Bumble users who experience sexual assault or relationship abuse with people they meet on the app can now seek trauma support via the dating app, which has partnered with Bloom, a global nonprofit organisation that supports trauma survivors remotely.
Bumble hopes to enhance safety on the app through a new complimentary trauma support service for its users. Dating apps can be a fun place to meet new people and potentially, start a relationship. But such apps also come with a dark side β that of uncertainty and anxiety, and in a worst-case scenario, relationship abuse or sexual assault. The access to support for trauma survivors is not always straightforward but dating app Bumble aims to change that with the help of Bloom, a global nonprofit service that operates remotely to offer trauma survivors real-time support.
Bumble users who experience sexual assault or relationship abuse with people they meet on the app can now seek trauma support via the dating app, for free.
The service was launched globally in April. Support takes the form of three self-guided courses comprising videos and activities that victims can access at their own time: Healing from Sexual Trauma; Society, Patriarchy, and Sexual Trauma; and Dating, Boundaries, and Relationships.
The Bumble member safety team is made up of members from across the globe who have experience and education in providing crisis support towards sexual violence, domestic abuse, self-harm and other types of traumatising events. On a case-by-case basis as determined by this same team, victims may also be offered one-to-one chat support and up to six therapy sessions with Bloom β all at no charge.
