Survivor-led safeguarding for every voice
The Wolf Project is a survivor-led safeguarding initiative dedicated to improving the recognition and prevention of sexual abuse.
We transform lived experience into accessible safeguarding resources and communication tools, helping protect children and young people, particularly those with SEND, neurodivergence or communication differences.
Our key focus areas
Resources and communication tools
📚 Safeguarding Resources
Practical, accessible tools to help professionals and families recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns.
💬 Communication & inclusion
Supporting children and young people who communicate through words, signs, symbols, pictures, gestures or behaviour.
💜 Trauma-Informed Safeguarding
Helping professionals recognise trauma responses and look beyond behaviours that may otherwise be misunderstood.
🦋 Safe Relationships & Boundaries
Accessible information to help young people understand consent, personal boundaries, healthy relationships and safety.
Behaviour can be communication.
Silence can be communication.
Distress can be communication.
Lived experience at the heart of safeguarding
The Wolf Project was built from lived experience, and that perspective remains at the heart of our work. We use survivor insight to help identify the gaps that traditional safeguarding approaches can miss — particularly where trauma, neurodivergence or communication barriers make it difficult for a child or young person to tell someone what is happening.
Lived experience does not replace professional knowledge. It adds a perspective that cannot be learned from a textbook. By bringing both together, we can develop safeguarding approaches that listen differently, look beyond behaviour and respond to the individual rather than expecting every person to communicate distress in the same way.
Because safeguarding should not only ask what happened. It should ask what this person needs now. 🐺💜
Traditional safeguarding frameworks frequently miss the voices of those who communicate differently. We bridge that divide through direct survivor insight, helping to create safeguarding approaches that listen, understand, and respond effectively.
Partner with us for better safeguarding
Whether you are an organisation looking to strengthen safeguarding, a practitioner seeking accessible resources, or a family looking for guidance, we are here to connect, share knowledge and work towards better safeguarding together.
