Focusing on Prevention, UNCHOSEN UK is bringing together experts in the anti-slavery, homeless, refugee and child-care sectors, frontline workers and academics to look at innovative ways to approach the prevention of slavery.
Amongst the speakers are: Melissa Blackburn, CEO UNCHOSEN and Julia Tomas will be speaking about the development of the new Stay Safe from Slavery project, a new pilot project focusing on the prevention of slavery in vulnerable groups in the South West of England.
Dr. Alison Gardner, Nottingham University, leads ‘slavery-free communities’, a University of Nottingham research project that aims to understand how we can create healthy and prosperous places which are resistant to modern slavery.
Darryl Dixon, director of strategy for the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, soon to become the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), with a wider remit in labour market enforcement.
For information and to register, please see:
info@unchosen.org.uk
www.unchosen.org.uk
Prepared by Anne Kelleher, RENATE Communications person.
UNCHOSEN- Stay Safe from Slavery Conference, University of Nottingham, UK, 21st June, 2017.