Decision details

GMP have pioneered modern slavery training for police officers that has now been adopted by the National College of Policing for roll out to all forces. Since the Modern Slavery Coordination Unit was established in 2015, provision of training and awareness raising has been an essential part of the unit’s model, ensuring that knowledge on how to identify, support and investigate cases of modern slavery are spread across policing resources (and wider partners) and not held by a small number of specialists.
As the Unit has grown, a dedicated Training Coordinator has been added to the team, along with an embedded Victim Navigator (provided by Justice and Care. The victim navigator has supported over 25 victims and survivors through medium to long term care plans, enabling recovery and reintegration from their exploitative situation. One of the victims that has been supported has expressed a desire to share their story as part of this process, as a way to highlight what did and didn’t work in terms of services provided to her by agencies.
This video can be used by the Unit and the training coordinator to raise awareness of the victim's perspective in modern slavery cases. Delivering this through a video enables the resource to be utilised in a variety of settings and training packages, which can be tailored by the coordinator, to ensure the furthest possible reach.

A total of £4,970 be awarded to Justice and Care to develop a video of a modern slavery survivor story to support in training and awareness raising among police and wider partners working in the field.