The Foundation coordinates the Anti-slavery London Working Group (LWG), consisting of over 90 statutory and non-statutory member organisations. The LWG currently operates as a mailing list but has ad hoc meetings when required to identify gaps in the response to modern slavery in the capital and work collaboratively to address these challenges.
It is the only pan-London anti-slavery partnership of its kind. Members can raise issues they’ve encountered in London, (for example in relation to a survivor’s case) and the LWG shares expertise, good practice and tools and works together to develop solutions. The LWG also provides collective feedback to consultations and to calls for evidence.
Members include NGOs, diaspora community groups, NHS professionals, the Metropolitan Police Central Specialist Crime Team for Modern Slavery, the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), Government bodies, (including the Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government) law firms and academics.
If your organisation would like to join the London Working Group or raise a point for discussion, please contact divya@humantraffickingfoundation.org
work BY THE LONDON WORKING GROUP:
The London Working Group responded to the consultation on the Mayor of London’s draft Police and Crime Plan 2021-25. Read the full submission here.
Thirty members of the LWG called on the London Mayoral Candidates Pledge to prioritise modern slavery if elected in May 2021. The main mayoral candidates, including current Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey, Liberal Democrat candidate Luisa Porritt, Green Party candidate Sian Berry and Women’s Equality Party candidate Mandu Reid have signed the pledge. Within this they have agreed to develop London’s first dedicated modern slavery strategy. Read the full pledge here.
The LWG developed Guidance for Local Authorities
The London Working Group contributed to the Mayor's consultation on the Police and Crime Plan for London 2017-2021. Read the full submission here.
Members of the london working group:
A21, AFRUCA, Aire Centre, AJ Immigration, Al-Aman Project, Anti-Slavery International, Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), ATLEU, Bakhita Centre for Research on Slavery, Exploitation and Abuse, Barnardos, BCHA, Bolt Burdon Kemp, BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET), British Red Cross, Business in the Community, Care, Caritas Bakhita House, City Hearts, Crimestoppers, Crisis, Croydon Communities Against Trafficking, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Doughty Street Chambers, Duncan Lewis, ECPAT, East European Resource Centre, Ellas Home, Emerge Worldwide, Fi-ND, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), Freedom2, Garden Court Chambers, GLAA, Glass Door, Greater London High Sheriff, Helen Bamber Foundation, HERA, Hestia, Hibiscus, HMRC, Home Office – Immigration Enforcement Vulnerability Team, Home Office Modern Slavery Unit, Hope for Justice, Housing for Women, Human Trafficking Foundation, Office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, International Justice Mission, International Organisation for Migration, JAM Network London, Jesuit Refugee Service, Justice and Care, Kalayaan, Latin American Women's Rights Service (LAWRS), Life Essence UK, Local Government Authority, London Councils, Love146, LSE, Medaille, Medical Justice, Metropolitan Police Central Specialist Crime Team, Migrants Legal Rights, Modern Slavery Survivor Collective, MOPAC, National Crime Agency, NHS England, Nia, NSPCC, National Ugly Mugs, Ollalo House, Rahab, Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre, Refuge, Refugee and Migrant Forum Of Essex & London, Routes Home, Shiva Foundation, Shpresa, Simpson Millar, the Snowdrop Project, Sophie Hayes Foundation, SPACE, St Giles Trust, St Mungos, STOP THE TRAFFIK, Tamar Westminster, The Children's Society, The Passage, The Salvation Army, The Traveller Movement, Unicef, Unseen UK, Victim Support, Vietnamese Mental Health Service, VITA Training, Voice of Domestic Workers, Voluntary Return Service, Wilson LLP, Wonder Foundation, Work Rights Centre