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@SlaveryFree

Trying to eradicate modern slavery in the UK with an online hub website. Took part in @HayFestival in 2021 to raise awareness.

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Joined September 2013
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Modern slavery helpline calls surge from care staff bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67151672
Modern slavery helpline calls surge from care staff

Modern slavery helpline calls surge from care staff

Unscrupulous employers and agents are charging workers thousands to plug gap in social care.

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County lines: How a child’s phones helped smash a trafficking gang - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64405535
County lines: How a child’s phones helped smash a trafficking gang

County lines: How a child’s phones helped smash a trafficking gang

Six members of a county lines gang are jailed for trafficking a teenage drug runner.

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'Despicable' modern slavers in Cambridgeshire forced their victim to give up her newborn baby | ITV News Anglia itv.com/news/anglia/2023-01-…
'Despicable' couple who enslaved woman forced her to give up newborn baby | ITV News

'Despicable' couple who enslaved woman forced her to give up newborn baby | ITV News

The violent couple forced her back to work the day she gave birth, and stole thousands from her in wages over more than four years. | ITV News Anglia

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Majority of UK modern slavery victims are children, report says – Channel 4 News channel4.com/news/majority-o…
Majority of UK modern slavery victims are children, report says

Majority of UK modern slavery victims are children, report says

 Modern slavery often conjures up visions of people brought from abroad in the backs of lorries, the fastest-growing group of victims is British - the majority of them children.

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Gwent Police modern slavery unit on why referrals are rising | South Wales Argus ⁦@TomMoodyArgus⁩ southwalesargus.co.uk/news/2…
The majority of modern slavery cases in Gwent last year related to British children

The majority of modern slavery cases in Gwent last year related to British children

THE NUMBER of modern slavery cases referred to Gwent Police for investigation have risen in the last year.

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Modern slavery crime reports are 11 times higher than in 2015, new data reveals inews.co.uk/news/modern-slav…
Modern slavery crime reports are 11 times higher than in 2015, new data reveals

Modern slavery crime reports are 11 times higher than in 2015, new data reveals

The Home Office has claimed that the modern slavery system is being abused by migrants but charity fears this makes it harder to speak out

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Inside the city centre sex trade which has taken over from massage parlours - Manchester Evening News manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
Inside the city centre sex trade which has taken over from massage parlours

Inside the city centre sex trade which has taken over from massage parlours

“Pop-up brothels are the biggest thing. There are very few massage parlours now.”

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Modern slavery cases drop in Dorset but over half of referrals are children | Bridport and Lyme Regis News dorsetecho.co.uk/news/230592…
Modern slavery cases drop in Dorset but over half of referrals are children

Modern slavery cases drop in Dorset but over half of referrals are children

Dozens of potential slavery victims were referred to Dorset Police in the last year as the Home Office reveals plans to restrict claims to stop alleged ‘abuse’ of the system.

dorsetecho.co.uk
Police and Crime Commissioner highlights the signs of modern slavery warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2…
Police and Crime Commissioner highlights the signs of modern slavery

Police and Crime Commissioner highlights the signs of modern slavery

TODAY marks Anti-Slavery Day and Police and Crime Commissioner, John Dwyer, is urging the public to learn the signs of modern slavery and understand where they can report concerns in order to help...

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Sharp rise in the number of slavery reports across Cumbria | News and Star ⁦@isaaccoopernews⁩ newsandstar.co.uk/news/23060…

Reports of modern slavery cases more than doubled in Cumbria over past year

Dozens of potential slavery victims were referred to Cumbria Constabulary in the last year, figures show.

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Children being trafficked to live in slavery in Ireland as survivors call Ireland a ‘haven’ for traffickers | The Irish Sun thesun.ie/news/9572757/child…

Children being trafficked to live in slavery in Ireland as survivors call Ireland a ‘haven’ for...

SURVIVORS of human trafficking have described Ireland as a “haven” for traffickers, with a “huge number” of them exploiting women, children and men. Child trafficking is not just confined to migran…

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On Anti-Slavery Day virtue signalling is not enough constructionmanagement.co.uk…
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South London GPs agree to ditch ID checks as slavery victims are too scared to attend in case they're kicked out the UK - MyLondon mylondon.news/news/south-lon…
South London GPs ditch ID checks as patients scared they'll be kicked out the UK

South London GPs ditch ID checks as patients scared they'll be kicked out the UK

Of the 40 GPs in Southwark, 37 have signed-up to the initiative

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Modern slavery: 230 people rescued in North East in one year - BBC News ⁦@BBCNews⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ty…
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Criminal gangs tighten grip on modern slavery in the UK | The Salvation Army ⁦@salvationarmyuk⁩ salvationarmy.org.uk/news/cr…

Criminal gangs tighten grip on modern slavery in the UK

New report shows rise in modern slavery victims referred to Salvation Army support.

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Ten-year slavery order imposed on owner of Kent hand car wash business | News | Forecourt Trader ⁦@ForecourtTrader⁩ forecourttrader.co.uk/latest…

Ten-year slavery order imposed on owner of Kent hand car wash business

The owner of a Kent hand car wash has had a 10-year slavery order imposed on him by a court.

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British cyclist in US trek to raise awareness of modern slavery in sports | Darlington and Stockton Times darlingtonandstocktontimes.c…
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Modern Slavery Is Still Happening In The UK – Here's One Woman's Story | Glamour UK ⁦@GlamourMagUK⁩ glamourmagazine.co.uk/articl…
My story of modern slavery in the UK

My story of modern slavery in the UK

‘I worked from 6am to midnight and wasn’t allowed to leave. It was like a prison.’

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Fresh plans to protect people from modern slavery in South Tyneside | Sunderland Echo sunderlandecho.com/news/poli…
Fresh plans to protect people from modern slavery in South Tyneside

Fresh plans to protect people from modern slavery in South Tyneside

A new plan aiming to protect people in South Tyneside from modern slavery has been given the green light by borough councillors.

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READ NOW: Survivors of modern slavery who created a quilt that reflects their pasts and future dreams have said it made them believe "nothing is impossible". slaveryfreeuk.org/modern-sla…
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