Questions about Safe To Move.
What is Safe To Move?
Safe To Move is an open belief, not a campaign: every child should be safe to move through the world without fear. The Red Balloon is the symbol that makes that belief visible.
Is Safe To Move political?
Safe To Move starts somewhere simpler: with children. In a world full of competing priorities, arguments and divisions, we believe children should never disappear from view. The Red Balloon is a simple way for people to put childhood, safety and possibility back at the centre, especially for children who have been left behind, overlooked or forgotten.
Why children?
Children are our shared humanity. Whatever else divides us, how we protect them says something about what we still hold in common. Safe To Move asks us to keep one simple truth in view: every child deserves the chance to move, play, learn and dream safely.
Why the red balloon?
The symbol takes its inspiration from Albert Lamorisse's 1956 film The Red Balloon — an image of childhood, possibility, freedom, imagination and hope. Read more on The Symbol page.
What am I actually being asked to do?
Carry the Red Balloon and protect what it stands for. Bring that belief into the places where you already live, work, move and belong. What that looks like is yours to shape.
Who is Safe To Move for?
Anyone who believes every child should be safe enough to run free. No title, profession or organisation makes someone more qualified to carry that belief than anyone else.
Who owns Safe To Move?
No one owns the belief. Safe To Move grew from FundLife's work alongside children and communities, but the belief was never FundLife's to own.
What does the Red Balloon stand for?
A simple idea: every child should be free to move through the world safely — to run, play, learn and dream. The Red Balloon makes that belief visible.
Who can carry the Red Balloon?
Anyone who believes in what it stands for. Safe To Move is open to individuals, schools, teams, run clubs, workplaces, organisations and communities that share the belief and respect what the symbol represents.
Can we bring Safe To Move into our school, team or community?
Yes. Safe To Move is designed to live wherever people already gather. Carry the belief in a way that feels meaningful in your community while protecting the simple idea at its centre: every child should be safe to move.
Is there one way to carry the Red Balloon?
No. The Red Balloon is a shared symbol, not a programme people have to follow. What matters is that anything carried in its name respects what it stands for.
What is FundLife's role?
FundLife helped bring Safe To Move into the world and continues to support its development. But the belief belongs to anyone who carries it.
Is there a boundary around how the symbol is used?
Carry the Red Balloon in the spirit it represents: safety, dignity, play, learning and possibility for every child.
Do I need a pin to carry the Red Balloon?
No. The belief comes first. The pin is simply one way to make it visible. You can still let us know where you'd carry it on The Symbol page.