Thank you to Ladbrokes for your continuing support of the Trust and National Personal Safety Day.

National Personal Safety Day, which is organised by Suzy Lamplugh Trust, is an annual event which aims to raise awareness of personal safety issues and help people to lead safer lives. This year’s  StreetsAhead campaign is all about how you can improve your safety on the streets.

The event has grown tremendously over the last few years and it now has over 300 regular partner organisations that run local events to raise awareness of the day and get the campaign messages out to local residents.

The new website, www.nationalpersonalsafetyday.co.uk, gives all the information on how to get involved and how to order the campaign resources. It also  enables all partners to highlight their events and activities and we hope this will encourage even more organisations and individuals to support the campaign and run their own activities.

If anyone has any comments to make about National Personal Safety Day or the website, we would love to hear from you. Please email press@suzylamplugh.org.

The Guild is also working with Lone Alert, who will provide discounts to all Gardener’s Guild members.

Our marathon runner, Ken Tomlin, finished the race in an impressive 4 hours and 41 minutes and raised over £3,000 for the Trust, which will help us continue helping others to live safer more confident lives.

It’s not too late to support Ken’s fantastic achievement –  to make a donation please visit his Justgiving page.

Pictures of the race are coming soon..

Watch this space for more information or email fundraising@suzylamplugh.org

There are currently 5 race places left so if anyone would like to join the race team, they should email fundraising@suzylamplugh.org. Teams are more than welcome! Minimum sponsorship for each runner is £350.

Money raised with help the Trust develop new personal safety projects for some of the most disadvantaged groups in society including; children and young people, people with disabilities and victims of stalking.

The Key Messages for the campaign are:

• Abuse in relationships s not normal or acceptable – if you are in an abusive relationship it’s not your fault and you do not have to stand for it.
• It’s not just [physical violence, like punching or kicking, that makes a relationship abusive – if you are threatened with violence, nave no say over what you wear or who you see or speak to, or are constantly criticised, it is still abuse.
• Abuse is never ok – blaming abuse on anger, jealousy, alcohol or the other person’s behaviour is not acceptable.
• Help is available – if you need some support getting out f an abusive relationship or just want to talk to some

If you need support getting out of an abusive relationship or want further information about the campaign, visit www.direct.gov.uk/thisisabuse

If you end a relationship and your ex keeps contacting you against your wishes than this could be stalking and you can call the National Stalking Helpline for information and guidance on 0808 802 0300

We applaud Government attempts to tackle binge drinking and the negative effect it has on individuals and our communities.

We believe that, while most members of the retail and alcohol industry behave responsibly towards their customers, some do not. We therefore fully support the Government’s proposed initiatives, such as a ban on multi-buy promotions and a minimum unit price, ensuring that alcohol can only be sold at a sensible price.

Alcohol is a factor in just under half of all violent crimes. It can make potential perpetrators more likely to be violent or aggressive and it can make victims more vulnerable in the event of an attack.

We believe that a reduction in problem drinking will help to reduce the risk of violence and aggression, and we fully support any measures that will help to achieve this aim.