Andrew Fleet
Sivolo was created by Andrew Fleet, a survivor of long-term coercive control. Like many victims, he lived a pattern he could feel but couldn’t understand or easily prove — and watched as his own defensive messages were used to cast him as the problem.
Drawing on that experience — and on years sharing his story with police and prosecutors — he set out to build the tool he wished he’d had: something that could read a relationship’s message history and surface the pattern, grounded in the same framework the courts use.
He shares his lived experience as a male victim across Metropolitan Police learning and development activities as a volunteer — from passing-out weeks for cohorts of 200+ new officers to smaller groups of detectives training in domestic abuse investigation, and, as a “human book”, in the Met’s leadership development programme. For the past two years he has also taken part in a Crown Prosecution Service forum, facilitated by the charity Victim Support, helping improve the service victims receive.
What began as a way to make sense of one history became a product designed to help anyone in the same position — and the professionals who support them.
Survivor of coercive control · lived experience presenter and human book for Metropolitan Police learning & development programmes
If anything here resonates, I’d be glad to hear from you — even just to chat.
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