Partnership is essential to effective action against modern slavery. Throughout the UK many different organisations are working hard to prevent slavery, promote identification of victims, provide support services to survivors, and ensure that slavery cannot flourish.
Explore this toolkit to find out how to improve your local partnership’s response to slavery.
Featured updates
Recommendations of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings on the need to enhance anti-trafficking prevention amid mass migration flows
As people continue to flee Ukraine, there are growing concerns that criminal groups or individuals may move to exploit the most vulnerable in both transit and destination countries. These recommendations set out ways to address vulnerabilities of people seeking refuge in order to prevent this humanitarian crisis becoming a human trafficking crisis. The document has been welcomed by the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner Dame Sara Thornton, and is of increasing relevance to UK anti-slavery partnerships as we see an increase in Ukrainian refugees in our local areas.
Researching the extent and nature of Modern Slavery in Oxford
This Elmore Community Services report was commissioned by Oxford City Council, and presents findings of a three year long research project working to better estimate the extent and nature of modern slavery in Oxford. This work is a particularly good example of local collaboration and knowledge sharing; participant organisations included the police, council, NHS, and third sector organisations.
Help us to improve this toolkit
To make the best use of this energy and commitment we need to share resources and knowledge. This toolkit presents a selection of resources which may be useful to those planning multi-agency anti-slavery activity, or already working within anti-slavery partnerships. We are grateful to all those who have shared information and data with us so far, and welcome suggestions for further materials we could include: