CHASTE is keen to build the network of those who are working in this field of active engagement in victim protection and recovery work, as well as that of advocacy, culture and socio-economic change.
CHASTE is linked to several web sites and is eager to be connected to those who wish to work with us in resisting and destroying this modern form of enslavement. If you wish your organisation to be linked with CHASTE please be in touch with us.
Stop the Traffik
a coalition working to raise awareness of the issue of trafficking though campaigning and help to put a stop to the trade in people.
Set All Free coalition
CTE initiative to mark 2007 as 200 years since the abolition of slavery in the United Kingdom
CROP
CROP is a voluntary organisation working to end the sexual exploitation of children and young people by pimps and traffickers
CROP was founded in 1996 by Irene Ivison whose 17-year-old daughter Fiona was murdered in 1993, three weeks after being coerced into working in street prostitution by a known pimp. She supported many parents in similar situations by personal contact and advice. Tragically she died in 2000.
CROP is dedicated to combating sexual exploitation. It supports affected parents (especially through its Parent Support Unit) and young persons wishing to exit prostitution, and presses for multi-agency intervention and the effective use of legislation to target pimps.
Enabling Christians Serving Refugees
an initiative designed to network those working with Asylum Seekers and recently entitled refugees to make the Christian commitment to 'welcome the stranger' a reality in the United Kingdom today.
Shaftesbury Project
with its advocacy of connecting churches in social action and commitment, CHASTE has been encouraged in its work of radical ecumenism in confronting sex trafficking in the UK and across the world.
Justice and Peace in Creation
The Conference of Religious are committed to partnership working across the churches in addressing the evil of trafficking and sexual exploitation in this country and across all the countries in which Religious have a presence.
Housing for Women
a Housing Association working for housing provision for women in London.
National Christian Alliance on Prostitution
though work is particularly concentrated on on-street prostitution the National Christian Alliance on Prostitution (NCAP) is a collaborative network which exists to unite, equip and empower organisations seeking to offer freedom and change to those involved in prostitution.
Protest4
is a growing collective of individuals in emerging culture joining together in the protest for a more just world. It is run by volunteers and exists to discuss, facilitate and encourage justice.
The Poppy Project
The Poppy Project is in receipt of Home Office funding to provide a limited number of beds in safe housing for women who have been trafficked into prostitution in the United Kingdom. Based in London and run through EAVES housing - (a registered charity which has been working for 26 years to provide homeless women across London with high quality supported housing), the Poppy team have launched a poster campaign targeting traffickers and those who use trafficked and exploited women's services, which should be of interest to CHASTE supporters.
UKHTC
On June 21st 2006, Vernon Coaker MP, parliamentary under secretary for state for policing security and community safety announced a radical new approach to tackling Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom. He announced the launch of the United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC). This police-led unit combines research and intelligence functions, building on work done during Operation Pentameter.
Pentameter was the largest co-ordinated policing operation the country has ever seen:
- 84 trafficked women were rescued, 12 of which were aged between 14 and 17.
- 232 People arrested, 134 of these have been charged so far
- 515 Operational Visits
UKHTC is the first of its kind in Europe and will aim to increase knowledge and understanding of human trafficking amongst police and partner agency staff as well as encouraging the public to come forward with information.
If you have any information which would assist the criminal justice agencies to fight trafficking please see our Report it web page
Please be in contact with CHASTE if you are able to respond in some way to the provision of sanctuary or funds for our critically important work.
The following pages may shock, but this trade in human flesh is indeed shocking as the road to recovery is slow and in need of all the support that people can muster.
Children and Trafficking
CEOP
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre works across the UK and maximises international links to tackle child sex abuse wherever and whenever it happens. Part of their strategy for achieving this is by providing internet safety advice for parents and carers and delivering a virtual police station for reporting abuse on the internet.
ECPAT
ECPAT UK stands for End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes. They are a leading children’s rights organisation campaigning against the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the UK and on its international aspects. In particular, they focus on the protection of trafficked children and children exploited in tourism and the prevention of such crimes.
Churches Child Protection Advisory Service
The Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service is an independent Christian-based charity that provides professional training, resources, advice and support in all areas of child protection and good working practice. Their services are used not only by churches across the denominational spectrum, but increasingly by other faith groups and secular organisations who wish to utilise the resources and expertise CCPAS is able to offer.
You may find these sites helpful
- MTV Exit
- COATNET
- UNICEF
- Home office - SOCA
- International Organisation for Migration
- Crimestoppers
- Gender Violence & Health
- United Nations
- European Womens Lobby
- Please consult the new website devoted to the Council of Europe Campaign to combat trafficking in human beings at the following address:
http://www.coe.int/t/DG2/TRAFFICKING/campaign/default_en.asp - www.ukhtc.org Multi-agency government sponsored unit based in Sheffield opened in October 2006.
- www1.salvationarmy.org.uk Safe Housing Network
- www.medaille.co.uk Part of the Safe Housing Network facilitated by CHASTE
- www.setallfree.net Confronting slavery past and present
- www.stopthetraffik.org Broad campaign coalition of which CHASTE is a Founding Partner.
- www.freefalltheatre.co.uk Freefall Theatre in Alliance with CHASTE performing Not for Sale. See details of event.
- www.churchofscotland.org See in particular their web pages with focus on Trafficking: To be silent is to be unfaithful. A resource pack for the church on human trafficking.
- http://www.actorsforrefugees.org.au/
If you would like to see your organisation join the CHASTE network of commitment against trafficking for sexual exploitation be in touch with us today