LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Learning & Development
Provided by the Sophie Hayes Foundation
Local authorities across the UK are at the sharp end of dealing with a variety of important issues related to modern slavery and human trafficking. These can include:
Victim identification
Perpetrator identification
alongside law enforcement
Provision of and signposting
to statutory and non-statutory support services for survivors
Sharing survivor perspectives
and lived experience
It is a difficult time for local authority leaders, elected members, and officials, as they look to balance the books and prioritise services. Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking is one amongst many urgent and complex issues councils will have to navigate, often without specialist and continued support and training.
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As a council leader, member, or official are you looking to understand your own and your colleagues awareness of the crimes of slavery and trafficking, how they can present or disguise within your local communities, and the pathways to freedom for survivors you can support within your area?
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Sophie Hayes Foundation offers a tailored training and development to local authorities in their efforts to build understanding and nuanced approaches to counter exploitation and support survivors.
We can provide training and development on the following topics:
Recognising the Signs
Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking in the local community
Reducing the Obstacles
Adapting local services and workplaces to be inclusive of survivors
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Supporting Survivors
Navigating the system from a survivors’ perspective
Empowering Survivors
Unlocking potential of survivors as actors for change in communities
Understanding the Impact
Hearing survivor experiences of exploitation in UK communities
Choosing Exploitation-Free Communities
Working with businesses and consumers to make exploitation-free choices
Training and development can be delivered in whatever way suits you best, but options could include:
Short one-off lunch & learn sessions
Full-Day training spanning multiple topics
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Sharing survivor perspectives and lived experience
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Training is delivered by our expert team with lived and extensive learnt experience of the modern slavery and human trafficking sector. We can provide introductory and follow-up information for your teams to ensure they take as much from the sessions as possible.
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We can help
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If you care passionately about making your community exploitation-free, raising your own awareness or that of your team on modern slavery, human trafficking, and the experience of survivors with local services, please get in touch.
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As a charity providing survivor services, our fees for training sessions support the delivering of our vital work. These range from between £500 for a one-off webinar, to £5,000 for a full-day training.