Tackling Modern Slavery Together: One Year On

10am: Welcome with Bishop Alastair

Session 1: Modern Slavery: on the Statutes

• Looking back over the Year: an interview with Bishop Alastair• Keynote speech: Ruth Dearnley OBE• Q&A

Lunch

Session 2: Modern Slavery: Tackling Sexual Exploitation

• Introduction - Bishop Alastair• Keynote speech 2: The Perspective of a Survivor Activist - Diane Martin CBE• The reality of the demand for prostitution - Kat Banyard• Tackling prostitution in practice - Alan Caton OBE

Session 3: Modern Slavery: The Derby Perspective

• Introduction by Bishop Alastair• The Derby City and County Modern Slavery Partnership - Dawn Robinson• DI Harry Dick - the work of Derbyshire Police; Natalie Walters, Safe and Sound - safeguarding exploited children; and Restore - working with adults

Q&A session

3.30 pm – close by Bishop Alastair

2014• Derby Human Trafficking Summit

• Introduction of East Midlands Anti Trafficking Partnership

• End Demand campaign launched

• Appointment of Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Kevin Hyland OBE

• Joint declaration of global faith leaders against modern slavery, The Vatican

• Karen Bradley MP, Minister of State for Modern Slavery, visits Derby

2015• Derby and Derbyshire Modern Slavery Partnership set action plan

• DDMSP join the Human Trafficking Foundation, National Network.

• Modern Slavery awareness training day, Derby

• Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority: Exploited Workers Conference, Ipro Stadium, Derby

• Truro Modern Slavery Conference

• The Modern Slavery Act 2015 becomes law • DCC present at Adult Safe Guarding Conference

• One year on event in Derby

Today’s timetable

The Bishop of Derby, Rt Revd Dr Alastair Redfern

One of the highlights of last year’s event was the forming of partnerships around Derbyshire. It was a partnership between Derby City and Derbyshire County Councils, the diocese and the

police that has resulted in the production of this new awareness card. The pocket-size card contains information and advice to help people spot the signs of trafficking.

Although legislation has been put in place to provide a framework for the fight against modern slavery – that substantial achievement represents just the first stage in an urgent task. The crime of modern slavery is becoming more widespread across the world – and is developing in our own City and County. The key to a successful response depends upon intelligence, effective support for victims and a coordinated response from the police, other statutory agencies, and those of us in the voluntary sector who can provide vital extra resourcing. Today represents an important stage on this journey. We will have an opportunity to deepen our awareness of key issues through the eyes of those caught up in this criminality. We will further attune our capacity to empower our own networks in terms of awareness and intelligence gathering, and we

will explore in more depth which partnerships locally might be most effective. The key challenge is to channel our compassion and our commitment into a network that can provide an effective response to the crime, the identification of victims, the pursuit of justice, and the long term care of those who have been abused. I am enormously grateful to our speakers, who bring an amazing range of wisdom and experience to help us make the most of this occasion. Thank you for giving up your time today. Please participate fully, and feel free to make further suggestions or contacts as we work together to make the fruits of today as effective as possible.

“The key challenge is to channel our compassion and our commitment into a network that can provide an effectiveresponce to the crime.”

What a difference a year makes

Modern Slavery Bill passed through Parliament

In March 2015 the Modern Slavery Bill gained Royal Assent becoming the second piece of anti-slavery legislation in 200 years. The Modern Slavery Act recognises that to tackle slavery as a criminal business, but also to support the many victims, requires a central legal framework, which can be used by the police, the judiciary, statutory agencies, and those who offer pastoral care. To support the new legislation, the government has introduced the Modern Slavery strategy which will provide a framework to enable collaborative work. However the Modern Slavery Act will not end slavery and trafficking – this will happen through disrupting market forces. It is everyone’s responsibility to query whether they are purchasing items which have been produced through labour exploitation; to be aware of human suffering in their community; to raise awareness; and not to accept that people are commodities to buy or sell for gratification. www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/contents/enacted

Over 27,000,000 is the currentestimate of slaves worldwide

Modern SlaveryIndicatorsVictims of trafficking in humans can be found in a variety of situations.

You can play a role in identifying such victims.

Child ExploitationDomestic ServitudeSexual ExploitationLabour ExploitationBegging & Petty Crime

Please call the policeon 999. Alternatively,

you can give information anonymously to the

charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111

Awareness card introduced

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Church leadership across the World

Pope Francis has made a personal priority to fight the evils of modern slavery. I have been privileged to attend several events at the Pontifical Social Sciences Institute in Rome – bringing

together expertise and energy from across the world. In addition, there is a special network of national police chiefs, and another involving mayors and leaders of major cities. Our efforts today are contributing to these important and ground breaking initiatives.

Today’s speakersRuth has been Chief Executive Officer of STOP THE TRAFFIK. Involved from its inception in September 2005, Ruth began by creating and delivering the communications strategy for the global campaign against people trafficking resulting in thousands of individuals becoming active campaigners. In 2008, STOP THE TRAFFIK delivered over 1.5 million declarations to the first United Nations global forum to fight people trafficking in Vienna; where all 192 countries were present. After the Vienna forum STOP THE TRAFFIK were given the role of UN.GIFT Special Advisor for Community Action against Human Trafficking to facilitate global change. Ruth is building a team of activists across 5 continents; and developing a movement involving global leaders in business, enforcement and thousands of volunteers across society.Ruth is committed to enabling global information gathering in order to understand and respond with effective intelligence driven intervention on the ground. She was honoured with the award of an OBE in the 2014.

Ruth Dearnley OBE

Having survived prostitution and trafficking in her late teens, Diane has spent nearly 20 years supporting women to exit prostitution; with 15 years as the Founder and Director of a specialist service for women involved in or exited from street prostitution; developing a range of services from street outreach, drop in and court diversion through to aftercare, counselling and life skill groups. In 2012 Diane started Dovetail Initiative which works with London Borough partnerships, the police and other organisations to develop and improve strategy, policy, prevention and exiting options within a violence against women and girls framework. She is also involved in campaigning for an End Demand approach to legislation as well as working with Church leadership in progressing work around prostitution and trafficking. In 2013 Diane was awarded a CBE for services to vulnerable women in prostitution.Diane Martin CBE

The course directly focuses on the demands placed upon businesses (who are involved in supply chain labour) as a consequence of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The legislation places the onus firmly on such businesses to ensure that there is no labour exploitation in that supply chain. Identification may be clear and sometimes much less so. Identification can occur on the frontline. There is an additional course for those involved in contract management, training workforce, Human Resource managers, and the like. This course involves more in depth

coverage of legislation, procedures, compliance with GLA, and (in the face to face training) how to undertake such interviews with labour suppliers that better ensure that the information obtained in those meetings with labour suppliers is reliable . The course will be assessed at different stages by knowledge checks, skills assessment, and the production of a reflective portfolio, and an action plan in the context of their work environment. University certification will be awarded for successful students.

The University of Derby’s new course: The Identification of Worker Exploitation

The Derby Mothers’ Union has worked hard to prepare emergency packs for rescued people. In partnership with Derbyshire Police, Agnes Garrett and Wendy Fitch have organised bags of personal supplies, such as toiletries, to assist with immediate victim support.

In addition, they have led awareness-raising meetings about modern slavery and the next training session in the Autumn will gather over 50 members.

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DI Harry Dick

With 25 years policing experience, currently Harry works in the Specialist Crime and Intelligence Unit as the Force Intelligence Bureau Manager, and have responsibilities in respect of Organised Immigration Crime, Human Trafficking and Exploitation (OICHTE). Project ADVENUS is a multi-agency operation which has been established in order to develop Derbyshire Police’s organisational understanding of Foreign National Offenders, (FNO) Organised Immigration Crime and Human Trafficking and Exploita-tion (OICHTE), in order to identify, reduce and mitigate risk.

Kat Banyard is author of The Equality Illusion: The Truth About Women and Men Today. In 2014 her book was dramatised in the play Blurred Lines, premiering at the National Theatre. Kat is also founder of UK Feminista - an organisation supporting grassroots feminist activism. In 2010 Kat was named by the Guardian as “the most influential young feminist in the country” and in 2011 was named one of the Observer’s 50 contemporary innovators, described as “Game-changers whose vision is transforming the world around us”. Kat currently coordinates the End Demand campaign - an alliance of organisations calling for the Sex Buyer Law to be adopted in the UK in order to end demand for commercial sexual exploitation.

@KatBanyard https://twitter.com/KatBanyardwww.katbanyard.org / www.ukfeminista.org.uk

Kat Banyard

Alan served as a police officer in his home county of Suffolk for thirty years during which time he led investigations into murder, rape, robbery and serious disorder.

Alan achieved national recognition when in 2006 he co-wrote the strategy and led the multi-agency response to tackle street prostitution in Ipswich after the tragic murders of five young women. The strategy has been hugely successful along with being instrumental in assisting other constabularies and local authorities to deal with street prostitution. In 2012 Alan was

awarded an OBE for his services to policing.

Since his retirement from policing Alan has been appointed as the Independent Chair for both Islington and Central Bedfordshire Safeguarding Children Boards’, a role that sees him coordinate the efforts of all the agencies represented on each of the Boards to achieve effective safeguarding, and to ensure that children and young people are being successfully safeguarded within the wider partnership.

Alan Caton OBE

Nathalie WaltersSafe and Sound works to keep children and young people safe and sound from sexual exploita-tion.We provide support directly to children, young people and families in Derby and Derbyshire affected by the abuse and deliver a nationwide programme of training to ensure that individuals receive the support they need to move forwards in their lives. www.safeandsound-group.org.uk

Dawn Robinson

Dawn has worked in a range of organisations working with communities, developing services and support for vulnerable people including Domestic Violence, mental Health, substance and alcohol abuse. She spent a number of years in the voluntary sector developing charities and supporting a range of services in particularly early intervention service for children. She currently works for Derby City Council leading on Community Cohesion, Integration and work to Prevent Extremism and Terrorism and is involved in work to safeguard vulnerable adults and children. She is the Chair of Derby City and County Modern Slavery Partnership.

Detective Sgt Paul Bullock

Detective Sgt Paul Bullock leads the Project Advenus team, coordinating the multi-agency approach to the identification and safeguarding of victims and the prosecution and disruption of criminal elements involved in Organised Immigration Crime, Human Trafficking and Exploitation (OICHTE).

RestoreRestore is a Christian outreach and support agency working with vulnerable women involved in prostitution. We offer encourage-ment and opportunities for change and support in regaining social responsibility and inclusion. We also offer further services for those facing exploitative circumstances. Working alongside vulnerable women and seeking to provide advocacy and help in overcoming barriers that oppose their freedom.

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