Creep alert social-profit venturing success case
Forcit brings pro-bono venturing support to social-profit initiatives such as creep alert, from Founder Laurent De Craene, who is studying informatics in Belgium.
The Forcit social-profit venturing program supported me in the creation of Creep Alert, to make nightlife more safe.
Last years amount of reports of spiking, sexual harrasment and violence in the nightclubs of Belgium has risen drammatically. These incidents traumatize the victim and affect the lives of thousands of people by making them feel unsafe - robbing them of their right to enjoy social/nightlife and feeling of freedom and safety.
Applied Informatics student Laurent De Craene has taken action and joned the global attempt to combat sexual harassment and sexual violence in nightlife - he has created the Creep Alert appilcation for smartphones.
Its purpose is to create a network in clubs and cafes which helps to spot and avoid people behaving suspiciously. It is also expected that due to increased attention to the subject, the amount of ‘creeps’ will be reduced and more venues will finally see the scale of the problem and take it seriously.
Let’s take a look at examples. You are in a nightclub and you see that there is a person, who acts weird: they are suspicious.
But there is no crime done yet and therefore no action can be taken by police. Clubs are also not always ready to act if nothing has really happened. Eventually there will be a victim and their life will be irreversibly damaged. Wouldn’t it be great to inform others and help them to avoid the situation?
Or maybe you would like to have fun tonight and you think of going to a nightclub. You can easily check if there are any alerts already and what is the reputation of the place creep-wise.
To speed up the launch of the app Forcit provided pro bono help through the Forcit social profit venturing program. For example with UI/UX, validation, and launch/scaling.
Forcit independent experts helped to a design system to tune up the appearance and provide components for the future development of the project.
Some of the upcoming features are:
easy check-in by location
fast alerts (location and action icons for faster alert creation)
push notifications
collaboration with venues
advice on how to help and what to do in a dangerous situation
We believe It is an easy, accessible, and modern way to deal with this societal challenge.
The app is available via the Google store and IOS app store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.creep.creep_alert