1st August 2025
The Talk About Trust Charity continues to work closely with the Home Office, police, medics and the night time economy to try to reduce the incidences of spiking and improve outcomes for victims. We are pleased to report that progress is being made and you can read an update from the Home Office below. Vape spiking is also very much on our radar with spice contaminated vapes being a real issue. Do read on to see how we can support your health and wellbeing and safeguarding for freshers in the new academic year. As part of our work, we are able to offer posters and awareness cards free of charge. These are perfect for school sixth forms and also colleges and universities for Freshers' events! We also have pdf advice, and SMS messaging service and student facing advice on our website www.life-stuff.org
Posters
We are able to provide 10 copies of three different spiking posters free of charge. These are really eye-catching and contain useful information on how to report and support as well as general safety advice.
Awareness cards
You can order 500 free handy credit card size awareness cards which are perfect to keep in a purse or wallet and include details on what to do if someone suspects they have been spiked and useful contacts. It also contains a QR code linking to our Life Stuff website for young people which provides further support around the prevalence of spiking, how to prevent it and what to do if things go wrong.
Please order your resources via kate@talkabouttrust.org.
Visits to your college or university We are always pleased to come to your college or university and hold student talks, attend freshers events with stalls and train staff.
Pictured above is a session we delivered to Society Leads at Gloucester University and you can see further examples below. Please contact our regional staff for more information and to book: North: kathryn@talkabouttrust.org Midlands, South and West: karen@talkabouttrust.org and sarah@talkabouttrust.org Scotland: ailsa@talkabouttrust.org Other areas: kate@talkabouttrust.org
CEO Helena on BBC News discussing spiking, St Hilda's, Oxford, and North Coordinator Kathryn at a Freshers' Fair