In the final episode of our mini-series, Whose Safety? Rethinking Public Space for Women and Girls, Kuljeet is joined by Daisy Froud, strategist in participatory design, Mayoral Design Advocate, and member of the steering group behind the GLA’s guidance on Safety in Public Space, Women, Girls and Gender Diverse People. This conversation explores what safety really means when we move beyond solutions and into belonging, power, and the cultures that shape public space. Daisy reflects on how safety is formed long before any design reaches the site, through briefs, systems, politics and institutional attitudes that determine whose voices are heard and whose knowledge is valued. Together, we discuss why safety must be built with people; how co-writing briefs can create influence; the risks of performative engagement; and the links between safety, gentrification and belonging. As the series concludes, the conversation returns to a key insight: there is no single story of safety, it is lived, intersectional and constantly negotiated.

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Thank you to our collaborators:

Edited and mixed by Wilfred Petherbridge

Recorded with the Content Production Team at the London College of Fashion, Alex Marshall, Dan Adakpor, Nicholas Sargeant, and Oliver Furlong.

Music via Epidemicsound:

Spectre in the Leaves, by DonVayei

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