Sue Lambert Trust

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Do you have experience in Fundraising?

Could you support our charity taking our fundraising to the next level?

Yes, then come and join our team! We are looking for a fundraising manager £35,000 PA (pro rata 30hpw) with great benefits and a supportive environment.

Find out more and apply today: https://www.suelamberttrust.org/vacancies/

Our support for survivors in numbers:
In 2023/24 (to end of April):
• 610 people from Norfolk accessed our support
• 8,834 individual counselling and EMDR sessions delivered
• 2,750 contacts with clients through our Groundwork Programme
• 134 Emotional Skills Workshops
• 184 individual sessions and 1,790 unique attendances within our Group Support Programme.

Lots of numbers, and behind each figure, a unique, personal story caused by sexual abuse or sexual violence.

Sadly, demand on our services continue to rise. With more and more people reaching out to us for specialist support.

We hope to one day live in a society where these numbers are greatly reduced, and to see sexual abuse, sexual assault and sexual crime eradicated from society.

Until that time, we are here to provide specialist ther**eutic support, to listen and to ensure survivors living in Norfolk are believed, heard and can begin to heal.
Please, support us if you can. https://www.suelamberttrust.org/get-involved/

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Do you enjoy bowling?

Do you have what it takes to become SLT bowling champions?

Team up with friends, family or colleagues for our new bowling tournament event. Complete in heats, enjoy some good company and sharing platters along the way.

Get your team together today. When you fill a team of 6 one person goes free saving £30! What's not to love!

Sign up now ready for October, so when the weather starts to change you have something fun indoors to look forward to and know that you'll be supporting our charity too!

https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DPNB

After being groomed as a teenager, Donna-Louise reached out to us for support years later. She has bravely shared her story to encourage others to speak out, to help raise awareness of the work we do, and to shed the stigma that surrounds r**e and sexual abuse.

She says she wants to raise survivor voices, be heard, and shed the stigma that is attached to r**e and help more people, particularly teens, understand what is and what absolutely is not okay.

Thank you for speaking up Donna-Louise. You can read her full story here: https://www.suelamberttrust.org/stories/client-story-donna-louise/

This we think back to all of the staff we have interviewed through our staff spotlight series, they have all said wonderful things about working as part of our charity.

"The best thing is being in a position to be able to help and support people"

"It’s an honour to be able to help ensure that we’re meeting the needs of a diverse range of clients"

"I love how supportive the environment is."

We wouldn’t be who we are without you so thank you, you are amazing!

If you want to join the team or become a trustee you will find all the latest opportunities on our website here: https://www.suelamberttrust.org/vacancies/

Vacancies By working for us you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to support people that have experienced sexual abuse and sexual violence to ensure they get the support they need.

Today is world emoji day. Did you know there are 3,782 emoji?

Emoji if you don't know are used in electronic messages to display different emotional cues. While they are there to support convey emotion they can be misinterpreted or misunderstood. If you think about it, do you really know what they all mean and can be sure if you are using them, you are using them for their intended purpose?

Due to emotions being difficult to recognise, process, accept and manage we have developed emotional skills workshops, specialist workshops designed for our clients to explore key emotions and learn techniques to process them.

Anna our digital fundraising and engagement officer recently took part in these workshops and wrote about her experience, which you can read here: https://www.suelamberttrust.org/emotional-skills-workshops/

If you are receiving or waiting for our support and want more information about joining the next workshops please email [email protected]

This we want to share with you that regular gifts are one of the best ways that you can support our work.

By setting up a direct debit to donate as little as £5 per month over a year you could:

- Provide a counselling session, a safe space to be heard and supported.
- Enable someone to receive specialist 121 support with their everyday affairs.
- Allow someone to be heard for the first time when they call us for support

Regular donations to our charity not only change lives, but save lives.



"It's not overstating that without the counselling I would not be alive to tell my story, thank you.”

Sign up today at https://www.suelamberttrust.org/donate/

Today we share a call out for Makers to sign up to exhibit at a 2025 craft fair being held on 9th February at St Mary's Works Norwich, with all proceeds being donated to our charity.

So, if you are a maker get this event pencilled in the diary today and sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMkt2QPl_vSats7WgJhF0rXd4gGKE3QdT-Ov53YGfGYvklAw/viewform

It's in just 2 weeks time.

As an inclusive charity we have turned the wellbeing trees in our waiting areas into pride trees, for messages of hope a solidarity throughout June and July; if you are visiting please pop your message on the tree.

Here's a couple of the lovely messages we have had so far:

"It's ok to be different it make you unique."
"Your identity and sexuality should be made safe and proud. Shout loud! I AM ME."

Thank you to Mia (not real name) for sharing her story. Mia hopes it helps others to speak up, and to get specialist support.

She says; "if one other woman reads my story, and they speak out and they get help for something that’s happened to them, then it will be worth sharing this all over again."

Read Mia's full story on our website https://www.suelamberttrust.org/stories/client-story-mia/

We are recruiting!

Could you join our growing team in a Fundraising Manager role?

We are looking for someone to expand and drive our fundraising to the next level. If this sounds like you find out more and apply here: https://www.suelamberttrust.org/vacancies/

Salary £35,000 FTE (30hpw pro rata) Closing date 29th July 2024.

Please share this opportunity with your networks.

The SLT Crafters of Gt Yarmouth have renamed their group to Kintsugi Crafters; after the ancient Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with precious metals to embrace imperfections.

The sessions are ther**eutically supported, and the group now meets every week on a Thursday afternoon like the SLT crafters of Norwich.

If you are a current or former client and want to join either group and explore your creative side please get in touch with us, email [email protected] today.

Today Kate and Simonne our Outreach and Groups Coordinators are out at Kings Lynn Academy delivering some training around healthy relationships to six year 7 classes, they have been having discissions around consent and have had lots of good conversations with the students.

Could you bounce for us?

We are looking for individuals and groups of people to pledge to fundraise for us by signing up to take part in the Norwich Inflatable 5k this year!

The World's biggest inflatable obstacle course will be at Norfolk Showground on 12th October. So, if you are up for this challenge and can bounce, run and jump around this course, then sign up today!

There is no cost to register but a commitment to fundraise £125, you'll even get a SLT branded t-shirt or vest when you reach your pledge.

What are you waiting for? spaces are limited, find out more and register at https://www.suelamberttrust.org/get-involved/

We are looking for more qualified counsellors to join us as volunteers.

Is that you? Or someone you know?

To meet demand, our charity needs more professionally qualified, experienced counsellors to join as volunteers. Because we want to ensure that everyone who needs our support, has a counsellor to talk to, and the chance to heal.

Not everyone can access professional, private counselling, but we believe all survivors of sexual violence have the right to be heard and to get specialist support.

To volunteer, we ask that:
• You are a fully qualified counsellor
• Can commit to 3 voluntary 1hr sessions a week (anything over this will be paid time).
• Are able to deliver sessions either in person (in Great Yarmouth or Norwich) or over Zoom.

In return, we offer a package of support, all clinical supervision paid for, and the opportunity to shape the future direction of our charity.

Maureen, our Psychother**eutic Counsellor, explains more about the role and why she encourages others to join https://www.suelamberttrust.org/counsellors/

If you’re a qualified counsellor, please get in touch. **euticSupport

Is your birthday this July?

Do you really need gifts this year? A box of chocolates, a bottle of something, some flowers perhaps.

Could this year be different?

Donate your birthday! Create a Facebook fundraiser or share a link to our donation page https://www.suelamberttrust.org/donate/ asking your friends and family to give the gift of support to our Charity this year.

A Charity that offers free specialist counselling and support to survivors of sexual abuse and sexual violence.

All donations we receive support us to continue providing imperative services and support to people living in Norfolk.

"It's not overstating that without the counselling I would not be alive to tell my story, thank you.”

So if you can, donate your birthday this year.

This goes to everyone that is already signed up to run the Blickling Half marathon for us this October, we want you to know you are all amazing.

Last time we checked there were less than 30 spaces remaining, these have been reserved for charity runners. So if you are contemplating taking part in this iconic event and haven't signed up yet, don't delay get registered today; you can make a difference to the lives of survivors of sexual abuse and violence, your fundraising enables us to provide free specialist counselling and services.

It's free to register when you commit to fundraise for us and when you meet your target you'll get a running vest or t-shirt too. https://totalracetiming.co.uk/race/503

“I’d tried different forms of counselling before, but never felt comfortable speaking about my experience of sexual abuse as a child and a teenager. But all that changed when I did some research and found Sue Lambert Trust." Client words, Linda.

It's never too late to reach out and ask for help. Please know we are a safe place, where our clients are heard and believed. A place where people can access specialist counselling support, and begin to heal.

This goes to Norwich Petanque Club who hosted us at the family fun day The Cottage last weekend.

They welcomed us to attend the event to fundraise with a tombola and donated the pitch fees from the other crafters that attended the event to our charity. It was a pleasure to attend.

We are pleased to share we raised £245.71 in total an amazing amount that will support our work providing services to those that have experienced sexual abuse or sexual violence living in Norfolk.

Our next LGBTQ+ group is running next Wednesday 10th July. If you are LGBTQ+ or are questioning your gender and/or sexuality and want to get involved email [email protected]

We share with you some of the values and boundaries set by the group; we would love to see you there.

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On Thursday, we cast our votes.

This is a longer message from us than usual, but an important one.

We’re urging our followers and supporters to stop, pause and think about which party is going to do more for people who have experienced sexual violence and sexual abuse. Because together, we can make sure survivors have a louder voice, and get the support they deserve.

Whoever forms the next government, we want to see:
• More investment in mental health and specialist counselling services
• Quicker, fairer action in our courts for sexual assault and sexual abuse victims
• And more investment in the education of counsellors, so that more people can upskill and provide the much-needed therapy that too many sexual abuse survivors are waiting to access.

Because sadly, demand on our charity’s services, and others like us, continues to rise.
Last year alone, 610 people were able to access our support. That’s up on the year before. And we know more people than that need us.

According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (in the year ending December 2023) 3,361 sexual offences were recorded in Norfolk, many more go unreported. That’s just one year – we see people who have experienced both recent and non-recent sexual abuse, in some cases they have lived with their trauma for decades.

This can’t go on. People have a right to be heard, to be believed, and to have the chance to heal.
With access to specialist ther**eutic support, our charity and so many like us can help people to rebuild their lives.

But without it, or while people have no choice but to wait for therapy to begin (after very bravely reaching out), people continue to live daily with the trauma of sexual abuse. It shouldn’t be that way.

So please, read these 5 points before you vote on 4th July 2024.

You can also head to our website to read our CEO’s message in full - https://www.suelamberttrust.org/general-election-2024-what-we-want/

Thank you for your support.

We have launched the opportunity to get involved in two new events to support our fundraising:

Event 1: Bowling evening with food 🏆🎳- Get together with friends at £30pp and compete in a tournament also when you fill a team of 6 one person goes free.

Event 2: Inflatable 5k 🏃‍♀️ - We've decided to put together another team building on the success of 2023 with a bigger SLT team for 2024. Register for a free space with a commitment to fundraise £125.

What are you waiting for find out more and sign up today at https://www.suelamberttrust.org/start-fundraising/

Exciting news, staff member Kate has volunteered to organise a charity craft fair to coincide with sexual abuse and sexual violence awareness week 2025 to support our fundraising.

They have exciting plans for crafters and makers to exhibit and sell their wares. And they are planning to host some crafting workshops too!

So save the date Sunday 9th February 2025 and crafters and makers watch this space to register for a stall at this event in the coming weeks.

Sue Lambert Trust is a charity that anyone aged 11 or older, living in Norfolk, can access. We have offices in Great Yarmouth and Norwich too.

If you or someone you care about has experienced sexual abuse or sexual violence, and you're looking for professional, specialist counselling support to help manage that trauma, please get in touch.

While our services are always in demand, we are here for you. You will be heard.

We are here at Norwich Petanque Club family fun day at The Cottage come and say hello and try your luck supporting our fundraising

This goes to Clancy Consulting who completed a 13 mile walk for us as part of Clancy Active and Rosin and Joanna who completed a Triathlon for us last weekend between them they raised over £1100 for our charity.

You can still donate to their fundraisers here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/clancy-active-1716540095366 https://www.justgiving.com/page/roisin-de-courcy-wheeler-norwich-triathlon

We are at the Norwich Petanque Club event tomorrow The Cottage with a tombola and information about our upcoming fundraising events come and see us there between 12-5pm.

Client Mia* is forever thankful for the support she received from Sue Lambert Trust. While our counselling programmes may be limited to a year, the impact we have lasts a lifetime.

"You have every right to feel safe, secure and to take back control. Sue Lambert Trust and the professional ther**eutic counselling services they provide, for sexual abuse survivors, are simply wonderful. It’s not easy to go through therapy, but it will, in the long run, help you to heal and move forwards.

“I’m so grateful they were there for me, and to have met Sue, all those years ago.”

Read Mia's full story online here, please be aware it contains details of sexual assault which some may find upsetting, https://www.suelamberttrust.org/stories/client-story-mia/

Today is National writing day and . We spoke with Jo a lead counsellor here about how beneficial journaling can be. She shared some quotes which she feels are reflective of journaling.

“Sitting for even five minutes with a journal offers a rare cease-fire in the battle of daily life” – Alexandra Johnson

“Journal writing gives us insights into who we are, who we were, and who we can become” – Sandra Marinella

"Journaling is paying attention to the inside for the purposes of living well from the inside out." - Lee Wise