From 14 – 18 October 2019, the West Midlands Anti Slavery Network, Public Health England, and the Modern Slavery Police Transformation Programme joined forces to deliver a series of webinars for Modern Slavery Awareness Week.   The webinars included an introduction to modern slavery and spotting the signs, wider criminality and vulnerability, links between homelessness…

The West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network is celebrating its 10 Year Anniversary this year and we are inviting partners to join us in both celebrating this achievement and reflecting on the progress the network and its partners have had over the last 10 years to meet our aims. The event takes place on: Thursday 12th December,…

  The West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network (WMASN) are hosting a volunteer interest morning to discuss the upcoming opportunities in our ‘Place of Safety’ safe house and the wider network.   This is an informal event consisting of a short presentation of who we are, what the projects are and how you can get involved. Please…

  We’re delighted to announce that the West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network has been awarded oer £320,000 of National Lottery funding by the Big Lottery Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.   The West Midlands has the highest numbers of modern slavery victims in the UK outside of London, with over 400 victims…

‘Health inequalities and health equity challenges for victims of modern slavery’   Read our new report in the Journal of Public Health (published 2 November 2018), written by Coral J Dando, Robin Brierley, Karen Saunders, and Jay-Marie Mackenzie.   Background Modern slavery is a serious organized crime, with severe consequences for the physical and mental…

John Hunter previously worked for Birmingham City Council as their Modern Slavery Coordinator, and he is a poet and playwright in his spare time. On retiring, he was asked to write a poem linked to Modern Slavery, which was read out at our recent WMASN meeting. You can read the poem in full below. Its…