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Our 2025 conference

was held on

Wednesday, 5 November and Thursday, 6 November 2025

at the

Trent Conference Centre in Nottingham

This year’s theme was

Smoothing the journey

Each autumn we hold a conference where we bring together criminal justice, health service and third sector professionals with academic criminologists and psychologists. We believe that forging strong links between practitioners and academics is vital in order to improve strategies for protecting stalking victims and managing perpetrators.

Our annual conferences have become a highlight in the stalking calendar for many people—an opportunity to network, learn from others and explore partnership opportunities. Each year’s programme is designed to ensure there are plenty of choices to improve people’s own work and deepen their understanding of different topics.

Our aim is to provide plenty of space and time to connect with others working in similar and complementary roles.

These pictures of our 2025 conference are by Matt Bampton

In addition to our main speakers, discussion groups and panels take place across both days giving attendees the chance to explore topics in more depth, have open discussions, and listen to conversations between experts.

Attendees (both in-person and online) also have a choice of workshops on both days.

Our speakers, workshop chairs and discussants provide examples of best practice across the board, in education, safeguarding, and criminal justice.

Here, Prof. Troy McEwan is speaking to us online from Melbourne, Australia

The theme this year was Smoothing the journey. At every stage in a stalking victim’s journey there is potential to improve how we support and protect victims themselves and for more effective interventions with perpetrators. In this year’s conference we were sharing best practice at every stage in this process from the early development of stalking behaviours through to the most serious cases.

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

In 2024 we were full to capacity, so in 2025 we moved from Leicester to a new, larger venue, the Trent Conference Centre in Nottingham. This enabled us not only to welcome more in-person delegates but also to have more breakout sessions running in parallel.

For the second year, we presented the Alice Ruggles Trust Awards, following the conference dinner

The awards recognise and celebrate people and projects doing exceptional work to help bring stalking to an end

Here are some of the 2025 award winners

And here is Sue Dunn accepting the "Lifetime achievement" award

Huge thanks to all the presenters, delegates, and our wonderful team of helpers for making this such a successful and memorable conference

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