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6
Apr

News

Covid 19 Hub Launched

Covid-19, also known as Coronavirus, is real and it’s something every single person is worried about. We’re worried about our own health and how coronavirus could affect our loved ones and our future. In these unprecedented times, we all have...

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1
Apr

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Gaming Industry and World Health Organisation unite to launch #PlayApartTogether

The games industry is uniting together, along with the World Health Organisation, to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many gaming leaders including Activision Blizzard, Amazon Appstore, Big Fish Games, Riot Games, Twitch, Unity, Zynga and more, are...

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26
Mar

News

Spotlight: Nintendo and Mental Health

Nintendo has brought joy to many since the year 1889. They started off producing handmade playing cards and have now evolved into the video games behemoth they are today. And whilst increasingly more games companies aim to nurture mental health...

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18
Mar

News

Isolation and coping

Coronavirus, AKA COVID-19: It’s everywhere, right? There is enough news about coronavirus – it’s here and it’s happening. Make sure you’re informed, but also that you only read information from trusted sources. Don’t place trust in tweets, Facebook posts or...

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16
Mar

News

Seven Squared creates epic t-shirt designs to support Safe in our World

Friends of Safe in our World, Seven Squared is collaborating with Safe In Our World to design and release apparel. Seven Squared create and retail brilliant gaming related apparel, featuring some of the most revered gaming characters and titles of...

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11
Mar

News

Spotlight: Xbox Gaming for Everyone

Back in 2016, it was announced that Microsoft Xbox would give players the chance to choose who they play with. Whether it be through club systems or groups, players would be able to find other gamers with similar interests. Ultimately,...

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6
Mar

News

Emily Mitchell wins ‘Games for a Better World’ for Fractured Minds!

Last night at the MCV / Develop Awards 2020, Solo developer Emily Mitchell picked up the ‘Games for a Better World’  Award for debut title, Fractured Minds! The Games for a Better World is such an important award and recognition from the UK games...

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14
Feb

News

Table Manners first game to feature SIOW branding and promotes blood donation

Games publisher Curve Digital and developer Echo Chamber Games are teaming up with the NHS Blood Transfusion Group to promote blood donation to video gamers across the country. As partners with Safe In Our World, Curve Digital have featured the...

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13
Feb

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GamesAid Mental Health Jam

GamesAid Mental Health Jam is launching 17th February 2020,  all aimed at driving awareness and helping support people with mental health problems. In the last couple of years, awareness of mental health has been increased. However, there’s still lots of...

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7
Feb

News

The Town of Light Raises Money for SIOW!

One of our featured Titles (check out others HERE!) has launched today on Nintendo Switch, and our friends at Wired Productions have very kindly agreed to donate 10% of net sales to Safe In Our World! Based on extensive research...

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5
Feb

News

UK Games industry census reveals 31% of the UK workforce suffer with anxiety or depression

A survey conducted by UKIE, the UK’s trade body for videogames and creative industries has discovered that 31 percent of respondents have suffered with anxiety, depression, or both. In the largest survey of its kind, these responses are a eye-opener...

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15
Jan

News

Dr Jo Twist OBE, Award-winning Advocate Kate Edwards and Leading Actor Doug Cockle Join as Patrons!

If this was an ARPG, these would be the heroes battling for the greater good! We’re pleased to announce and welcome the joining of Dr. Jo Twist OBE, CEO of UKIE; Kate Edwards, long time industry advocate and Take This...

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10
Jan

News

Ukie Launches Get smart about P.L.A.Y. – Essential tools for parents

Rio Ferdinand, former Premier League and England footballer has joined forces with the UK Interactive Entertainment Association (Ukie) to launch the Get Smart About P.L.A.Y campaign, encouraging more parents and carers to use tools that manage screen time and in-game...

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23
Dec

News

This Christmas… Talk.

Our message this Christmas, is to talk. Christmas is a time to enjoy with friends and family. It is a time to eat, be merry and joyful, and more importantly… it is a time to catch up on all those...

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17
Dec

News

New Avicii game raises funds for future mental health initiatives 

Our friends at Wired Productions have announced they’ll be making a donation to Safe In Our World on every copy sold of new release AVICII Invector! The music rhythm game was developed with the late Tim Bergling and is raising...

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15
Dec

News

Watch the Xbox Gaming With Everyone Panel

Did you spot Safe In Our World Trustee Gina Jackson on the Mental Health Panel at last months Xbox’s X019? Watch as the developers of Hellblade, Tell Me Why and Gina came together for an honest chat on telling mental health, transgender and...

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18
Nov

News

30 Games in 30 days: Thank you Charlie

My eldest son’s name is Charlie, he is eight years old, and I’m so proud of him. Charlie has known about Safe in our World since we first began discussing putting this together, before it was even a registered charity....

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14
Nov

News

Fractured Minds Launches to Raise Support for Mental Health Awareness

Fractured Minds comes from the imagination of 2017 BAFTA Young Games Designers award winner, Emily Mitchell, who at 17-years-old found solace through game development. Inspired by Emily’s personal journey through severe anxiety Fractured Minds seeks to create greater understanding and...

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12
Nov

News

Safe In Our World Joining the Gaming for Everyone panel at X019

Safe In Our World is heading to this years X019, with Trustee Gina Jackson joining the ‘Gaming for Everyone’ panel, streamed to millions on Friday 12:30PM GMT! The Gaming for Everyone: diverse perspectives panel, features special guests Dom Matthews, Florent...

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1
Nov

News

Hellblade developer Ninja Theory announces “The Insight Project,” an initiative to make games addressing mental illness

Ninja Theory, the developer behind cult-favorite titles such as Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Heavenly Sword, has announced “The Insight Project,” a research and development initiative marrying game design and technology together with clinical neuroscience to produce games specifically intended to promote...

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24
Oct

News

SIOW Joins Ukie

Today Ukie revealed that Safe In Our World has joined as a member. We’re delighted and grateful for the support UKIE has offered us, and the opportunities this will offer for us to contribute to their initiatives, and the extended...

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23
Oct

News

Neena Williams

It is with a heavy heart, that we have had to say goodbye to Neena Williams, our friend and Ambassador to Safe In Our World. Neena passed away suddenly on the 13th October. It was a shock and a great...

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10
Oct

News

Introduction from the Chair

Safe In Our World has been in the works since 2017. Through a number of conversations and discussions, it evolved from a bunch of video game industry people giving money to a mental health charity, to wanting to do more....

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10
Oct

News

Games that tackle mental health awareness head-on!

Anyone who’s played video games for any significant length of time knows mental health and its many related struggles are not a topic the medium has broached very often. Even as storytelling and character development rose to prominence as important...

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