Charity relies on app
Scottish based charity Venture Trust, who run wilderness-based personal and social development programmes for vulnerable people in the UK, have launched the StaySafe smartphone app and surrounding cloud based monitoring service to protect their lone workers.
The app will be used to monitor their community outreach staff, who often work alone and in remote locations meeting with program participants. As well as providing an accurate GPS location for staff, the app also features a range of alerts which their employees can discreetly activate if they find themselves at risk.
Phil Briggs, operations director at Venture Trust, said: “Prior to launching StaySafe we utilised a text and phone-in system to a central number which worked okay, but was time consuming. We felt we needed a more comprehensive solution to protect the team and I spent several months looking at different systems before finally choosing StaySafe.
“Overall we needed a system that was simple to administer, but most importantly was extremely user friendly. StaySafe ticked all the boxes. Launching the app has given great peace of mind to both staff and supervisors who now know that someone is ‘looking out for them’.”
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