Protect (Charity)

Protect, formerly Public Concern at Work

Formation	1 October 1993 (1993-10-01)
Type	Not-for-profit, Whistleblowing
Legal status	Charity, Company Limited by Guarantee
Purpose	Protect, formerly Public Concern at Work, changed its name in September 2018 to better reflect the work it does supporting whistleblowers and organisations. Protect seeks to promote the public interest by ensuring concerns about wrongdoing, risk, and malpractice are properly raised and addressed in the workplace. Protect also campaigns for legal reform.
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Chief Executive	Francesca West
Website	protect-advice.org.uk

Protect formerly Public Concern at Work (PCaW) is a whistleblowing charity operating in the United Kingdom. Established in 1993, Public Concern at Work advises individuals with whistleblowing dilemmas at work, supports organisations with their whistleblowing arrangements and informs public policy and seeks legislative change.

In 2013, the organisation celebrated its 20th anniversary.

Publications

Reports

• The UK Whistleblowing Report, October 2014
• The report of the Whistleblowing Commission on the effectiveness of existing arrangements for workplace whistleblowing in the UK, November 2013
• Whistleblowing: The Inside Story, May 2013
• Whistleblowing: Beyond the law, October 2011
• Where's whistleblowing now? Ten years of legal protection for whistleblowers, March 2010

See also

• Government Accountability Project, an American equivalent
• Federal Accountability Initiative for Reform, a Canadian equivalent

External links

• Official Website | Public Concern at Work
• Whistleblowing International Network, the international whistleblowing network of NGOs working to support and protect workplace whistleblowing around the world