Our team is so honoured to have been nominated by our service users for this High Sheriff Award to recognise our "great and valuable services to the community". It is a real boost and we would like to thank the High Sheriff and all our supporters for helping us through this challenging year.
We are supporting Sexual Abuse and Sexual Awareness Week 2021 because so many women we support have to deal with the trauma from sexual violence for the rest of their lives #ITSNOTOK
Check out our What's On page for details of all our courses in 2019, including: Freedom Forever, Freedom, Onyx Beyond Trauma, Beyond Anger, Mellow, Nurture and NEW Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities commencing in May
Today’s been called the most important political event for women in 2016, but why? Parliament has its second debate on the Istanbul Convention. It’s a name that doesn’t give away much and it’s easy to miss why this is so important to us in England. But, the Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive Pan-Europe legal [...]
On day twelve of ‘16 days of action to end violence against women and girls’, we’d like to say a big thank-you to Waitrose in Bedford for their support. As part of a Veris led project, Waitrose donate surplus and ‘good to eat’ food, which has just gone past its sell by date, to local [...]
Here at Stepping Stones we believe that every woman should have the opportunity to gain the strength, knowledge and support to help prevent and take action against gendered violence and domestic abuse. We have a dedicated team of Women’s Support Practitioners who work closely with women affected by domestic abuse and trauma and provide a [...]
We’ve purposely launched our new website to coincide with the international 16 days of action to end gendered violence, which starts today on the 25th November 2016. 16 days is NOT about saying that all men commit violent offences, or are any less deserving of support than women. We believe everyone has the right to [...]
Stepping Stones would like to say a big thank you to Floral Angels, who have today kindly donated bouquets of restyled flowers to clients completing our Beyond Trauma programme. Katie Morgan, Chief Executive of Stepping Stones ‘the Floral Angel arrangements were beautiful and our team were really pleased to be able to pass them on [...]
A recent report by the HMIC (Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Constabularies) has indicated that the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire police forces are increasingly failing victims of domestic abuse, stating that "victims face a lottery in the way their cases are treated". To read the full report, follow the link to the ITV/ Anglia News website below: [...]
