A Fleet for Safety

A Fleet for Change是一家由女性领导的新型社区利益公司；我们之所以存在，是因为我们相信所有人都有一个繁荣的未来是可能的，我们希望帮助实现这一目标。我们目前的使命是设计创新的交通解决方案，承认并克服女性在夜间出行时面临的挑战。政府委托IECD发布的一份报告（2017年）发现，女性在公共交通上遭受的威胁水平每年可能使英国经济损失高达3.7%的GDP。这种负面看法导致就业和培训机会减少，与当地经济的连通性较差。这是一个现在需要解决的重大平等问题。谢菲尔德市议会过去曾多次试图解决这个问题，但是，这些尝试都没有成功地鼓励妇女使用所提供的服务，因此被终止了。利用公共资金，我们将与广泛的利益相关者合作，包括最终用户、场馆、南约克郡警方和谢菲尔德市议会。我们将利用研究的反馈和结果来测试新颖的应用内安全功能，以及相应的服务设计，为女性创造一个可以信任的安全网。通过与谢菲尔德的FØRGE和Hope Works夜总会合作，我们将有机会接触到一个庞大的客户群，进行初步研究，并制定一项战略，以多机构的方式解决这一关键问题。值得庆幸的是，随着人们越来越意识到妇女和女孩的交通困难，妇女的安全问题正迅速提上国家政府、警察和地方当局的议程。然而，目前还没有真正解决这个问题的办法。作为女性领导，我们不仅了解问题的第一手资料，而且全力为每个人创造一个更安全的世界。

A Fleet for Change is a new female led community interest company; we exist because we believe a thriving future for all is possible and we want to help realise it. Our current mission is to craft innovative transport solutions that acknowledge and overcome the challenges women face when navigating night-time travel.A government commissioned IECD report (2017) found that the level of threat experienced by women on public transport can lose the UK economy up to 3.7% in GDP each year. Such negative perceptions lead to a reduction in access to employment and training, and poor connectivity to the local economy. This is a major equality issue that needs addressing now. Sheffield city council have attempted to tackle this problem multiple times in the past, however, these attempts have not been successful in encouraging women to use the services provided and were therefore terminated.With public funding we will engage with a breadth of stakeholders, including end-users, venues, South Yorkshire Police, and Sheffield city council. We will use feedback and outputs from research to test novel in-app safety features, along with the accompanying service design, to create a safety net for women they can trust in. By partnering with both the FØRGE and Hope Works nightclubs in Sheffield, we will have access to a large client base for primary research, and develop a strategy for how a multi-agency approach can solve this critical problem.Thankfully, women's safety is rapidly moving up the agenda for national government, the police and local authorities, as awareness grows of just how difficult transport is for women and girls. However, there are still no forthcoming solutions that genuinely address the issue. Being female led, we not only understand the problem first hand but are fully invested in creating a safer world for everybody.