Urgent help at your fingertips
Walkalone requests urgent help and sends a map of your location.
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Walkalone is a tool that alerts your emergency contacts that you're in danger and provides a map of your location.
Walkalone is:
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Who is Walkalone for?
Walkalone is for anyone. If you carry a mobile phone then you can use Walkalone safety tool; women and girls, men and boys, adults, teenagers and children.
Walkalone was created following the tragic case of Sarah Everard who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by serving Met officer Wayne Couzens as she walked home in south London on 3rd March 2021.
Whilst there was understandable national outrage around the case with strong calls for more action to tackle violence against women, we asked ourselves 'Is there anything we could do to prevent this type of heinous act from ever happening again?'
Our You ID Me system was already sending emergency alerts for medical purposes. Was there a way that service could be altered to help people facing threatening behaviour, bullying, domestic or social abuse, sexual violence, abduction, kidnap and all the other types of grotesque behaviour that humans inflict on each other?
We ran the idea past our 20,000 users of You ID Me and their response was overwhelmingly supportive.
Walkalone was created following the tragic case of Sarah Everard who was kidnapped, raped and murdered by serving Met officer Wayne Couzens as she walked home in south London on 3rd March 2021.
Whilst there was understandable national outrage around the case with strong calls for more action to tackle violence against women, we asked ourselves 'Is there anything we could do to prevent this type of heinous act from ever happening again?'
Our You ID Me system was already sending emergency alerts for medical purposes. Was there a way that service could be altered to help people facing threatening behaviour, bullying, domestic or social abuse, sexual violence, abduction, kidnap and all the other types of grotesque behaviour that humans inflict on each other?
We ran the idea past our 20,000 users of You ID Me and their response was overwhelmingly supportive.
How does Walkalone work?
Walkalone gives you a powerful button that calls for help and shows your contacts where you are.
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Walkalone puts a large emergency buton in the centre of your phone screen in case you need urgent help.
Arm the app to have the button active and ready. Hopefully you'll never need to use it but if you need urgent help just tap the 'Send Alert' button. Walkalone sends instant SMS's to your registered contacts, dynamically addressing them and alerting them that the you're in danger and need urgent help. The alert contains a map (or a map link) of your current location. |
How accurate is Walkalone?
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Walkalone uses the Google Maps API to provide an accurate snapshot of exactly where the user's mobile device is at the moment they trigger an alert to their emergency contact/s.
Extensive testing of the Walkalone tool has proved it to be highly accurate in revealing the immediate vicinity of the user's mobile device the moment the SMS alert is triggered. There is also a High Efficiency mode to help ensure alerts are always received quickly on the contact's handset. |
Walkalone uses Google maps to show user location to alerted contacts.
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How do I get Walkalone on my phone?
It's quick and easy to get Walkalone on your Phone.
Get a Walkalone plan with one time payment from our store and then create an emergency ID profile on our You ID Me platform. Your profile will be upgraded to You ID Me Platinum with the Walkalone app featured in your tools section.
Get a Walkalone plan with one time payment from our store and then create an emergency ID profile on our You ID Me platform. Your profile will be upgraded to You ID Me Platinum with the Walkalone app featured in your tools section.
Why do I need Walkalone?
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It makes good to have Walkalone on your phone because we can never know which corner danger lurks.
For those times when a teenager simply needs walk home alone. Or for when a group of youngsters that have met up, part their ways and journey home alone. For when you become unexpectedly separated from friends or family. You just never know - better to have the Walkalone tool than to wish you'd had it later. The truth is you can never know when this app may be a life-saver. |
Where does Walkalone work?
Testing has been carried out across the UK. Due to SMS restrictions in other parts of the world it would be adviseable to check and test the service first if your or your emergency contacts' mobile phones have been registered in any country outside of the UK.
It's recommended to test the tool as soon as it is made live on your profile to satisfy yourself that the service works with your mobile network and the mobile network of your emergency contacts.
It's recommended to test the tool as soon as it is made live on your profile to satisfy yourself that the service works with your mobile network and the mobile network of your emergency contacts.
How do I set up Walkalone?
Learn how to set up Walkalone for the first time, testing, trouble shooting and recommendations here.
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