The research was funded by Research England and sought to build on initial research and emerging practice to refine a public health framework to address modern slavery in the UK.
The report will be published on the morning of the event on the IASC website. At this event, the report author, Dr Liz Such from the department of ScHARR at 91ֱ, will outline her research and key findings, including the refined public health framework. Dame Sara Thornton, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, will then chair a panel discussion with Rosanna O’Connor, Interim Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England, Damian Johnson, Deputy Director for Modern Slavery at the Home Office, and Grace Strong, Director of the Leicestershire Violence Reduction Network. This will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
This research builds on initial exploratory work on the contribution of public health to addressing modern slavery. Working with 48 people from across the counter-slavery sector, the research has built a public health approach to modern slavery and models of prevention that can help policy and local partners act.
Dr Liz Such said: “This report meets demand from the counter-slavery field to think beyond a criminal justice approach to modern slavery by proposing a public health framework. I'm delighted that the UK's Anti-Slavery Commissioner will chair the launch event that includes colleagues from Public Health England and the Home Office and I am pleased that we have been able to create some useful resources and tools that local anti-slavery partnerships can use to develop thier prevention strategies.”
This event will be held on the record, and will take place on Zoom. The event will be recorded and made available on the IASC website after the event.
Further details will be shared with registered attendees.
Event contact:
April McCoig, Victims and Partnerships Lead, Office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner: april.mccoig@iasc.independent.gov.uk