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Becky's Button Changemaker Programme
A structured training and development programme for young advocates who want to move awareness into practical action.
Learn morePREVENTION · YOUTH ACTION · PRACTICAL SUPPORT
Safer CommunitiesStart BeforeViolence Happens.
Becky’s Button is a UK-registered charity working to prevent violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence through youth-led education, community action and practical personal safety tools.
Rebecca Dykes Changemaker Challenge
Explore the challengeBecky’s story
Becky’s story became a call to action.
Rebecca Dykes supported humanitarian and public service work in Beirut. Her family and friends chose to carry her values forward through prevention and early intervention.
16 December 2017
Her family chooses to answer with action
Rebecca was killed in Beirut. Her family and friends chose to answer that loss with action rather than silence.
In the years since
Prevention and early intervention, not just response
Jane Houng and people who knew Rebecca’s values built Becky’s Button around prevention and early intervention, not only response.
December 2024
The Elizabeth Emblem
Jane Houng received the Elizabeth Emblem at Windsor Castle, recognising Rebecca’s humanitarian public service and the prevention work carried out in her memory.
Read Becky’s full story
Our approach
Prevention, youth leadership and practical support work together.
We work before harm happens, equip young people to lead action, and collaborate with grassroots organisations and institutions that communities already trust.
Explore our approachHow to use the alarm
How to use Becky's Button.
Watch this short demonstration to understand the device: press the button and the 125 dB alarm sounds, drawing attention and signalling that help is needed.
An alarm can draw attention, but no personal safety product can guarantee safety or prevent violence. Our alarms are distributed free through organisations reaching people who may be at increased risk.
About Personal Safety Alarms
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Student Ambassador Programme
A student leadership and engagement model that helps young people build awareness, confidence and action on campus and in their communities.
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Rebecca Dykes Changemaker Challenge
An annual youth-led creative challenge supporting young people in Lebanon to develop responses to violence against women and girls.
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Rebecca Dykes Changemaker Club
A student-led platform at MUBS for challenging misogyny and building a campus culture where women and girls are safe, respected and equal.
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Personal Safety Alarms
Free blue Becky’s Button alarms shared through trusted organisations supporting people who may be at increased risk.
Learn moreOur impact
Proof points that show the reach.
- 9,500+
- free personal safety devices distributed
- 14
- countries and territories in our confirmed reach list
- 38
- VAWG workshops and sessions since 2022
Where we work
Global reach since 2022.
Becky’s Button has worked with communities, institutions and partners across multiple countries and UK locations. Explore where the work has reached and the organisations involved.
Explore the global mapLATEST FROM THE WORK
What’s happening at Becky’s Button.
News, programme updates and stories from the people and partnerships behind the work.
JULY 2026REBECCA DYKES CHANGEMAKER CHALLENGE
The next Changemaker Challenge reaches students across Lebanon
The 2026 Rebecca Dykes Changemaker Challenge moved into a new cycle with a wider invitation to young people across Lebanon — and with previous participants helping shape what came next.
Read the update
27 JULY 2026COMMUNITY & PARTNERSHIPS
When organisations come to the work
By late July 2026, organisations and professionals across several sectors were approaching Becky’s Button directly — many seeking personal safety alarms for the people they support.
Read the updateMARCH 2026YOUNG PEOPLE & LEARNING
Young people taking the work into their own academic programmes
From student-led workshops to academic research, young people have been finding their own ways to carry Becky’s Button’s work into learning, leadership and practical action.
Read the updateHelp the work grow.
Your support helps Becky's Button deliver prevention activity, support youth-led initiatives and provide practical safety tools through organisations reaching people at risk.
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Work with Becky's Button.
Whether you'd like to partner with us, support a programme, volunteer your skills or simply start a conversation, we'd love to hear from you.