Dear David,
Our community's voice was part of the 64,241 collective actions calling
on the UK Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, and the UK Prime Minister,
Theresa May, to #ProtectNotNeglect victims of modern slavery. Last
week, we called on the Freedom United community to help buy tickets for
survivors like Edith.* They travelled from around the UK to London to
represent themselves – and generous donors made it happen!
On Thursday, we marched alongside 11 survivors and campaign
partners, through the wind and rain from the Home Office across
Westminster and even navigated cabinet meetings to get our community's
signatures to the Prime Minister’s office at No.10 Downing Street.
Thanks to our supporters, survivor advocate Edith was able to
personally hand in our signatures to the PM’s office, demanding
better support for survivors like her who deserve a chance to recover
and move on with their lives.
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Edith said:
“It’s so
important to me to be here today handing in so many messages to the
Home Office and No.10. I want the government to understand that we’re
not just numbers and statistics, we’re simply asking for the
opportunity to recover from the traumatic experience of being
trafficked.”
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The passage of
the Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill, which would improve the
standard of care for victims in the UK, has been continuously delayed
in the House of Commons but our action on Thursday means that the
government knows we haven’t forgotten, and we won’t stop bringing
attention to this Bill until victims are provided with the support they
deserve.
We are so grateful to you and the entire Freedom United community, our
partners in this campaign and all survivors who made the journey to
represent themselves. Help us keep up the pressure by adding your name
to the campaign!
In solidarity,
Joanna and the Freedom United team
*Name changed to protect identity
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Joanna Ewart-James
Executive Director, Freedom United
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