Starting at Freedom Church and walking around the city with posters about antislavery in unity with thousands of people around the world who are also going to be doing the same thing.

The idea is to inform the public that modern slavery is still happening today and to give people information about how to spot signs & the Modern Slavery Helpline. 

For details of times see www.a21.org/walk

Organiser: Esther Gibbs - esther@manumitcoffee.co.uk; Website www.manumitcoffee.co.uk

On October 19th 2019, tens of thousands of people will gather all over the world for A21’s 6th annual fundraising and awareness event, the Walk For Freedom. Walks will take place in local communities in over 450 cities across 50 countries raising awareness for the millions enslaved across the globe.

Walk For Freedom is a global response to human trafficking—reaching millions with the important message: that slavery still exists. By fundraising and rallying thousands of people around the cause, the hope is that awareness would spread and lead to the identification and restoration of those who are being exploited.

The trailer for the 2019 Walk For Freedom can be seen here.

Contact: info.uk@a21.org

Bromsgrove Methodist Centre

On October 19th Bromsgrove and Redditch Soroptimists are holding a Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Day for members of the public.  The speakers will be talking about the things that they deal with in their organisations and help the public under stand about Slavery and Trafficking. We will also find out who to pass on any suspicions that we may have to help identify victims.

This event is free and open to the general public, but guests must register here

Full details available here

Event by Survivor Alliance UK in partnership with Greater Nottingham Modern Slavery Forum and Anti-Slavery International

Venue: The Belgrave Rooms, 25 Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 5LB

Bookings can be made here

Charity Bike Ride of 10 Cities, 10 Days: 7-18 October 2019 to Support the Survivors of Modern Slavery via Unseen and Hope for Justice. Justgiving Page here 

On the 18th Oct, approx 10 of us will cycle the final 40-mile final stage from Bracknell to London. Lola Baroness Young of Hornsey OBE will welcome us at Victoria Tower Gardens, beside the Houses of Parliament. If you’d like to invite folk to cheer us ‘home’ we estimate we’ll be rolling in between 1-2pm. They can get in touch with Gordon Miller find out more via email

Here’s the full route of 10 cities in 10 days from 7-18 October. Between the 14-18th, we’ll be cycling Bristol-Cardiff-Stroud-Didcot-Bracknell-London. University of South Wales are welcoming us into Cardiff on stage 6 on 14 October. 

Belton Woods Hotel, Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office are hosting a Modern Slavery Awareness Conference. This event is ideal for businesses and organisations that want to learn about what modern slavery is and how to help tackle this issue. If your organisation is already aware of what modern slavery is, this event presents as a great networking event from a wide variety of organisations to help build strong bonds between other like-minded businesses.

There will be guest speakers from Lincolnshire Police, Crimestoppers and Stronger together who will help keep you informed on current approaches to identify modern slavery. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

This is a free conference but you must register by emailing Lincolnshire-PCC@lincs.pnn.police.uk for an invitation.

Workshop delivered by Survivor Alliance UK.  

Venue: Nottinghamshire Deaf Society, 22 Forest Road West, Nottingham, NG7 4EQ

Bookings page here

The Scotsman Hotel, 20 North Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1TR.

On the day registration for the event will begin at 9.30 am.  The event is scheduled to finish at 4.00 pm.

 Tickets can be ordered following the link below and unless sold out, will be available till the 10 October 2019.
Open to relevant stakeholders only.

Link here

If you have any requirements to enable you to attend this event, please email human.trafficking@gov.scot.

The Humber Modern Slavery Partnership, along with Humberside Police, are organising a Modern Slavery Response day to be held on Friday 18th October.

The event coincides with International Anti-Slavery Day and will be made up of two useful and important parts. The day will begin with a table top exercise which will run through an example case of modern slavery occurring in Humberside. This will give partners the chance to work together to identify potential gaps in provision and generate a joined up approach in order to provide the best possible response and care to potential victims.

The second part of the day will be police led, providing a briefing to partners on the current profile of modern slavery in the Humberside region. From this, police will be asking partners for intelligence they may hold on specific cases in order to improve police responses, prevention and prosecution of modern slavery crimes in our area.

This event is by invitation only. Contact Andrew Smith A.Smith9@hull.ac.uk for more details

Safer Cumbria will mark Anti-Slavery Day by donating “Starter Bags” for survivors of Modern Slavery.

The bags have been put together by our local Soroptimists and will be stored safely with our Churches Together in Cumbria group.

Starter bags contain good-quality, essential items including underwear, nightwear, t-shirts, leggings, toiletries, notepad and pen and will be delivered to reception centres, many of which are provided by local churches if survivors do not want to attend a police station.

The “Starter Bags” have been funded by our local Rotary Club and the PCC Property Fund.

For more details on the work of the Cumbria partnership, see sandra.radcliffe@cumbria.police.uk

IOM UK Migration Seminar Series 2019 - Making a difference with data: how is data helping end human trafficking and modern slavery?

The International Organization for Migration (IOM)- UN Migration, jointly with the Institute for Global Affairs at the London School of Economics (IGA LSE) are co-hosting a seminar entitled ‘Making a difference with data: how is data helping end human trafficking and modern slavery?’

London School of Economics
FAW 9.04. Floor 9, Fawcett House, LSE
Clement’s Inn
London
WC2A 2AZ

Register here

Bush House Arcade, King’s College London

15th October 2019, 6.00pm-8pm

On 15 October, join Sara Shamma; Rachel Witkin, Helen Bamber Foundation; Professor Parosha Chandran, The Dickson Poon School of Law (King’s College London); and Dr Siân Oram, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) for a panel discussion as part of the Sara Shamma: Modern Slavery exhibition programme, extrapolating the political, artistic and humanitarian issues raised by the exhibition

Public event, booking required. Register here

Burges Salmon, One Glass Wharf, Bristol, BS2 0ZX.

The event will be bringing together Bristol based, national and global businesses to talk about modern slavery, learn more about what we can do as individuals and businesses to help fight slavery, and how you can join Unseen to make a difference in our own communities.

There will also be an opportunity to ask an expert panel any questions you may have about the issue. Speakers include Will Morgan from HSBC Group Public Affairs, Jaya Chakrabarti MBE who is the CEO of tiscreport.org, the world’s largest corporate transparency platform and Andrew Wallis OBE, CEO and founder of anti-slavery charity, Unseen UK.

This event is free and open to the general public, but guests must register at: https://see-the-unseen.eventbrite.co.uk or by emailing admin@unseenuk.org before 10th October.

Event invitation here

The Lindens, Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton

Table top event to work through real life midlands based case studies of MD rescues and safeguarding victims to ensure that the pathways in Wolverhampton are robust and fit for purpose and identify any learning. Event will be lead by Robin Brierley from West Midlands Anti-slavery network.

Lynsey Kelly – lynsey.kelly@wolverhampton.gov.uk

This event is invite only, however the invite can be extended if partners are identified.

We will be on Queen Street, Cardiff giving out 1000's of packets of skittles with stickers on to raise awareness and we hope this will also happen in Swansea with a few students and in Bridgend too. Members of the Forum will be invited to assist following the meeting if they possibly can.

Heather will tell us about a children's book which will be released very soon to highlight the issues of Modern Slavery to youngsters. In support of the red community initiative -‘paint the town red ‘Welsh Govt will be lighting up in red  a number of Govt Buildings, inc Welsh office, Cardiff City Hall

Organiser: Heather Lewis - heather@redcommunity.co.uk; Website www.redcommunity.co.uk