Blake Morgan and the Suzy Lamplugh Trust combine to deliver Sexual Harassment training
UK law firm Blake Morgan has partnered with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the UK’s pioneering personal safety charity, to develop a series of training sessions to prevent sexual harassment.
The training is designed to be one of the reasonable steps that employers can take to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Employers are under a duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of employees, and this duty is set to be enhanced in October 2026, when it will become a duty to take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. The training covers workplace culture and practical steps that can be taken, as well as looking at the legal aspects.
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust
Founded in 1986 following the disappearance of 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, the Trust has since pioneered personal safety as both a life skill and a public policy priority. For nearly four decades the Trust has empowered workforces and the wider public to manage aggression and violence, campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of stalking and harassment, and influenced national policy and law to create a safer society.
The Trust’s campaigning and policy work has led to key changes in legislation and practice nationally, including supporting the introduction of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, and the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which introduced specific offences for stalking, and the 2020 Stalking Protection Orders.
Preventing sexual harassment at work
In partnership with law firm Blake Morgan, the Trust has now developed a new series of training sessions for employers, along with Blake Morgan’s leading employment law team. The series is designed to constitute a reasonable step that employers can take as part of compliance with the duty on all employers, to take reasonable steps (from October, all reasonable steps) to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.
The sessions are delivered as an online, on demand service, which can be hosted on an employer’s own systems, or the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s Learning Management System (LMS).
From Blake Morgan, the initiative will be led by Partner and Head of the London Employment team, Bob Cordran, and the initiative is part of the firm’s commitment to be an exemplar in diversity and inclusivity practices, which is being steered by Chair and Senior EDI Champion, Helen Bunker.
Blake Morgan has been ranked in The Inclusive Top 50 Employers for nine consecutive years, including in the most recent 2025/26 list.
Employers that are interested in receiving this training for their own organisations are encouraged to get in contact via email at [email protected].
Helen Bunker, Chair and Senior EDI Champion at Blake Morgan, said:
We’re really proud to be able to work with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to deliver this training, which we hope will be a useful resource for employers as we collectively aim to create safer workplaces for all.
Our firm’s legal expertise, combined with the Trust’s powerful campaigning to influence public policy, means we can offer a well-rounded programme that is distinctive, inclusive, and practical.
Suzy Bhaker, CEO of Suzy Lamplugh Trust, said:
As specialists in personal safety and Violence Against Women and Girls, we are proud to be partnering with leading law firm Blake Morgan to develop this pioneering, legally approved training on sexual harassment in the workplace.
Not only is this content aimed at being one of the reasonable steps to address sexual harassment in the workplace required by the Equality Act 2010, it empowers employers to cultivate a culture where every employee feels safe, respected and able to thrive.
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