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A survivor support network

G-IRL

Solidarity you can see. Safety you can trust.

We’re a survivor-led movement working to change how domestic abuse is understood, prevented and addressed, through education, advocacy, culture and community.  

Whether you’re looking for support, trying to help someone, or ready to be part of changing things, there’s a place for you here.

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Whether you’re experiencing abuse yourself or worried about someone you care about, you don’t have to figure out what to do alone.

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    I'm a survivor

    You deserve to feel safe, be heard and have support without judgement. Find a community of people who understand, alongside practical resources to help you work out what comes next.

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    I'm supporting someone

    It can be hard to know what to say or how to help. Find guidance, resources and ways to support someone without taking away their choices.

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CAMPAIGNS RUNNING NOW

Policy making · #SafetyInNumbers

Safety in Numbers

When
Running now, until the scheme is on the table
Where
Portugal · petition and parliamentary advocacy

Advocating for a Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in Portugal giving people the right to ask, and the right to know.

How to join

  • Sign the petition and put your name to the right to ask.
  • Send it to five people who live in Portugal.
  • Put up a poster or sticker pack where people actually look.
  • If you work in law, policy, policing or research, we'd really value your help: email us.
Sign the petitionAdvocate with us
'NEED HELP NOW' FUNDRAISER '27

CAMINHO DE SANTIAGO: WALK & TALK’27

When
May'27 start date tbc
Where
Caminho de Santiago 

28 days, on foot. Every kilometre funds victim support and a safe exit for survivors, their families and their pets. Conversations recorded along the way.

How to join

  • Sponsor a kilometre, or all 28 days.
  • Walk a stage: a day, a week, or all of it.
  • Host walkers: a bed, a meal, or a room to record in.
  • Share the route as it happens so the conversations travel further than we do.
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Community · #SafetyInNumbers

Area Ambassadors

When
Rolling - open now
Where
Help spread the word across Europe

One person, one area: help make sure people where you live know the campaign exists, and where to find support.

How to join

  • Email us and say which town, city or region you can cover.
  • Get the sticker and poster pack, and put it where people wait, queue and read.
  • Collect petition signatures locally, in person.
  • Flag the local services, groups and contacts we should know about.
Become an ambassadorOther ways in

NEED HELP NOW

You are not alone in this.We’re here, wherever you are on
YOUR survival journey.

Getting out is hard. Staying safe afterwards can be even tougher. As can making sense of what happened, finding support, or figuring out what comes next.

G-IRL meets you where you are. There’s no single right way to move forward, and you don’t have to do it alone.

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What we're working on

  1. 01

    S.A.D. Survivor Network

    A private space where survivors find each other.

  2. 02

    Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme

    Your right to ask. Your right to know.

  3. 03

    Digital Escape app

    Practical tools for leaving, your way.

  4. 04

    Advocacy

    Standing with you, out loud.

Join the conversation. Follow the campaigns. Be part of what happens next.

DOMESTIC ABUSE IS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS.

Help build a world where abuse is understood, survivors are supported and institutions are held accountable.

  • 01

    Donate

    Help make support possible.

    Your contribution helps fund the movement and support survivors as they work towards safety, including the practical costs that are often overlooked.

    Donate
  • 02

    Sponsor

    Put your organisation behind change.

    Partner with G-IRL to back initiatives such as the Takmalah Podcast, Digital Escape Egress app, or the Safety in Numbers campaign.

    Sponsor
  • 03

    Walk

    Show up. Start a conversation.

    Join a leg of the Camino de Santiago Walk & Talk ’27. Walk with G-IRL for a day, a week or the whole route and help bring conversations about how we move society forward.

    Walk with us
  • 04

    BECOME AN AMBASSADOR

    Take the conversation into your world.

    Bring G-IRL’s message to your street, gym or group chat. Request posters, stickers and social media assets to help break the silence, gently and in your own way.

    Request a pack

G-IRL'S PODCAST

TAKMALAH: REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD.

G-IRL’s experience of domestic abuse, leaving, and rebuilding a life afterwards, whilst living inside the systems that failed them.

GO TO THE PODCAST →
Also on
Takmalah Podcast, EP #01: Go on, girl. Go on.

COURSES & SUPPORT

Learn with G-IRL

Practical courses and support groups for survivors, family and friends.

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