Who is Universal Protective Behaviours for?

The short answer: everyone.

Universal Protective Behaviours is built on a simple truth: we all have the right to feel safe. Personal safety and wellbeing are not privileges, they are human needs, relevant to people of every age, culture, and circumstance. Here’s why this program speaks to everyone:

🌍 Safety is Universal: No matter who we are or where we come from, we all have the right to feel safe and secure in our daily lives. The program offers practical skills that can be used in many different situations to strengthen personal and professional safety.

💪 Empowerment for All: The program helps people recognise their strengths, build confidence, and feel more in control of their choices, including navigating complex dynamics.

🧩 Problem-Solving Skills: Life brings challenges. Universal Protective Behaviours equips people with simple, effective strategies to identify problems, think them through, and find solutions that fit. These tools are relevant in all aspects of life.

🗣️ Communication that Connects: Respectful, clear communication is at the heart of healthy relationships. The program encourages people to express themselves and listen well, building stronger connections at home, in classrooms, workplaces, and beyond.

🤝 Building a Safety Net: Having trusted people to turn to is essential. The program emphasises the importance of establishing support networks with friends, family, mentors, or professionals who can offer guidance, reassurance, and care when needed most.

🚀 Risk-Taking and Growth: Taking risks on purpose is part of learning and living. The program provides strategies to approach risk safely, encouraging exploration, resilience, and growth through both successes and setbacks.

By meeting these shared human needs: safety, empowerment, problem-solving, communication, support, and growth, Universal Protective Behaviours becomes exactly what its name suggests: Universal. 

It is practical, inclusive, and accessible for anyone, anywhere.