This page, set up by the Human Trafficking Foundation in collaboration with Emily Vaughn, is a place to find opportunities for work and research participation, to find resources on education, housing support, the NRM, mental health support and includes directories which detail support providers and legal advice across the country. Further information can be found on the Support Services Map here. To add resources or opportunities to this page please contact info@humantraffickingfoundation.org.
The Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline offers confidential help and advice on modern slavery 08000 121 700 (Open 8am - 9pm, 365 days a year). If someone is in immediate danger, always call 999.
NEWS BOARD
Please see the news board below for any time sensitive announcements or opportunities. For further updates, The Human Trafficking Foundation’s fortnightly newsletter shares news on events, projects, research, campaigns and job opportunities. You can sign up to receive the newsletter here.
Hope for Justice: Lived Experience Consultant Role Opportunity
Hope for Justice are recruiting two individuals with lived experience of modern slavery and/or human trafficking to work as independent consultants in support of their prevention and intervention project.
More information on the role, requirements and how to apply can be found here. The deadline for applications is the 12th January 2026.
Contact hr@hopeforjustice.org for additional information.
JOB & Volunteering Opportunities
The Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre opportunities for engagement in research are advertised here. Their research ideas form can be accessed here where you can let the Modern Slavery PEC know what topics you think they should research.
Magistrate Volunteering is open to volunteers with no previous legal experience, magistrates make vital decisions on a variety of cases in the criminal court and family court to help create positive change. You’ll be expected to dedicate a minimum of 13 days a year, plus training days, for a minimum of five years, for magistrate duties.
Guidance Around Work
The Government have produced step by step guidance to setting up as a self-employed sole trader, which you may need to do if you are engaging in consultancy work.
Citizens Advice have detailed pages on knowing your rights and entitlements in the work place.
Experts by Experience Employment Initiative offer employability resources to help develop your CV, Cover letter and employability skills.
Working as a consultant in the sector, it is helpful to gather references from organisations you have worked with on projects or research to secure future employment and to build your CV. Ask organisations to provide references that include the project aims, your involvement in the project, how your contributions added value to the overall aims of the project and any comments on your approach or skills brought to the project.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Chickenshed theatre company are offering, among other courses, a BTEC level 3 National Extended Diploma in Performing Arts Practice course in partnership with Middlesex University. You do not need any qualifications to be able to start this course. Should a student wish to continue on into higher education they have possibilities through the process to be able to go on an do a BA (Hons) Degree. Applications for 2026 are now open.
Code Your Future Software Development Course offers software development courses for beginners, no need for coding experience. This course offers technical and employability skills that are in demand from the job market and offers a huge community of tech professionals, including many graduates from CodeYourFuture to support you.
The Bramber Bakehouse Programme is an 8-week course for women who have experienced exploitation. In a safe and caring community, you can learn fundamental baking skills and take part in sessions that support and empower you to achieve your aspirations. For more information and to request an application form with your caseworker email referrals@bramberbakehouse.co.uk.
Fircroft College Free Thinking Course is available to people living in the West Midlands including Birmingham. The programme includes ESOL lessons, employability skills, well-being, IT development and team building. Eligibility and more information can be found on their website or send Fircroft an email to find out more. Information on courses here.
Future Learn is an online education provider that offers free online courses on a vast range of subjects from creative arts and media to healthcare. There are hundreds of online courses from top universities and specialist organisations.
Her Equality Rights and Autonomy (HERA) provides women in London with access to a business training programme, delivers workshops in setting up a business, gaining a career in a business sector and personal development. Referrals must be made through a caseworker.
This UK University Scholarship Directory details all universities that provide funding for those with refugee or asylum status.
HOUSING support
Shelter provide free confidential housing information, support and legal advice on all housing and homelessness issues call 0808 800 4444 or use their webchat service. Housing advice guides on topics from how to ask for help from the council with housing to evictions can be found here.
Advice Local offers help with benefits, work, money, housing problems and more. Enter a postcode and choose an advice topic to find links to tailored information for your area, including details of independent advice organisations who can help you get the advice and support that you need.
The Passage offers a wide range of services in London, all year round, to meet the needs of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The Passage services include a Resource Centre, which provides support with mental and physical health concerns, health services, education and training, welfare, immigration services and housing options. The Passage has also four housing services which provide supported accommodation alongside prevention projects which reduce the risk of repeat homelessness. If you are homeless or in housing crisis please contact info@passage.org.uk or call 020 7592 1850.
MAPPING TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR SUPPORT SERVICES
This map shows available support services for survivors of trafficking in the UK. The map details the type of support available from accommodation, education and training, advocacy and casework, psychological and counselling to legal advice. It also offers information on how to access services and organisations’ contact information.
SOLICITOR DIRECTORIES
A list of Legal Aid solicitors in England and Wales can be found here. This Find A Solicitor tool can be used in Scotland here. The Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery Expert Directory (below) provides the contact details of specialist solicitors working in counter-trafficking across the world.
LONDON SERVICES DIRECTORY
This Directory of Survivor Support Services lists accommodation, advice, employment and education, health, interpreters and legal aid services and specifies whether you can self refer. It includes organisations’ contact information and further details on services across London and beyond.
THE SALVATION ARMY CONTACT DETAILS
If you are supported within the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and you need to escalate any concerns you may have or give feedback on your experience you can contact The Salvation Army using the following details:
counselling & mental health support
The NHS provide this information on how to register with a GP, which could be useful as a starting point for accessing mental health support.
Bloom offers remote trauma support courses in Creating Boundaries, Managing Anxiety, Reclaiming Resilience in Your Trauma Story, Healing from Sexual Trauma, and Recovering from Toxic and Abusive Relationships. These online courses are completely free and combine both information and therapeutic practices to help heal from trauma.
Street Talk provides free psychotherapy to women survivors of trafficking and modern slavery, specialising in cases of sexual exploitation based in London and is open to self referral, contact by email or phone 07913817046.
The Wellbeing Therapy Hut can offer discounted rates at £20 per session (online) with a therapist in their final year of school, or £45 per session with a fully qualified therapist. Bookings can be made via the website.
The Helen Bamber Foundation offer support videos and audio clips on soothing breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, and calm and safe relaxation exercises. It is possible to self-refer to Helen Bamber’s therapeutic support services through their website.
This Super Summary website offers an extensive list of free mindfulness meditation resources for mental health.
Rehab4Addiction offers resources and information about addiction and mental health, and a helpline that offers immediate assistance to those struggling with addiction. They also offer a comprehensive directory of treatment centres throughout the UK.
survivor Support & advocacy Groups
Survivor Alliance brings survivors in the UK together to benefit from their survivor community and programs which include:
Meaningful Inclusion: social calls every other Saturday, training webinars on how to be a survivor leader.
Economic Empowerment: leadership programs and consulting opportunities about how to improve anti-trafficking work.
Wellbeing Integration: peer mentorship and befriending, talking about self care and handling our trauma.
You can register here or email info@survivoralliance.org for more information.
Media advice
It is important to consider how to keep safe and assess any potential risk if you decide to talk to a journalist:
Before you agree you can ask what the story is about and how your interview will be used in the story.
You can read the journalist’s previous articles to get a sense of their writing.
You can ask the journalist for their questions in advance to make sure you are happy with them.
During the interview you can bring someone you trust for support.
Take steps to make yourself feel comfortable, you could use another name, hide your Caller ID on your phone or say no to being recorded in the interview.
If any questions make you feel uncomfortable during the interview you do not have to answer them.
After the interview you can ask to review the article before it is published.
Tips to read before speaking to journalists can be found here.
A guide on your rights when talking to the media, and what questions they may ask can be found here. If you have been negatively affected by a journalist’s behaviour you can make a complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation on 0330 123 2220
navigating THE nrm, RNA and beyond
The West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network have produced this Multi lingual explanatory guide to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) on what you can expect if you consent to an NRM referral and the potential outcomes and opportunities if you decide not to consent.
The Children’s Society have developed this NRM guide for parents of children who have faced exploitation.
The Salvation Army have produced leaflets outlining how the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract operates, translations can be found here.
Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland (SOHTIS) have developed a guide to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in Scotland. It can be found here.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have produced a set of resources to support and improve the capacities of UK support providers who assist survivors of Modern Slavery with voluntary return or repatriation to their countries of origin. These resources are intended to compliment existing practices around the voluntary return and repatriation of survivors. The resources can be found here.
Legal advice
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is an independent statutory body, established by Parliament in 1997 to investigate potential miscarriages of justice. The CCRC reviews cases involving issues such as county lines, false document offences, shoplifting, cannabis cultivation and fraud. Self-referral is possible and legal representation is not necessary to apply. Read more information and apply here.
Rights of Women advice lines provide free and confidential legal advice to women on the law. This includes Family Law, Criminal Law, Immigration and Asylum Law and Sexual Harassment at Work.
ATLEU have created a guide on how to navigate the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme and submit an application to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority which can be found here.
The Survivors’ Compensation Advocacy Project provides support with CICA applications, reviews and Tribunal appeals for survivors of modern slavery.
General advice
The Unseen Modern Slavery and Exploitation Helpline (08000 121 700) is a free, independent point of contact for all modern slavery and exploitation issues offering victim-centred, trauma-informed specialist guidance open 365 days a year, from 8am to 9pm. Translation services are available. The helpline also makes referrals and offers signposts to local organisations and police where helpful.
Hope for Justice Advocacy Advice Service offers tailored, confidential advice and signposting. An advocate may be able to intervene around a specific matter to see the outcome achieved. The advocacy team do not provide legal advice or representation but can support to understand legal rights and entitlements and support with a referral to a solicitor where necessary. To request advice please email or call 0300 008 8000.
The Work Rights Centre have developed a free and confidential tool, accessible designed to simplify access to Universal Credit. If you need help checking whether you’re eligible to claim, what evidence you need, and how to get help overcoming common problems with your claim.
The Work Rights Centre have also put together a guide for migrant care workers on how to stand up to exploitation. The guide covers advice on what to do if you have problems with your sponsor, what happens if you lose your job, how to go about finding a new sponsor, recruitment fees, and further resources.
Guidance for parents
This NSPCC page provides information on the signs and effects of grooming.
This NSPCC page explains county lines and gangs, signs of CCE, carrying weapons and guidance on what to do if you are concerned about a child.
This NSPCC page offers guidance on signs of CSE, the effects, the types, the support available, what to do if a child reveals abuse, how to report CSE and guidance on prevention.
Stop & Prevent Adolescent Criminal Exploitation (SPACE) offers SPACE Steps, a national, free and dynamic advocacy and advice service for families directly affected by County Lines exploitation.
The Ivison Trust works with parents and carers of children who are, or at risk of, being exploited. They offer local parent liaison officers across the North West of England and an online parent forum. You can call on 0113 240 3040 or you can make a support enquiry.
support for children & young people
Childline on 0800 11 11 and the NSPCC on 0808 800 5000 both have 24 hour helplines run by trained counsellors.
Fearless allows you to report information about crime 100% anonymously and access advice and information,.
The Children’s Society offer advice and guidance along with crisis contact numbers you can call for free.