Don't Look Away - Book
Change does not begin with grand gestures.
It begins with noticing what sits just outside the frame — the harm, the gaps, the people still waiting to be helped while attention is pulled elsewhere.
We all like to believe we would do more if only we could. But in reality, there is always something we can do. Support a cause that aligns with your values. Lend your name, your voice, your time. Stand with others instead of assuming the worst and turning away.
In the UK, people still need help — urgently. And while systems continue to fail, small acts of collective support remain one of the few things that still move the needle. Yet too often, energy is wasted on negativity, assumptions, and criticism that leads nowhere. It takes far less effort to dismiss than it does to act — but only one of those creates real change.
I spend much of my life fighting systemic battles: ableism, discrimination, ostracism, abuse. I do this not as an observer, but as a survivor. And I can say this with certainty — it would be easier, and far more effective, if people worked with one another instead of against each other. Progress doesn’t come from isolated voices shouting into the void. It comes from people choosing to be a team.
There is another truth we need to face. Not all charities and support structures are what they claim to be. Some have become façades — more concerned with image, ego, or moral performance than genuine care. Support, when it exists only to be seen, can become another form of harm. And that, too, needs to be challenged.
This book sits inside those tensions.
Don’t Look Away is about responsibility — personal, collective, and systemic. It is about what happens when people notice harm but hesitate to act, and what it costs when silence becomes the default. It is about refusing to be distracted, refusing to be divided, and refusing to accept inaction as neutrality.
I live with chronic pain. My time and energy are not limitless. They are carefully measured, hard-won, and deeply valued. So when I choose where to place them, it is always with intention. With what energy I do have, I will continue to challenge what harms, to support what heals, and to push for a world that does better than this.
Changing the narrative is not optional anymore.
It is where change begins.
So Don't Look Away.
Sarah Wingfield Author 🌹
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