the suzy lamplugh trust
London
MISSION Our mission is to reduce the risk of violence and aggression through
campaigning, education and support. VISION Our vision is a society in which
people are safer - and feel safer - from violence and aggression; we want people
to be able to live life to the full. The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the UK's
pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority, established
in 1986, following the disappearance of 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh, an estate
agent and lone worker who went to meet a client and never returned. Suzy was
never found and eventually declared deceased after seven years in 1993. Suzy
Lamplugh Trust is widely regarded as a field expert in lone-working and personal
safety training, stalking training, as well as consultancy, campaigning, and
support services. It has a long history of working within the Violence Against
Women and Girls sector, dealing particularly with stalking and harassment, given
that it is believed, and indeed the evidence suggests Suzy may have been
targeted by a stalker. The National Stalking Helpline was set up by the Trust in
2010, it has helped over 70,000 victims since its inception, and is the only
service of its kind globally. The Trust exists so that what happened to Suzy
does not happen to anyone else, and for over 35 years, we have worked towards
reducing the risk of harassment, stalking, aggression, and violence by
empowering people to take steps to avoid, mitigate or manage risks across all
aspects of their life. The Trust campaigns heavily to raise greater awareness of
personal safety and stalking issues, demand systemic change where needed,
influence public policy, and promote a society in which people are safer and
feel safer. Its longest running campaign has been the licensing of the operators
and drivers of minicabs and private hire vehicles, which begun in 1998. This
campaigning and policy work has been pivotal to changes in legislation and
practice nationally - including in the introduction of the Protection from
Harassment Act 1997, and the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which introduced
specific offences for stalking, and the 2020 stalking protection orders.
