The Suzy Lamplugh Trust has today launched the Right to be Safe appeal on the 30th anniversary of estate agent Suzy’s disappearance.

The 25 year old disappeared without a trace whilst showing a client around a house in Fulham on the 28th July 1986 and was never seen again, in spite of the ensuing media circus and intensive police activity.

The Right to be Safe appeal hopes to help young people stay safe whether at school, college, on the street, online or at work.

Today, on the Trust’s 30th anniversary, the charity is holding an event, at the UBM building, London, focusing on what has changed in the workplace since Suzy’ s disappearance, in a bid to raise awareness of the issues surrounding workplace safety.

The event will explore how businesses with frontline and lone workers can maintain personal safety.

Latest figures from 2014/15 show that 142 people were killed at work and 76,000 injuries to employees were reported.

Mental health issues including stress, anxiety and depression, gave rise to the most working days lost and the most common physical or psychosocial risk cited by two thirds of workplaces was ‘dealing with difficult customers, patients and pupils.’

This was placed higher than risks such as lifting, chemical substances, slips, trips or falls and machinery.

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust was created shortly after Suzy’s disappearance and over the past 30 years has delivered personal safety training to over 50,000 people.

The charity has also been instrumental in campaigning for private hire vehicle licensing in London, bringing about the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 which dealt with stalkers and setting up the National Stalking Helpline, which was the world’s first specialist service dedicated to supporting victims of stalking.

For more information about the appeal and to donate please visit www.suzylamplugh.org.