardian – Report it to Stop It Advisory Group 2012-2016
Case Study: #ReFrametheNight
Client: Hackney Council and City of London Corporation
Hackney and City of London came together to challenge sexual harassment and assault in nightlife and needed a clear set of messages to promote safer attitudes across both boroughs during the 16 Days of Action against Gender-based Violence 2019. They also required staff training.
Via my organisation Good Night Out Campaign we developed #ReframeTheNight, a messaging concept and training package based on busting the common myths around sexual harassment and assault, informed by our work training hundreds of pubs and clubs to respond to sexual harassment.
These myths place the blame on the person who has been targeted, not the person choosing to harass or assault them. Challenging myths helps build a culture of belief, support and accountability, through staff training and public-facing messages online and on-street. It encourages the industry and the public to “reframe” these damaging myths, remixing the rallying cry of ‘Reclaim the Night!’ Launch event coverage in the Hackney Gazette
Get in touch via info@bryonybeynon.com if you are interested in working together. Please include as much information as possible about your organisation.