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 [...]
Yesterday the Government published its Autumn Statement, the first post-Brexit vote. We’ve looked at what this might mean for our clients and other women in Bedfordshire. Disappointingly there is very little that specifically references women. We believe that this is a missed opportunity, particularly given women have already been disproportionately impacted by this Government’s cuts, [...]
Congratulations are in order for two of our team this week. We’re pleased to announce that Kate Rahman, one of our Women’s Support Practitioners, has given birth to a baby girl. Mother and baby are doing well. We’d like to offer our warmest wishes to Kate and her family at this special time. Kate is [...]
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 [...]
Stepping Stones Luton are extremely proud to announce that we've won an award for "the best feedback from parents in Mellow Parenting groups", at the Mellow Parenting Centre of Excellence Awards. Congratulations to all of our staff, volunteers and supporters for making this possible. Watch the movie below to see the award announcement in all [...]
Stepping Stones wouldn't be here today without your support, so it's lovely when we can shine the spotlight on some of our supporters - our way of saying thanks for all of the great things you do for us. This time round it's a young lady named Charlie we have to thank. Charlie raced in [...]
Today in the UK at least one in every 15 young people has experience of self harming, and over 170,000 people visit accident and emergency departments each year for help. Stepping Stones are aware of the need to promote awareness of self injury, so we are pleased to shine a spotlight on an organisation who [...]
The Prison Reform Trust and Soroptimist International recently produced a report containing a distillation of the wealth of information on the state of women’s justice that Soroptimists have gathered since the launch of the Reducing Women’s Imprisonment Action Pack in 2013. It presents a mixed picture, profiling some excellent local practice whilst highlighting a lack [...]
Stepping Stones Luton are very proud to announce that we've been nominated for this year's Luton's Best Award in the Community Company category for our work supporting "vulnerable women with issues of domestic abuse, drugs, alcohol, criminal justice and social care." We'd love for you to show your support by voting for us. Voting takes [...]
Stepping Stones are proud to be associated with Caritas Harmony, a Luton based ladies' choir, and they have an performance coming up on Saturday 29th November 2014 in aid of our cause. It promises to be a wonderful event and you can get ticket information here. Please also take the time to visit their website [...]
