“The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.” – Swedish Proverb
For over a decade, I’ve stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Transparency Task Force in the fight for a financial system people can trust. Before that, I was deep inside the system itself—Head of Investments at HSBC and RBS, and Chair of the British Bankers’ Association’s Bancassurance Steering Group. But I walked away from it all.
Why? Because my values no longer aligned with those of my peers. I chose purpose over profit. And I’ve never looked back.
🛡 From Insider to Advocate
Today, I work for the people. No commercial agenda. No fine print. I earn a quarter of what I used to, but I sleep better. Through the Academy of Life Planning, I offer an insider’s knowledge from your side of the table. I teach people how to trust themselves again. How to plan life first—and money second.
But that’s not all.
🆘 GET SAFE: Support After Financial Exploitation
Alongside the TTF, I founded Get SAFE—a not-for-profit movement offering free, life-changing support to victims of financial crime. It’s built on three pillars:
- Life Planning Recovery Workshops
We piloted a 6-week “Rebuild & Thrive” programme. Six people. Six Mondays. Life-changing feedback. Depression turned to direction. Despair to purpose.
Depression, after all, is the inability to conceive a future. We help people imagine again—and rebuild. - One-to-One Recovery Mentorship
For those not ready for groups, I work individually. I coach “citizen investigators”—people who’ve lost everything—on how to fight back using AI, strategy, and persistence.
Together, we build case files, escalate complaints, and demand justice from the FCA, FOS, HMRC, MPs and beyond. - AI-Enabled Advocacy
We teach you how to use free tools like Google Drive and ChatGPT to compile evidence, craft professional letters, and expose institutional failure.
When regulators ignore you (sometimes for 10+ years), we show you how to make noise that can’t be ignored—on social media, in Parliament, in the press.
📢 Making Noise, Driving Change
With over 500,000 annual impressions on LinkedIn, we’re not just whispering—we’re shouting. Loudly. Publicly. Factually. If the system won’t protect victims, we will shine a light on its failings until it must.
And I’m not alone. Survivors become advocates. Clients become coaches. We’re building a peer-powered community—a lifeboat in a sea of silence.
💬 What Others Are Saying
“Steve’s doing this literally on a voluntary basis — no cost, no small print, no commercial agenda. Just a deep sense of purpose and knowing he can help people. And he definitely can.”
— Andy Agathangelou, Founder, Transparency Task Force
“The recovery’s been very slow, and it’s difficult to know where to go for help. But what Steve is doing gives real hope that victims don’t have to stay silent — or alone — forever.”
— Barry, Financial Misconduct Survivor
“We are using the methods Steve hinted at — leveraging social and local media to hold institutions accountable. It’s working. We’re finally being heard.”
— Lynn Parsons, Member, Philips Trust Action Group
🤝 Join the Movement
If you—or someone you know—has lost money through financial misconduct, and been stonewalled by those meant to help: you’re not alone. And you’re not powerless.
We’ll help you get organised, get heard, and get justice.
No cost. No catch. Just purpose.
Get in touch. Or follow our work. Let’s rebuild from the ground up—and make this rigged system answer for the lives it’s shattered.
Steve Conley
Founder, Academy of Life Planning
Leader, Get SAFE Initiative
📍 Advocate for Financial Justice | Peer Mentor | Former Industry Insider
About Get SAFE
Get SAFE (Support After Financial Exploitation) was born from a simple truth: too many victims of financial abuse are left to suffer in silence.
We exist in memory of Ian Davis—for the ones who did everything right, only to be failed by the systems they trusted. We know that behind every vanished pension, every ignored complaint, and every stonewalled letter is a person—frightened, exhausted, and too often alone.
Get SAFE offers more than sympathy. We offer structure, support, and solidarity.
We provide a voice where there’s been silence, and clarity where there’s been confusion.
We stand beside those who have been exploited, not just to help them recover—but to help them reclaim their story and rebuild their future.
Because financial justice is not a luxury.
It’s a human right.
If you or someone you know has been affected by financial exploitation, we are here.
You are not alone.
Learn more at: Get SAFE (Support After Financial Exploitation).
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