Tackling Stalking and Harassment Conference 2025: Holistic Strategies for Prevention, Intervention, and Support

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Overview

In 2024 the HMICFRS released a report outlining key recommendations to ensure better support for victims of stalking in response to the 2022 super complaint written by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust. Responses to stalking have been shown to be inadequate with a lack of understanding about what constitutes as stalking from public services. To cultivate effective responses to stalking an understanding of victim experiences, robust systems of victim support, collaboration across agencies and effective perpetrator interventions are needed.

• 1 in 5 women and around 1 in 11 men aged 16 years and over has been a victim of stalking (ONS)
• Only 5% of reports of stalking to the police in the year ending March 2022 resulted in a charge by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
• A recent study found that 94% of femicides had stalking in their antecedent history
• 45% of stalking victims withdrew from the justice process and a further 41% saw no further police action on their complaints

Join us at the Tackling Stalking and Harassment Conference 2025: Holistic Strategies for Prevention, Intervention, and Support to hear the latest updates on Government policy and legislation, best practices for supporting victims and deterring perpetrators.

Why Attend?

✓High-level keynotes from leading stalking and harassment experts and service providers

✓Hear recommended best practice case studies from leading organisations on developing effective methods to support victims and engage with perpetrators

✓ Networking opportunities with speakers and attendees from leading organisations working to tackle stalking and harassment

✓ Gain 8 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota

For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285

Agenda

• 9.00am

  Registration

• 9.50am

  Chair’s Opening Remarks

   

   

• 10.00am

  Keynote: Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Stalking and Harassment

  • How to implement recommendations made by the HMICFRS to improve responses to stalking
  • Identifying stalking and dangerous behaviour to ensure responses are reflective of the severity of the situation
  • Strategies for implementing protective orders to ensure victim safety
  • Addressing barriers to reporting stalking and causes of report withdrawal
• 10.30am

  Keynote: Tackling Stalking and Harassment as Part of the National Emergency of VAWG

  • Understanding stalking and harassment of women as part of a broader culture of misogyny
  • Strategies for supporting victims of domestic abuse experiencing stalking
  • Providing support for children of victims of stalking and harassment

  Lydia Clark, Senior Research Officer, Centre for Justice Innovation (CONFIRMED)

  

• 11:00am

  Questions and Answers

• 11.20am

   Comfort Break

• 11.35am

  Panel: Best practices for Developing Multi-Agency Partnerships to Support Victims

  • Guidance for supporting victims of all forms of stalking and harassment throughout the legal process
  • Strategies for ensuring that victims have access to support that addresses the psychological impact of stalking throughout and beyond the criminal justice process
  • Developing strong communication and collaboration across organisations and services
  • Standardising advice given to victims across police and support services
• 12.55am

  Lunch Break 

• 1:45pm

  Keynote: Understanding Gendered Differences in Victims Experiences

  • Developing strategies to diminish barriers to reporting to ensure the safety of all victims
  • Addressing the differences in stalking experienced by men and women
  • Strategies for supporting victims of non-violent stalking
  • Providing victims and vulnerable people with strategies to prevent escalation

  Alasdair, Independent Stalking Advocacy Caseworker & Independent Domestic Violence Advocate for Men and Rachel Daley, Service Manager, Equation (CONFIRMED)

  

• 2:05am

  Case study: Engaging with Perpetrators of Stalking to Prevent Reoffending

  • Identifying risk levels and intervention needs to ensure interventions are as effective as possible
  • Using partnership working to utilise a diverse range of interventions
  • Guidance on using health-based therapeutic interventions where appropriate
  • Addressing and overcoming challenges with perpetrator engagement
• 2:25pm

  Questions & Answers 

• 2:45pm

  Breakout Networking: Strategies for Communication and Resource Sharing Across Organisations

• 3.15pm

  Comfort Break

• 3.30pm

  Keynote: Cyberstalking with Real Life Consequences

  • Understanding the law and how to report cyber stalking effectively
  • Guidance on securing accounts and devices to reduce vulnerabilities to cyberstalking
  • Tackling coercive control via social media and location tracking
  • Safeguarding against identity theft and online impersonation

  Professor Emma Short, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, London Metropolitan University (CONFIRMED)

  

• 3.50pm

  Case study: Revenge Porn and Online Harassment

  • Understanding the law and how to support victims of revenge porn
  • Strategies for educating young people about revenge porn, healthy relationships and using social media safely
  • Guidance for educating young people about the dangers of deepfake porn
  • Appreciate the proliferation of bad actors with access to AI porn creation tools
• 4.10pm

  Chairs Closing remarks

• 4.40pm

  Conference Close 

Previous Speakers

Caroline Hill

Stalking Force Advisor

Surrey Police

Katy Proctor

Senior lecturer

Glasgow Caledonian University

Emma Short

Interim CEO

Suzy Lamplugh Trust

Victoria Charleston

Managing Director

Alice Ruggles Trust

Kirsty Butcher

Clinical Lead at the Hampshire Stalking Intervention Service

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Debi Steven

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Action Breaks Silence

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Why You Should Attend?

✓ Gain key insights from experts in education
✓ Keep up to date with policy developments and examination and curriculum changes
✓ Networking opportunities with speakers and senior colleagues from across the education sector
✓ Gain 8 hours of CPD points towards your yearly quota

Who Should Attend?

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