Location:Online
Start date:22/04/2024
End date:26/04/2024
Event Organiser:Suzy Lamplugh Trust
Multi-agency working is crucial for ensuring victims of stalking are supported from their point of disclosure until a conviction and beyond, says the personal safety charity the Suzy Lamplugh Trust. This year, the charity is calling for agencies across the police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and healthcare to join forces, and work together to support victims of stalking. A conference will be showcasing examples of best practice. Speakers invited include from the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Chris Shelley, Chair of Trustees, and Emma Lingley-Clark, Interim CEO; Catherine Hinwood, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Programme Director at the National Health Service (NHS); Emily Thornberry, Labour MP and Shadow Attorney General; and Deputy Chief Constable Paul Mills, National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead for Stalking and Harassment.
A session will cover coordinated police and CPS response by Karen Morgan-Reed, and Lucy Appleton of the CPS; Hannah Sereni, Home Office policy lead for Stalking and ‘Honour’-Based Abuse; and Terri Wilkinson, National Staff Officer to DCC Paul Mills. A separate session will cover health response to stalking, by Dr Alan Underwood, Principle Clinical Psychologist at the Stalking Threat Assessment Centre and the National Stalking Clinic, a lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Mental Health at Queen Mary University of London; Charlotte Chappell, IRISi Advise programme representative; Chermall Williams, Senior Project Manager in the Health team at Standing Together; and Dr Rebecca Morland, Consultant Counselling Psychologist. And a third session will feature Multi-Agency Stalking Intervention Programmes (MASIP), and speakers Detective Sergeant Dave Thomason, Cheshire Constabulary, Harm Reduction Unit; DCI Daniel Thompson, Met Police Deputy Lead Responsible Officer for Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment. He oversees the London Stalking Threat Assessment Centre, bringing together the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, MPS, North London Mental Health Partnership and London Probation Service; and Sara Henley, Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist.
For more about the awareness week visit https://www.suzylamplugh.org/national-stalking-awareness-week-2024.
