A Safer Way to Date: Inside the Evntful x Chayn Collab

By Emily Brown

TRIGGER WARNING: this article discusses rape, sexual assault, and gender-based violence. Follow the links if you’d prefer to skip the article and go straight to Chayn’s website or Bloom’s resources.

Evntful’s mission is to redefine online dating, prioritising genuine connections, safety, simplicity, and mental well-being.

With 1 in 4 women and 1 in 18 men being survivors of rape and sexual assault, dating can be really daunting, especially online dates with a complete stranger. That’s why safety is so important to us, and it’s what makes us different from other dating apps.

We developed Evntful with safety features built in, such as the option for three emergency contacts and an ‘I need help’ button, in case you ever feel unsafe on one of our dates. We’ve also partnered with organisations to enhance our safety measures both within and beyond the app.

Our newest partnership is with Chayn (pronounced “ch-en”), a global non-profit making healing accessible for all survivors of gender-based violence. Chayn’s founder, Hera Hussain, helped two friends escape abusive marriages and discovered how hard it is to find basic information, like your rights when experiencing gender-based violence and how to cope with trauma. This is why Chayn’s information is free, accessible, and available in multiple languages.

Similarly, our founder Tegan, started Evntful after a negative experience on a dating app. She wanted to create a community where people can enjoy dating without fearing for their safety.

Our partnership with Chayn will strengthen our vision for making dating spaces safe. We have a collaborative post on Insta, with tips for staying safer on dating apps, using our knowledge of online dating and Chayn’s trauma-informed knowledge of safety.

Chayn also has a free service called Bloom - a gentle, survivor-created space, for anyone who has experienced gender-based violence. Bloom offers trauma-informed, multilingual, and feminist resources you can access whenever you feel ready. Through thoughtful video courses, caring 1:1 messaging, and grounding exercises, Bloom supports you to learn, heal and grow towards a confident future.

We’re so excited to be partnering with Chayn, and hope working together will allow us to make Evntful the safest space possible for our users.

Before going on your next Evntful date, you might want to read Chayn’s ‘DIY Online Safety Guide’, or complete Bloom’s ‘Healing from sexual trauma’ course, which covers having sex after trauma.