Fighting slavery with floristry

We use floristry to help modern slavery survivors experience restoration and empowerment.

  • "Strength & Stem helped me to be independent and an empowered woman. They are like a second family to me. They helped me to get my life back and learn to trust again"

    2024 Graduate

  • "I've been through a lot in my life, but finding something that can help, and a place where you can have fun and meet new people... it's a big help. We're like sisters"

    2022 Graduate

  • "It's better than therapy"

    2023 Graduate

  • "We support each other to have a beautiful community. Strength & Stem helped us in a friendly way to see what we could actually do. I felt free to be loved in my own way. It has shown me that I am capable of doing something in my life"

    2024 Graduate

  • "Your care is helping me to be strong. When I wear my Strength & Stem bag, I feel proud. When I come here, I feel relaxed, its like a barrier comes up that keeps the bad things away"

    2024 Graduate

  • "I’ve never felt so good in my life. When you work with the beautiful flowers it makes you forget everything"

    2024 Graduate

  • "Working with flowers makes me feel alive. Slowly, slowly it changes me"

    2022 Graduate

Strength & Stem is a charity and social enterprise that uses floristry to empower female modern slavery survivors.

Vision

We want to see female survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking restored from their trauma, empowered for the future, and able to sustain a good quality of life.

Mission

We aim to achieve our vision by offering tailored skills training (including vocational floristry training), work experience, mentorship, and a supportive community.

Programmes

Our holistic programmes are designed to help prepare survivors for employment and increase their sense of wellbeing and community. If you are personally interested in our programmes, or you are a Support Worker/Charity and would like to refer a woman in your service, please visit our programmes and referrals page for more information.

Social Enterprise

Our social enterprise florist exists to provide further training and employment to programme alumni, in addition to sustainable income for our charitable work. When you book a workshop with us, you’re helping to fight slavery with floristry.

Annual report and accounts

You can find find our latest annual reports and accounts on our website here.

Blooming Hope

Every quarter we send out our newsletter, Blooming Hope, with all the latest news on Strength & Stem’s programmes, our fundraising and partnerships and our team. You can read our past newsletters on our News page, and sign up for the newsletter below.