Ask your council to #EndModernSlavery

Ask your Council to sign the
Charter Against Modern Slavery

Modern Slavery is one of the great evils of our time and it’s happening under our noses. In nail bars, factories and restaurants, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people in the UK could be victims.

Collectively, local authorities spend more than £40bn per year procuring goods and services our behalf. From cleaning to construction, councils can do business with hundreds of different suppliers. We need to ensure no suppliers are making use of exploitation, and that our taxpayer money isn't funding modern slavery.

Over 100 councils have now signed our Modern Slavery Charter, committing councils to working with their larger contractors to eradicate modern slavery from their supply chain.

Enter your postcode below to find out if your Council has signed the charter, and if not, write to your local council leader and ask them to take action.

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Your council has not yet signed the Charter Against Modern Slavery.

We've created this template to help you write to your council leader. You can simply add your name and email then hit send, but we encourage you to edit the template message and let your council leader know why this issue matters to you!

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Modern slavery is one of the great evils of our time, and the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is rightly seen as landmark piece of legislation. Over 100 councils in England and Scotland from across the political spectrum have embedded the Act into how they tackle Modern Slavery internally and with their suppliers by signing the Co-operative Party's Charter Against Modern Slavery. Sadly, I understand our council has yet to do so, so I am emailing you to ask you to consider signing the Charter. Local authorities collectively spend billions of pounds with their suppliers, and many of those firms will have contractors and suppliers of their own too. The Charter helps root modern slavery out of those supply chains, at little or no cost to the local council by ensuring that companies are fulfilling their obligations under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act and investigating and reporting on modern slavery. I urge you to take steps to adopt a rigorous approach to rooting out modern slavery in our council’s supply chains by embracing the Charter Against Modern Slavery.
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Ask your Council to sign the Charter Against Modern Slavery

Your Council has already signed the Charter!

Ask your Council to sign the
Charter Against Modern Slavery