Really interesting lunchtime seminar hosted by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights PEC which highlighted systemic failures to identify and protect survivors of modern slavery in UK prisons.

Chris Ash talks about their research on ethical storytelling in the anti-trafficking movement, Listen to Chris on our podcast: Transformative potential of meaningful engagement of lived experience. Available on our website and all major platforms 👇 modernslaverypec.org/latest/transfo…

A conference on 'Responses to Modern Slavery' will be hosted at Wilberforce Institute on 26th March 2024. Deadline for submissions is 31st Jan - please apply (and share!). Call for papers available here: hull.ac.uk/research/insti… Please retweet.

Huge thank you to Mel Mardle Books for sending me a copy of Danielle Marin’s ‘Top Girl’, one of the modern slavery memoirs I have selected for analysis in my thesis!

One week left for abstract submissions for a conference on 'Responses to Modern Slavery' at Wilberforce Institute on 26th March.

On Friday, we installed our Uncovering Modern Slavery exhibition with survivor artwork on loan from Justice and Care at the stunning Grimsby Minster. The exhibition will run until mid-March (closed Mondays). #partnerships Wilberforce Institute Humberside PCC #KnowledgeExchange

The University & the Salvation Army Anti-Trafficking & Modern Slavery Dept are offering a fully funded PhD scholarship: Investigating the Long-term Reintegration of People With Lived Experience of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Deadline: 25/03/2024 tinyurl.com/2fmc7jc9

Such an interesting workshop this morning delivered by The REIGN Collective It was great to hear more about their work and suggestions for ways in which survivors might choose to use their lived experience to generate real change ✨

Next read for my thesis: ‘Just a Child’ by @sammywoodhouse1

Laura Skinner of Cultures of Incarceration Centre is doing a PhD examining the politics of “modern slavery memoirs”, a genre in its own right. Her exploration of publishers’ motivations, the visual narratives of the covers, & the redemptive arc were totally intriguing &

Really excited to be hosting a creative writing workshop today for the Sophie Hayes Foundation CREW survivor network 📝✨

Such an incredible group with some very talented creative writers! ❤️

This cup poem written by members of the Sophie Hayes Foundation CREW network who attended the creative writing workshop I hosted last week was too good not to share 🤩

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#SURVIVORSTORY ♥️ We believe in uplifting survivors' voices. Today, we share the story of one of our incredible participants, *Victoria, in her own words. To read Victoria's full #story, click the link below: sophiehayesfoundation.org/post/victoria-… *Name changed for participant's privacy

The [email protected] surveyed modern slavery survivors about their experiences of sharing their stories publicly - with 50% indicating they experienced consent violations related to their choices around sharing their story. Read the preliminary findings: nationalsurvivornetwork.org/wp-content/upl…

Thank you to the The Guardian for their tribute to Professor Trevor Burnard, referring to his “brilliance and compassion” and his support for emerging researchers.  theguardian.com/education/arti…

A new BBC One documentary has highlighted how the brutal exploitation of 16 people went undetected for years in the UK. Our Navigators have supported many of the survivors involved and we were thrilled to see the traffickers recently convicted on all charges. 🧵

You can apply now to join our Centre for Violence, Victimisation and Vulnerability if you are working in these areas hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/r…