Joint evidence-production initiative joining funder support with research and advocacy organizations

Safe Futures Hub

Safe Futures Hub is a joint initiative co-led by the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, Together for Girls and WeProtect. Its publications acknowledge Oak Foundation support. It commissions and develops evidence resources about preventing childhood sexual violence; the retained record does not establish it as a separately incorporated entity.

Outputs and contributors

The 2024 Building Safe Futures review names Hannah Thompson, Bridget Steffen and Timothy P. Williams as lead authors and acknowledges Oak support. The 2025 practice-based knowledge framework credits Arti Mohan and describes consultation and draft review during development from January 2024 to July 2025. Oak's Helena Duch is a Hub adviser and credited contributor to the 2024 review; she is not one of the three named direct advisory reviewers for the 2025 output.

What the records show

Safe Futures HubPractice-based knowledge — 2025 guidance

developed Oak-supported guidance through consultation and draft review

2025 publication; developmentJan 2024–Jul 2025

pp3,9,79–80 credit authorArtiMohan, leadership, WeProtect core members and three named advisory reviewers. Helena Duch is not one of the three credited direct advisory reviewers for this output.

Safe Futures HubBuilding Safe Futures — 2024 evidence review

commissioned evidence review with Oak support

Published22 October 2024; current PDF captured8 September 2026

p105 names lead authors Hannah Thompson,Bridget Steffen,TimothyP.Williams; WeProtect staff feature in leadership/core credits. Contract value and final approval rights unknown.

Oak FoundationSafe Futures Hub

acknowledges support for the joint initiative

2023 launch; current hub page captured8 September 2026

Hub and WeProtect publications name Oak support. Amount, grant recipient and routing for each programme instrument must remain distinct.

Helena DuchSafe Futures Hub

listed on advisory group

Captured8 September 2026

Current advisory membership; the separate 2024 credit is evidence of input into that particular output.

Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI)Safe Futures Hub

co-leads joint initiative

Current page captured8 September 2026; initiative documented 2023

Named co-lead, not automatic unilateral control or legal incorporation of the Hub.

Further reading

Oak → WeProtect: where resources become decisions

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What the connections say

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