...As old structures are scrapped and new ones come in, we want to see standards across the board raised to match and exceed the current best-performers – not allowed to drop back.
Expertise in modern slavery must not be lost in this reorganisation of police in England & Wales. The current police services have different track records on responding to modern slavery, investigating it, training their officers/staff, listening to survivors and acting in a trauma-informed way...
The new local forces and enhanced national force with a focus on organised crime, including trafficking gangs, must be given adequate resources to develop expertise in modern slavery, advance investigations and invest in independent support services for survivors. www.gov.uk/government/n...
We welcome this pivotal partnership and the vital evidence it will produce as we strive to deliver a standardised, UK‑wide model of independent advocacy that strengthens protection and support for adult survivors of modern slavery.
Interested in joining the pilot? Visit hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
Together we will:
• Assess survivor outcomes across all three IMSA® tiers
• Review multi‑agency responses in IMSA® regions
• Examine the IMSA® Model’s contribution to strengthening the MSHT sector
• Analyse feasibility for national scale‑up
• Assess the role of survivor leaders in shaping the model
The evaluation will explore how the IMSA® Model drives change at the individual, organisational / community, and system / policy levels.
Over the next four years, this evaluation will assess the effectiveness, efficiency, and impact of the IMSA® Model as we work toward a standardised, best-practice advocacy model.
www.hopeforjustice.org/imsa
We are pleased to announce @rightslab.bsky.social at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social and HEAL Trafficking have been appointed to independently evaluate the next phase of the IMSA® Model, which is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery have access to an accredited Independent Modern Slavery Advocate
Graphic with information about ethica26, a human rights in supply chains conference taking place in London on 17th March 2026.
Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance are co-hosting our first human rights in supply chains summit. ethica26 gathers CEOs, supply chain experts, policy makers and NGOs to respond to changing global regulations, increased scrutiny and complex human rights risks: hopeforjustice.org/news/slave-f...
Employed IMSAs under the pilot project will be part of a wider network and will be supported by the IMSA Model Hub, hosted by Hope for Justice. This setup is based on best practice lessons drawn from the IDVA (Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) model.
More info: hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
From January, @bawso.bsky.social, SOHTIS, @unseenuk.bsky.social & @medailletrust.bsky.social join a network of IMSAs from Hope for Justice and the Snowdrop Project who will work directly with survivors. Our ambition is that every adult survivor across the UK should have access to an accredited IMSA.
...We are looking forwards to working with other organizations to embed best practice and develop new approaches.”
From January 2026, the IMSA Pilot will welcome new IMSAs from a range of organisations and geographies as we continue to test the IMSA Model.
Ben Ryan, Deputy CEO at Medaille Trust, said: “Medaille Trust is excited to be partnering on the IMSA pilot. We have seen from our own work alongside survivors the incredible value that sustained long-term support can have in the recovery process...
Everyone on the IMSA® Project Board is really pleased to welcome @medailletrust.bsky.social to the IMSA Model pilot, an initiative through which trained and accredited Independent Modern Slavery Advocates are being employed by more organisations across the UK.
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
(1) Thank you so much to our speakers at yesterday’s #TCAG meeting @ElsayedKate (ATLEU), Ellie Russell (@hopeforjustice.bsky.social), Freddy Russell (ATELU) and 'Alice' And a big thank you to @CloistersLaw for hosting us!
Proposals announced by the UK Home Secretary, ‘Restoring Order and Control’, will undermine efforts to tackle modern slavery and increase the risk that people seeking refuge in the UK will be exploited by traffickers, Hope for Justice believes. Our full statement:
hopeforjustice.org/news/respons...
New - how people arriving into the UK on visas become trapped in modern slavery
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Kavin came here to work. He did everything “right”. But the way we design visas contributed to his exploitation @opendemocracy.net
What is your organisation doing to mark Anti-Slavery Week, 13th-19th Oct? For ideas & free resources to show your commitment to protecting your operations and supply chains against modern slavery, take a look at Slave-Free Alliance's Digital Resources Pack: www.slavefreealliance.org/anti-slavery...
Next week's Anti-Slavery Week, the lead-up to Anti-Slavery Day on 18th Oct.
We're running 2 free webinars during the week and we hope you can join! Webinar 1 is on global risk trends around human rights in supply chains. Info & sign up: www.slavefreealliance.org/duediligence-webinar1-registration
This evaluation will cover six key deliverables, including cohort-level baseline and endline assessments, a value-for-money analysis, and an updated Theory of Change. Budget is approx. £87,000.
For requirements, timeline and submissions process, visit:
hopeforjustice.org/news/call-fo...
The IMSA® Model provides a standardised, accredited advocacy service for adult survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking across the UK. Given the unique nature of this assignment, *experience working with survivors and lived experience leads is essential*.
📣 Call for Proposals: The Independent Modern Slavery Advocate® (IMSA®) Model Development Project is seeking an experienced evaluation team to deliver a comprehensive independent evaluation of the second stage of the model.
hopeforjustice.org/news/call-fo...
For Anti-Slavery Week 2025, businesses & organisations are asking us how they can participate this year. If you want to do something to raise awareness with your colleagues, customers and partners, we can help! Join us online on Tues 16th September: www.slavefreealliance.org/asw2025-getting-ready/
The IMSA Project Board consists of Hope for Justice, Snowdrop Project, Bakhita Centre for Research on Slavery, Exploitation and Abuse, our co-opted member for Scotland SOHTIS, and now for Wales, Bawso Ltd.
If your organisation like to work with us towards our collective aim for all adult survivors of modern slavery to have access to an accredited, independent advocate then find out more and apply to join the IMSA Pilot: hopeforjustice.org/imsa/#apply
Bawso will represent Wales as a co-opted board member, and will directly employ an IMSA to work directly with survivors towards a sustained recovery. Find out more about Bawso's work and the wider IMSA Project at the link at the top of the thread.
The IMSA Project Board welcomes Bawso as the latest organisation to join the IMSA Model Development Project 🎉
The Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy (IMSA®) Model is about ensuring survivors of modern slavery across the UK have access to an accredited independent advocate
hopeforjustice.org/imsa/
Thank you to MP Sarah Champion for reading and promoting our report. We're proud of this model of independent advocacy and how survivors are shaping it. We're excited to see the model piloted nationally and hope this will be incorporated into the UK's national framework & response to modern slavery.
The IMSA model has been endorsed by the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, who is speaking in person at the event. She said previously: “The IMSAs’ advocacy work for victims and survivors of the most appalling crimes of modern slavery and human trafficking is so important.”
