‘Safer Abroad’ Workshop

Support Your Duty of Care. Build Traveller Confidence.

Practical international travel awareness training to help people prepare for overseas travel with greater confidence, awareness, and understanding.

The Safer Abroad Workshop is Horizon Global Awareness' foundation-level travel awareness programme. Designed for organisations whose staff, students, volunteers, or representatives travel internationally, the workshop provides practical guidance on understanding risks, preparing effectively, and making informed decisions while abroad.

Rather than focusing on unlikely worst-case scenarios, the workshop helps participants understand the everyday challenges and risks that can affect international travellers, including cultural differences, personal safety concerns, digital threats, health considerations, and responding effectively when something goes wrong.

Workshop Overview

International travel offers significant opportunities, but it can also expose travellers to unfamiliar environments, different cultural expectations, and a range of practical challenges and risks.

This engaging and interactive workshop equips participants with straightforward, realistic guidance that can be applied before and during travel. The emphasis is on preparation, awareness, and personal responsibility, enabling travellers to make informed choices and support their own safety overseas.

Available as a 90-minute awareness briefing or an extended half-day workshop, content can be tailored to suit the needs of universities, charities, NGOs, SMEs, and corporate organisations.

What Participants Will Learn

Participants will explore:

• Understanding international travel risks and how they affect travellers.

• Assessing destinations before departure.

• Cultural awareness and respectful behaviour overseas.

• Personal safety and situational awareness.

• Common travel scams and how to avoid them.

• Digital and cyber security for travellers.

• Incident response and emergency considerations.

• Effective pre-travel planning and preparation.

Key Benefits

Strengthen Duty of Care

Help demonstrate your organisation's commitment to preparing travellers for overseas activities through practical, relevant awareness training.

Build Traveller Confidence

Equip participants with the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions in unfamiliar environments.

Promote Responsible Travel

Encourage respectful behaviour, cultural awareness, and informed decision-making overseas.

Provide Practical Skills

Participants leave with realistic, actionable guidance rather than complex theory.

Support Better Preparation

The workshop includes a practical travel planning checklist to help travellers prepare more effectively for international journeys.

Who Is This Workshop For?

The Safer Abroad Workshop is suitable for:

• University students and staff undertaking international travel

• Charity and NGO personnel

• Volunteers working overseas

• SME employees travelling internationally

• Corporate travellers

• Organisations seeking to strengthen travel awareness and duty of care arrangements

Delivery Options

• 90-minute awareness briefing

• Half-day interactive workshop

• In-person delivery

• Virtual delivery

• Tailored versions available for specific audiences and travel profiles

Why Horizon Global Awareness?

HGA provides clear, practical travel awareness training designed to help organisations prepare people for safe and confident international travel.

Our approach is built around:

• Clear, jargon-free guidance

• Practical and realistic advice

• Trusted and reliable sources

• Accessible and engaging delivery

• Respect for cultural differences and local contexts

Request a Quote

Looking for practical travel awareness training for your organisation?

Contact Horizon Global Awareness to discuss your requirements, request a tailored proposal, or obtain a quote for the Safer Abroad Workshop.

Helping people be prepared, confident, and responsible when travelling internationally.