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Awareness isn't a service. It's a stance.
It arises where people take responsibility – for each other, with each other.
Two people in a quiet, attentive conversation – a visual cue for the person-centred awareness work that saferspaces makes possible.
Understanding
What awareness means
Awareness is the conscious recognition of power structures, privilege, physical and psychological violence, discrimination and other barriers. Its roots are in anti-racist education and the feminist movement, and it has matured in the German-speaking events sector since the 2010s.
For saferspaces, awareness is a comprehensive approach to prevention and intervention: simultaneously preventive and interventive, structurally embedded, person-centred and partial.
Our principlesPrinciples
What our work is built on
These principles reflect the current consensus of the awareness community in the German-speaking region and are anchored in our day-to-day practice.
Person-centred approach
The wellbeing of the affected person sits at the centre of every action. They decide what happens next – not the awareness team, not event leadership, not security.
Power of definition
Whether an experience is felt as transgressive or discriminatory is for the affected person alone to decide. That perception is never questioned.
Confidentiality & anonymisation
Anything discussed within awareness work is confidential. Documentation is anonymised. At saferspaces, this principle is built into the architecture of our system.
Low threshold
Awareness offerings have to be as accessible as possible – linguistically, spatially, emotionally. Our QR-code-based reporting system was designed from exactly this insight.
Person-centred approach
The wellbeing of the affected person sits at the centre of every action. They decide what happens next – not the awareness team, not event leadership, not security.
Power of definition
Whether an experience is felt as transgressive or discriminatory is for the affected person alone to decide. That perception is never questioned.
Confidentiality & anonymisation
Anything discussed within awareness work is confidential. Documentation is anonymised. At saferspaces, this principle is built into the architecture of our system.
Low threshold
Awareness offerings have to be as accessible as possible – linguistically, spatially, emotionally. Our QR-code-based reporting system was designed from exactly this insight.
Quality standards
No awareness washing
Awareness is gaining ground. But not everywhere it appears as a label do the structures, training and resources behind it actually exist. We care that awareness work gets the quality it deserves.
Qualified staff
Only awareness specialists, trained in awareness work, de-escalation and empathic communication.
No inexperienced personnel
Nobody enters a deployment without structured preparation.
DACH standards
We align with the Awareness Standards for the German-speaking region (2024).
Systematic debriefs
Every deployment is followed by a shared review and continuous improvement.
Sustainability over project logic
We build structures that evolve over years – not for the next funding cycle.
Trust
Protection through trust, not control
Safety at large events, for us, isn't primarily prevention through control – it's protection through trust. Visitors need to feel that they will be heard, especially in difficult moments.
Building trust
Our reporting system and awareness teams form an interlocking whole: the digital report enables anonymous first contact, and the teams respond as human points of contact.
Respect in both directions
Respectful conduct applies both to visitors and to the people incidents are reported about. Our teams act with de-escalation in mind and without an accusatory tone.
Building trust
Our reporting system and awareness teams form an interlocking whole: the digital report enables anonymous first contact, and the teams respond as human points of contact.
Respect in both directions
Respectful conduct applies both to visitors and to the people incidents are reported about. Our teams act with de-escalation in mind and without an accusatory tone.
Accessibility
Accessible to everyone
Awareness only works when it actually reaches everyone. That's why we've removed barriers consistently – technical, linguistic and spatial.
No app, no registration
No downloads, no complex forms. Awareness is immediately accessible.
A single QR scan is enough
Accessible regardless of technical confidence – one scan opens first contact.
Multilingual by default
The app opens in the device language – available in four languages.
Physical awareness points
Barrier-free on-site points of contact for everyone who needs face-to-face support.
Digital fallback
The digital reporting system closes the gap for anyone who can't reach an awareness point.
Requirements
What it takes
You don't need a perfect structure to begin. What matters is the clear intent to make protection possible. We develop the rest together.
A serious commitment
A clear commitment to actively protecting vulnerable groups.
Points of contact on site
People in place who can respond to incoming reports.
Willingness to evolve
Openness to adapting existing processes and structures iteratively.
Spaces to retreat to
Protected spaces on site for affected people – especially when Rapid Response is deployed.
A serious commitment
A clear commitment to actively protecting vulnerable groups.
Points of contact on site
People in place who can respond to incoming reports.
Willingness to evolve
Openness to adapting existing processes and structures iteratively.
Spaces to retreat to
Protected spaces on site for affected people – especially when Rapid Response is deployed.
Transparency
Statements & standards
Transparency is part of our approach. We are happy to provide our detailed statement on diversity, inclusion and awareness as well as our code of conduct on request.
Statement on diversity & inclusion
Our detailed position on inclusion, anti-discrimination and holistic awareness work.
Code of Conduct
Our binding standards of conduct for saferspaces, our partner networks and our clients.
Statement on diversity & inclusion
Our detailed position on inclusion, anti-discrimination and holistic awareness work.
Code of Conduct
Our binding standards of conduct for saferspaces, our partner networks and our clients.