Outstanding Contributions Awards Shortlist
In partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, our awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Fight Against Slavery recognise individuals and organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors who have gone beyond expectations in fighting Modern Slavery within their field. Many worthy nominations were received but those shortlisted were chosen where nomination forms demonstrated significant impact made or going beyond the call of duty.
Book your place for the Awards Ceremony 18th October 1pm here.
Reducing Vulnerabilities Shortlist
Carmen Clarke, Khai Tzdek
Paul Withrington, Porchlight
Sian Owen, Hidden Voices Somerset
SPACE
UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET)
Read more about the shortlisted nominees here.
Rebuilding Lives Shortlist
Amanda Chapman, Street Talk
Julia Tomas and Lynsey Montford, The Passage
Stephen Hay, Medaille Trust
Temiptope Adekoya, ECPAT UK
The West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network, SafePlace
Read more about the shortlisted nominees here.
Empowering Survivor Voices Shortlist
Emily Vaughn
Kimberley Hutchison
Pan Intercultural Arts
Migrants at Work
Shpresa Programme
Read more about the shortlisted nominees here.
Statutory Services Shortlist
Enfield Modern Slavery Team
Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Council
Morgan Mead, Birmingham City Council
Operation Defiant Taskforce British Transport Police
Willow Team Hampshire Children’s Services
Read more about the shortlisted nominees here.
Media Awards Shortlist
The Anti-Slavery Day Media Awards 2021 recognise the work of those in the media who have highlighted the nature and prevalence of Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking between August 2019 to August 2021.
Best written opinion piece dealing with Modern Slavery or Human Trafficking shortlist:
Matt Reynolds, Kalayaan for Thomas Reuters Foundation ‘UK’s Migrant Domestic Workers Need Protection and Rights’ Read here
Sarah Jones MP, The Times ‘County Lines Gangs are Abusing our Children While Ministers Dither’ Read here.
Louise Hulland, iNews ‘We Escaped Modern Slavery and Have Big Dreams for the Future — But Thousands More Like Us Need Help’ Read here.
Andrew Bridgen, Conservative Home ‘It Shouldn’t Have Taken a Pandemic to Expose the Scandal of Leicester’s Sweatshops’ Read here.
Iain Duncan Smith, The Times ‘Help and Protection for Modern Slavery Victims will Beat Gang Bosses’ Read here.
Best news piece dealing with Modern Slavery or Human Trafficking shortlist:
May Bulman, The Independent ‘Modern Slavery: Support Workers Warned Not To Speak Out about Fears for Victims’ Read here.
Morgan Meaker, The Telegraph ‘Global Solar Industry Faces up to its Problems in Xinjiang’ Read here.
Lucy Watson, ITV News 'UK Risks Becoming a Haven for Trafficking Exploitation Post-Brexit' Read here.
Ottavia Spaggiari, The Guardian ‘Escape: The Woman who Brought her Trafficker to Justice’ Read here.
Zak Garner-Purkis, Construction News ‘Construction was Modern Slavery Hotspot During Lockdown’ Read here.
Best investigative news article dealing with Modern Slavery or Human Trafficking shortlist:
Steve Boggan, Sunday Times Magazine 'Slave Trade on the Frontline' Read here.
Robert Wright, Financial Times ‘Behind Closed Doors: Modern Slavery in Kensington’ Read here.
Ylenia Gostoli, Al Jazeera ‘The Domestic Workers Fleeing Modern Slavery in the UK’ Read here.
Jane Bradley and Emily Dugan, Buzzfeed ‘Hundreds Of Child Trafficking Victims Have Been Refused The Right To Stay In The UK’ Read here.
Joel Gunter, BBC News ‘The Cost of Speaking Up Against China’ Read here.
Best broadcast piece dealing with Modern Slavery or Human Trafficking shortlist:
Jackie Long and Faye Clark, Channel Four News ‘Majority of UK Modern Slavery Victims are Children’ Watch here.
BBC Panorama ‘The Hunt for Britain's Slave Gangs’ Watch here.
Jeremy Howe (Editor), BBC Radio 4 ‘The Archers’ (Modern Slavery Storyline) Listen here.
Donya Lamrhari, The Children’s Society ‘Disrupting Exploitation Podcast’ Listen here.
