Referrals

Referrals for 2025 are now open!

We will welcome 15 women to our holistic employability and skills training programme this year.

The programme will run from May 2 to December 31 2025, with graduation in January 2026.

The purpose of the programme is to help modern slavery survivors experience restoration and empowerment by developing their wellbeing , community and a range of practical skills.

To refer yourself or someone you support, please complete the form linked below.

Referral/application process

  • Referrals close on 19 March 2025.

  • Written referral & short application

  • Interviews

  • Risk assessment

Who are the programmes for

  • Women under the National Referral Mechanism

  • Those who want to be employed in the future, build their social networks, develop their personal skills

  • Those who are able to make the commitment to the programme

  • Those who are interested in being creative with flowers

“Strength & Stem support women to regain their identity and understand the value they can bring. The unique element that Strength & Stem offer is an environment that is supportive and understanding, allowing survivors to lead the way. ”
— Manager, Hestia

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

    2022 Graduate

  • "I am very happy and very excited to learn because this is my future dream to have a business doing weddings"

    2022 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