We exist so that people who complain aren’t harmed twice.

We help organisations repair the harm that follows a complaint, and we share what we learn so the same failures stop reaching the same kinds of people.

We help organisations repair the harm that follows a complaint, and we share what we learn so the same failures stop reaching the same kinds of people.

WHAT IS HARM?

WHAT IS HARM?

Harm builds in layers

Harm builds in layers

Each layer builds on the previous one if no one deals with it.

Original harm

Original harm

what happened in the first place.

A baby is seriously harmed during birth.

Response harm

Response harm

fresh damage from how the organisation handled it.

fresh damage from how the organisation handled it.

The trust investigates without the mother and closes the case with “no learning identified”.

The trust investigates without the mother and closes the case with “no learning identified”.

Pattern harm

Pattern harm

the same harm happening to similar people.

Other families on the same unit describe the same thing.

Structural harm

Structural harm

pattern harm that keeps landing on the same groups.

The families affected are disproportionately Black and Asian.

An illustration, not a real case.

OUR DEFINITION

OUR DEFINITION

Address the harm® is concerned with the harm done when an organisation responds to a complaint in a way that leaves the original harm unacknowledged, unrepaired or unlearned-from.

Address the harm® is concerned with the harm done when an organisation responds to a complaint in a way that leaves the original harm unacknowledged, unrepaired or unlearned-from.

We don’t judge whether a complaint should be upheld. We look at how the organisation responded, because that is something it can change.

What we are and what we’re not

What we are and what we’re not

We are a repair charity for the public.

We are a repair charity for the public.

We are not a complaints service.

We are not a complaints service.

We don’t decide whether a complaint is upheld.

We are not an advocate.

We are not an advocate.

We don’t take sides in individual cases.

We are not a regulator.

We are not a regulator.

We don’t punish organisations. We help them learn.

Closed is not the same as resolved.

Closed is not the same as resolved.

A case is closed when the organisation’s process ends. It is resolved when the person who complained would say it was put right.

A case is closed when the organisation’s process ends. It is resolved when the person who complained would say it was put right.

What we do

What we do

Public voice

Public voice

making sure lived experience shapes how harm and resolution are understood.

Organisational learning

Organisational learning

helping organisations understand what they cannot currently see.

Research and influence

Research and influence

building the evidence and sharing what works across sectors.