Hope for Justice
@hopeforjustice.bsky.social
Together, we are bringing freedom from human trafficking and modern slavery by identifying victims, supporting survivors and preventing exploitation. https://hopeforjustice.org/
Everyone on the IMSA® Project Board is really pleased to welcome @medailletrust.bsky.social to the IMSA Model pilot, an initiative through which trained and accredited Independent Modern Slavery Advocates are being employed by more organisations across the UK.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Everyone on the IMSA® Project Board is really pleased to welcome @medailletrust.bsky.social to the IMSA Model pilot, an initiative through which trained and accredited Independent Modern Slavery Advocates are being employed by more organisations across the UK.
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
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(1) Thank you so much to our speakers at yesterday’s #TCAG meeting @ElsayedKate (ATLEU), Ellie Russell (@hopeforjustice.bsky.social), Freddy Russell (ATELU) and 'Alice' And a big thank you to @CloistersLaw for hosting us!
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
(1) Thank you so much to our speakers at yesterday’s #TCAG meeting @ElsayedKate (ATLEU), Ellie Russell (@hopeforjustice.bsky.social), Freddy Russell (ATELU) and 'Alice' And a big thank you to @CloistersLaw for hosting us!
Proposals announced by the UK Home Secretary, ‘Restoring Order and Control’, will undermine efforts to tackle modern slavery and increase the risk that people seeking refuge in the UK will be exploited by traffickers, Hope for Justice believes. Our full statement:
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Response to UK Government proposals affecting modern slavery support | Hope for Justice
New Home Office proposals will undermine efforts to tackle modern slavery and increase the risk that people will be exploited by criminals and traffickers.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Proposals announced by the UK Home Secretary, ‘Restoring Order and Control’, will undermine efforts to tackle modern slavery and increase the risk that people seeking refuge in the UK will be exploited by traffickers, Hope for Justice believes. Our full statement:
hopeforjustice.org/news/respons...
hopeforjustice.org/news/respons...
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New - how people arriving into the UK on visas become trapped in modern slavery
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Kavin came here to work. He did everything “right”. But the way we design visas contributed to his exploitation @opendemocracy.net
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Kavin came here to work. He did everything “right”. But the way we design visas contributed to his exploitation @opendemocracy.net
Migrant workers on legal visas trapped in modern slavery
Revealed: UK’s employment visas are causing thousands of legal migrant workers to end up in modern slavery
www.opendemocracy.net
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
New - how people arriving into the UK on visas become trapped in modern slavery
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Kavin came here to work. He did everything “right”. But the way we design visas contributed to his exploitation @opendemocracy.net
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Kavin came here to work. He did everything “right”. But the way we design visas contributed to his exploitation @opendemocracy.net
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What is your organisation doing to mark Anti-Slavery Week, 13th-19th Oct? For ideas & free resources to show your commitment to protecting your operations and supply chains against modern slavery, take a look at Slave-Free Alliance's Digital Resources Pack: www.slavefreealliance.org/anti-slavery...
Anti-Slavery Day 2025 | Slave-Free Alliance
Anti-Slavery Day is marked every year on October 18th. It is a perfect day to raise awareness within your own organisation and with your customers and partners.
www.slavefreealliance.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What is your organisation doing to mark Anti-Slavery Week, 13th-19th Oct? For ideas & free resources to show your commitment to protecting your operations and supply chains against modern slavery, take a look at Slave-Free Alliance's Digital Resources Pack: www.slavefreealliance.org/anti-slavery...
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Next week's Anti-Slavery Week, the lead-up to Anti-Slavery Day on 18th Oct.
We're running 2 free webinars during the week and we hope you can join! Webinar 1 is on global risk trends around human rights in supply chains. Info & sign up: www.slavefreealliance.org/duediligence-webinar1-registration
We're running 2 free webinars during the week and we hope you can join! Webinar 1 is on global risk trends around human rights in supply chains. Info & sign up: www.slavefreealliance.org/duediligence-webinar1-registration
October 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Next week's Anti-Slavery Week, the lead-up to Anti-Slavery Day on 18th Oct.
We're running 2 free webinars during the week and we hope you can join! Webinar 1 is on global risk trends around human rights in supply chains. Info & sign up: www.slavefreealliance.org/duediligence-webinar1-registration
We're running 2 free webinars during the week and we hope you can join! Webinar 1 is on global risk trends around human rights in supply chains. Info & sign up: www.slavefreealliance.org/duediligence-webinar1-registration
📣 Call for Proposals: The Independent Modern Slavery Advocate® (IMSA®) Model Development Project is seeking an experienced evaluation team to deliver a comprehensive independent evaluation of the second stage of the model.
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Call for Proposals: Independent Evaluation of IMSA Model Development | Hope for Justice
The Independent Modern Slavery Advocate® (IMSA®) Model Development Project is seeking an experienced evaluation team to deliver a comprehensive independent evaluation of the second stage of the model....
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September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📣 Call for Proposals: The Independent Modern Slavery Advocate® (IMSA®) Model Development Project is seeking an experienced evaluation team to deliver a comprehensive independent evaluation of the second stage of the model.
hopeforjustice.org/news/call-fo...
hopeforjustice.org/news/call-fo...
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For Anti-Slavery Week 2025, businesses & organisations are asking us how they can participate this year. If you want to do something to raise awareness with your colleagues, customers and partners, we can help! Join us online on Tues 16th September: www.slavefreealliance.org/asw2025-getting-ready/
August 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
For Anti-Slavery Week 2025, businesses & organisations are asking us how they can participate this year. If you want to do something to raise awareness with your colleagues, customers and partners, we can help! Join us online on Tues 16th September: www.slavefreealliance.org/asw2025-getting-ready/
The IMSA Project Board welcomes Bawso as the latest organisation to join the IMSA Model Development Project 🎉
The Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy (IMSA®) Model is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
The Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy (IMSA®) Model is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: The IMSA Model
From September 2025, the IMSA Model Development Project is running a national pilot to test 24 IMSAs working alongside adult survivors of human trafficking throughout the UK to access their rights and...
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August 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The IMSA Project Board welcomes Bawso as the latest organisation to join the IMSA Model Development Project 🎉
The Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy (IMSA®) Model is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
The Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy (IMSA®) Model is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
Thank you to MP Sarah Champion for reading and promoting our report. We're proud of this model of independent advocacy and how survivors are shaping it. We're excited to see the model piloted nationally and hope this will be incorporated into the UK's national framework & response to modern slavery.
July 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thank you to MP Sarah Champion for reading and promoting our report. We're proud of this model of independent advocacy and how survivors are shaping it. We're excited to see the model piloted nationally and hope this will be incorporated into the UK's national framework & response to modern slavery.
Today marks the official launch of a pilot to ensure that survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate. The launch event, ‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, is taking place in London and online.
July 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Today marks the official launch of a pilot to ensure that survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate. The launch event, ‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, is taking place in London and online.
If this gang was also responsible for "heinous levels of exploitation", as suggested in the article, then they are traffickers, not smugglers. These differences matter. It's concerning how frequently media (and even ministers!) get smuggling and trafficking confused.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Suspected people-smuggling gang members arrested
Arrests were made in West Yorkshire and London as part of a Home Office operation.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
If this gang was also responsible for "heinous levels of exploitation", as suggested in the article, then they are traffickers, not smugglers. These differences matter. It's concerning how frequently media (and even ministers!) get smuggling and trafficking confused.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks to Phillipa Roberts and Jane Lasonder for sharing their expertise at the UNODC's Voices of Resilience conference in Vienna. The event was all about survivor perspectives, strengthening collaboration and improving policies and protection systems.
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Voices of Resilience: Hope for Justice shares expertise at UN conference
Hope for Justice was proud to be represented at the first-ever United Nations Global Forum for Human Trafficking Survivors, held in Vienna in June 2025.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thanks to Phillipa Roberts and Jane Lasonder for sharing their expertise at the UNODC's Voices of Resilience conference in Vienna. The event was all about survivor perspectives, strengthening collaboration and improving policies and protection systems.
hopeforjustice.org/news/voices-...
hopeforjustice.org/news/voices-...
Independent advocacy for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking can be a transformational force for good, for the person and for wider society – we have seen its value time and again.
‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, in-person & online, Tues 8 July. Learn how 23 UK organisations will work towards a shared aim: for every modern slavery survivor to have access to an accredited, independent advocate.
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June 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Independent advocacy for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking can be a transformational force for good, for the person and for wider society – we have seen its value time and again.
‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, in-person & online, Tues 8 July. Learn how 23 UK organisations will work towards a shared aim: for every modern slavery survivor to have access to an accredited, independent advocate.
hopeforjustice.org/news/indepen...
hopeforjustice.org/news/indepen...
June 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
‘Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy: Working Together for Lasting Change’, in-person & online, Tues 8 July. Learn how 23 UK organisations will work towards a shared aim: for every modern slavery survivor to have access to an accredited, independent advocate.
hopeforjustice.org/news/indepen...
hopeforjustice.org/news/indepen...
Useful insights in this report from the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. We're pleased 2 areas of our work are highlighted: 1) Our 'Beyond Survival' work, which explores what justice means to survivors of modern slavery and their experiences of accessing support they need for their recovery
Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report 2024 to 2025 (accessible)
www.gov.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Useful insights in this report from the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. We're pleased 2 areas of our work are highlighted: 1) Our 'Beyond Survival' work, which explores what justice means to survivors of modern slavery and their experiences of accessing support they need for their recovery
Our U.S. Program Director, Sarah Butler, shares a fantastic update here!
"It was an honor to be invited to the White House yesterday to celebrate the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act—a vital piece of bipartisan legislation that Hope for Justice proudly endorses and strongly supports."
"It was an honor to be invited to the White House yesterday to celebrate the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act—a vital piece of bipartisan legislation that Hope for Justice proudly endorses and strongly supports."
May 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our U.S. Program Director, Sarah Butler, shares a fantastic update here!
"It was an honor to be invited to the White House yesterday to celebrate the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act—a vital piece of bipartisan legislation that Hope for Justice proudly endorses and strongly supports."
"It was an honor to be invited to the White House yesterday to celebrate the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act—a vital piece of bipartisan legislation that Hope for Justice proudly endorses and strongly supports."
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Human trafficking. One of the most distressing and important conversations I have listened to recently. But listening to Elaine Jones from @hopeforjustice.bsky.social shines a light in the dark. We can all carry some of that light. 🙏 @cybersisters.bsky.social 💪👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEh...
Cyber Sisters x Elaine Jones - Human Trafficking: So, You Think Your Neighbourhood Is Safe?
YouTube video by CyberSisters
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May 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Human trafficking. One of the most distressing and important conversations I have listened to recently. But listening to Elaine Jones from @hopeforjustice.bsky.social shines a light in the dark. We can all carry some of that light. 🙏 @cybersisters.bsky.social 💪👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEh...
Fantastic interview with our Chief Operating Officer, Elaine Jones, on the Cyber Sisters podcast. Learn how traffickers move victims and money across borders and platforms, and how tech, law enforcement, and education must unite to tackle this issue head-on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEh...
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April 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Fantastic interview with our Chief Operating Officer, Elaine Jones, on the Cyber Sisters podcast. Learn how traffickers move victims and money across borders and platforms, and how tech, law enforcement, and education must unite to tackle this issue head-on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwEh...
Our work was repeatedly raised in Parliament, including by Home Office Minister Jess Phillips MP, who said: “Hope for Justice is very much part of the core group of those we take advice from in the Department, and I speak to Euan [Fraser] regularly.”
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Importance of Independent Modern Slavery Advocate role raised in Parliament
MPs discussed the work of Hope for Justice and the role of Independent Modern Slavery Advocate in Parliament this week.
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April 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Our work was repeatedly raised in Parliament, including by Home Office Minister Jess Phillips MP, who said: “Hope for Justice is very much part of the core group of those we take advice from in the Department, and I speak to Euan [Fraser] regularly.”
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Hope for Justice's Euan Fraser marks 10 years since the UK's Modern Slavery Act passed into law, exploring the initially groundbreaking changes and the hurdles and reversals in the years since:
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10 Years of the Modern Slavery Act | Hope for Justice
Hope for Justice explores the impact of the UK's groundbreaking Modern Slavery Act, and the progress still to be made.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Hope for Justice's Euan Fraser marks 10 years since the UK's Modern Slavery Act passed into law, exploring the initially groundbreaking changes and the hurdles and reversals in the years since:
hopeforjustice.org/news/10-year...
hopeforjustice.org/news/10-year...
218 years ago, the UK passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. 25th March is marked each year as The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
📷: The Permanent Memorial to Honor the Victims of Slavery at UN Headquarters. Chris Allan/Adobe Stock
📷: The Permanent Memorial to Honor the Victims of Slavery at UN Headquarters. Chris Allan/Adobe Stock
March 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
218 years ago, the UK passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. 25th March is marked each year as The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
📷: The Permanent Memorial to Honor the Victims of Slavery at UN Headquarters. Chris Allan/Adobe Stock
📷: The Permanent Memorial to Honor the Victims of Slavery at UN Headquarters. Chris Allan/Adobe Stock
“Forced labour is endemic in [Xinjiang, China]. The Great British Energy Bill provides an ideal vehicle to ensure that the green transition is not built on the back of contemporary slaves.”
A strong argument by Labour MP Alex Sobel – we urge ministers to listen. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
A strong argument by Labour MP Alex Sobel – we urge ministers to listen. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
MPs could axe clause in bill banning forced labour in GB Energy supply chain
Measures blocking companies involved in modern slavery from receiving public money could be overturned
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
“Forced labour is endemic in [Xinjiang, China]. The Great British Energy Bill provides an ideal vehicle to ensure that the green transition is not built on the back of contemporary slaves.”
A strong argument by Labour MP Alex Sobel – we urge ministers to listen. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
A strong argument by Labour MP Alex Sobel – we urge ministers to listen. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Staggering failures of child protection here, and "well, some of them might not have been trafficked" scarcely seems much of a response
Why do some asylum seeker children go missing?
More than 50 asylum-seeking children who went missing in Kent over six years are unaccounted for.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Staggering failures of child protection here, and "well, some of them might not have been trafficked" scarcely seems much of a response
A man who was trafficked to the UK and forced to live in a basement has been compensated for injuries he was left with after 16 years of exploitation on construction sites. Following a five-year legal battle, he's been awarded £73,000. Read Maciej's* story:
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Compensation for trafficking survivor who was forced to live in basement
A male survivor of forced labour who was made to live in a basement and hospitalised because of his injuries has received a compensation award of £73,000.
hopeforjustice.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A man who was trafficked to the UK and forced to live in a basement has been compensated for injuries he was left with after 16 years of exploitation on construction sites. Following a five-year legal battle, he's been awarded £73,000. Read Maciej's* story:
hopeforjustice.org/news/compens...
hopeforjustice.org/news/compens...