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  • Tell your MP: “Hear survivors, support survivors”

    Tell your MP: “Hear survivors, support survivors”

    The problem Survivors of modern slavery, including human trafficking, are being let down. Most survivors have to fight for basics, like safe housing and counselling. At worst, survivors are at risk of homelessness, physical or emotional harm, poverty or re-trafficking because of the lack of help on offer once they come forward. “Many [survivors] are…

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  • # Stop Serco: How survivors of slavery are detained for profit

    # Stop Serco: How survivors of slavery are detained for profit

    Every year, thousands of vulnerable people including survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking are locked up under ‘immigration powers’. In these prison-like immigration detention centres, survivors are isolated from their communities, loved ones and the support they need. Companies, including SERCO, are making a huge profits from the misery. Serco continues to run detention…

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  • Opportunity: Campaign steering group [paid]

    Opportunity: Campaign steering group [paid]

    Background Survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking deserve recovery, justice and support. Yet, survivor rights have been undermined by a number of laws and policy changes in recent years. Data secured by After Exploitation shows that most survivors of modern slavery are not accessing counselling, safe housing, or advice through the system meant to support them.…

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  • Resource: Checklist for experts with lived experience

    Resource: Checklist for experts with lived experience

    18th December 2025 – Today, After Exploitation is launching a new resource for survivors of modern slavery. The Lived Experience Opportunity Checklist suggests things to consider, and questions to ask, when thinking about taking on an opportunity aimed at lived experience experts. The guide is compiled by Kehinde Ojo, Dr. Ndiweteko Jennifer Nghishitende and Maya…

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  • Explained: Immigration changes would harm survivors of modern slavery

    Explained: Immigration changes would harm survivors of modern slavery

    Joint letter to the Home Secretary Guide to immigration changes Social media action kit On 21st November 2025, the UK’s Home Secretary announced government plans to weaken protections for refugees, make it harder to seek asylum, and potentially make it more difficult to be recognised as a victim of modern slavery. Whilst many survivors of…

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  • “As I see it”: Beginners’ poetry workshop for survivors of exploitation

    “As I see it”: Beginners’ poetry workshop for survivors of exploitation

    11th September 2025 – After Exploitation presents ‘As I see it: A beginners Poetry Workshop for Curious Selves’ in partnership with Nottingham Central Library This beginner’s poetry workshop is designed for survivors of modern slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation to explore your creativity through the written and spoken word. The workshop will be awelcoming space to try new…

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  • ‘The impossible meal’: Exploring modern slavery safehousing through art

    ‘The impossible meal’: Exploring modern slavery safehousing through art

    After leaving exploitation, not all survivors of modern slavery have a safe and secure place to stay. Those who are placed in safehousing still face a lottery of support. A new installation by After Exploitation’s Maya Esslemont, Javina Greene and Kimberley Hutchison explores barriers to dignity and security in modern slavery safehousing. There are 12…

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  • After Exploitation joins 100+ rights groups against weaponisation of violence against women and girls (VAWG)

    After Exploitation joins 100+ rights groups against weaponisation of violence against women and girls (VAWG)

    19th August 2025 – After Exploitation is proud to join nearly 200 non-profit organisations and charities in raising the alarm against far-right weaponisation of violence against women and girls. In our work standing beside campaigners and researchers with lived experience of modern slavery, we are aware of the lasting impact of exploitation amongst women and…

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  • Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped

    Joint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped

    27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, compared to disproportionate focus on the ethnicity and nationality of victims and perpetrators of CSE in politics and the press. Meanwhile, the government continues to characterise…

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  • Modern Slavery + mental health fact sheet: Only 4% potential victims of slavery and trafficking access counselling

    Modern Slavery + mental health fact sheet: Only 4% potential victims of slavery and trafficking access counselling

    11th June 2025 – New data obtained by After Exploitation, as part of a fact sheet on modern slavery and access to mental health support, shows that only 4% of potential trafficking and slavery victims access ring-fenced, Home Office-funded counselling for survivors of this crime. Whilst survivors are able to access general NHS services, charities…

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