From October 1-7 2017 Soroptimists from SI Abergavenny & District, as part of their mission to inspire action and transform the lives of women and girls world-wide are encouraging members of the public to complete the UK wide survey undertaken by the Soroptimist United Kingdom Programme Action Committee. Working with UK Modern Slavery Training Delivery Group, which is part of the Government’s strategy to combat trafficking/slavery, the intention is to find out the extent of public knowledge of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery. The results will help to inform and direct their work.

The on-line version of the survey is accessed from www.sigbi.org/ukpac/survey/

from 1 – 7 October and it is hoped that a wide range of individuals will give a few minuteof their time to log in and complete the survey.

Also, members of SI Abergavenny & District will be out in the town during the first week of October to do a short (5 minute) face to face survey for those who do not have access to the online survey. They seek the co-operation of the public in spreading awareness of the insidious crimes of Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery.

Soroptimist Rhina Jones says, “Human trafficking and Modern Day Slavery are not confined to any one part of the UK, and no single agency can provide a full response to these crimes. As ordinary citizens we can help by being aware of these activities. The survey Soroptimists are conducting throughout the UK is to find out the extent of public knowledge. The results will help to inform the Government’s strategy and future work.”