Suzy Lamplugh Trust offers free Stand Up Against Harassment training

The
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk is excited to be
partnering with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to drive
awareness of street harassment and upskill and empower bystanders across
Norfolk to deal with all harassment types.

We are asking local businesses for their support, as
employers in Norfolk to arrange for as many of their staff to attend this free
training as possible. The training is provided by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust and is funded by L’Oréal Paris.

This is a globally approved program by the American
NGO Right To Be and L’Oreal Paris, which aims to create a global community of
bystanders who can safely intervene when they see harassment to support the
victim and deter the harasser. To date this program has rolled out across 40
countries and trained over 3.4M bystanders.

The training of even more of the moment now, as The Worker Protection (Amendment of
Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 mandates that employers take ‘reasonable steps to
prevent sexual harassment.’ It is imperative that employers take action to
fulfil this duty of care and the Anti-harassment/Bystander training complements
any other training and measures that these organisations are implementing in
this regard.

Norfolk’s
Police and Crime Commissioner, Sarah Taylor, said: “L’Oreal Paris have funded this much
needed initiative and we are working with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to organise
free training for local businesses.  It is everyone’s responsibility to
ensure that people are safe, especially women and young girls, when they go for
a night out enjoying the bars and clubs in the nighttime economy. So, I would
urge employers to take advantage of this special opportunity to sign up to the
“Stand Up Against Street Harassment” training programme.

About the free, 30 minute training

Following a growing national conversation around what
the public can do to increase women’s safety, people and organisations want to
take steps to be able to address the prevalence of unwanted and aggressive
behaviors such as harassment that underly the broader cycle of violence against
women and girls.

To accommodate public demand, the Suzy Lamplugh
Trust and L’Oréal Paris formed a partnership to bring the expert approved
international “Stand Up Against Street Harassment” training programme
to UK audiences.

The programme is free of charge as it is sponsored
by L’Oréal Paris, driving awareness of harassment, as well as upskilling
and empowering bystanders across various settings such as public transport,
educational institutions, festivals, public spaces, and workplaces, to help
defuse situations, discourage harassers, and support victims. You can get a glimpse of what this is
all about here.

Exclusive
dates for businesses in Norfolk have been offered by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust.
You can book on to them using the following links:

• 23 April 2025 – webinar registration – Zoom

• 21 May 2025 – webinar registration – Zoom
• 18 June 2025 – webinar registration – Zoom

These
training sessions are open to anyone from Norfolk and are ideal for licensed
venues, taxi companies,
food vendors, bus and rail providers, retailers, large employers,
manufacturing and farming; hospitals and care settings and further education.

If you
cannot make those dates, don’t despair. We will be providing more dates over
the next few months.

If you would
like to arrange a free, one-off and/or face-to-face session for your
organisation/s, please contact [email protected].
Such a session has a minimum sign up of 75 people.