It was great to meet the team at STOP THE TRAFFIK Group this week to hear about their operational and preventative work in anti-trafficking and speak about what more can be achieved through collaboration to support victims of modern slavery.

Great to be joined by colleagues at UK Feminista and CEASE UK on a visit to meet the team at Women At The Well. We heard about the important work they do every day supporting women affected by or at risk of sexual exploitation.

Good to meet with with Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, to speak about our shared priorities tackling exploitation and violence against women and girls Metropolitan Police

Great visit to a Hestia safe house to meet the team and hear about the important work they do to support victims of modern slavery

Good to join The Business Services Association Modern Slavery Council with Chair Madeline Fitton. At the Modern Slavery Training Workshop we collaborated across businesses to create training material that will be used by frontline workers to help them to identify and support victims of modern slavery.

Listening to the voices of survivors of modern slavery is critical. The IASC pays testament to the survivors of child sexual exploitation in Telford who have worked tirelessly to share learnings and make sure children are safe and free from exploitation shropshirestar.com/news/crime/202…

Good to see the King’s Speech includes legislation to support victims, tackle criminal gangs and strengthen policing, and end violence against women and girls. The IASC will work to ensure the voices of modern slavery victims are heard as these Bills progress

Great to work with Laura Durán UCL Every Child Protected Against Trafficking 🧡 on their report. Children should be in safe loving environments not in Home Office hotels which make them vulnerable to traffickers. Everything must be done to find the missing children ecpat.org.uk/Handlers/Downl…

Across the UK and in our local communities women and girls are being trafficked and sexually exploited. This must end now. Read the IASC’s brief on what needs to happen to end this Violence Against Women and Girls: antislaverycommissioner.co.uk/media/1841/pol…

Trafficking victims must be able to access legal aid and compensation. The After Exploitation 🧡 shows that 82% survivors were turned away from compensation - this needs to be urgently addressed. You can read the IASC’s comments here: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

The IASC was pleased to launch the Rights Lab Causeway Charity project ‘Building a Safe Space: Optimising Maternity Care for Survivors of Modern Slavery’. This is important research into how we can best support survivor mothers and babies.

Good to meet with Chief Constable John Robins and Assistant Chief Constable Carl Galvin at West Yorkshire Police to meet the team and discuss their work tackling modern slavery and serious organise crime

Today is #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking In the UK 44% of victims of modern slavery experienced exploitation as children. We must do all we can to prevent children from being exploited and provide safety and support for all victims #LeaveNoChildBehind UN Office on Drugs & Crime

For 10 years labour exploitation has been the most reported form of exploitation in the UK, this has been seen in the care and agricultural sectors in particular. Read here what needs to change now to tackle this and help victims: antislaverycommissioner.co.uk/media/1843/24-…

The IASC has written about why it’s so important to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking of children after speaking at Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking. In the UK 44% of potential victims of modern slavery were exploited as children. Read here: taskforceonht.org/articles/uk-an…

Across the country children are exploited by criminal gangs to deal drugs, for sexual exploitation, and used as money mules - this must change. The perpetrators must be held to account. More must be done to protect children. Read here what needs to change: antislaverycommissioner.co.uk/media/1846/24-…

Good to visit Andy Pritchard Assistant Chief Constable for the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate and his team to hear about their work to increase prosecutions of modern slavery and safeguard victims of this horrific crime. Kent Police (UK)

More must be done to increase the prosecutions of the horrific crimes of modern slavery. Prison and probation services also have an important role to play in identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery. Read more here: crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/p…

Good to meet with Victims’ Commissioner London this week to hear about her work on protecting victims, how we can improve advocacy for victims and also do more to include survivor voices.

The IASC has contributed to Hestia report which exposes the stark reality of modern slavery and how it is happening on our streets and in communities. It shows the public want more to be done to prevent modern slavery and protect victims. Read here hestia.org/news/hestia-un…