Catalogue Number
NMLH.2024.54
Object Name
poster
Title
Manchester Against Modern Slavery. A campaign to tackle different forms of Modern Slavery across Manchester. Help us stop Modern Slavery in Manchester. #Spot The Signs.'
People
Manchester City Council, Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA) (Charity)
Description
A poster in white, orange and green. Text reads 'Manchester Against Modern Slavery. A campaign to tackle different forms of Modern Slavery across Manchester'. Beneath this are captioned pictures of different areas where slavery happens: Domestic slavery, forced labour, forced marriage, sexual exploitation, forced criminality'. 'Help us stop Modern Slavery in Manchester. #Spot The Signs'. There are contact details for Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA) at the bottom of the poster.
This poster was created in collaboration between Manchester City Council and Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA), a charity founded to address the rights and welfare of African children in UK migrant communities. Their work includes providing community education on recognising the signs of modern slavery, as traffickers and gang masters seeking victims to force into slavery can predate on children in Black and ethnic minority migrant communities.
Modern slavery impacts at least fifty million people worldwide today, both adults and children, including here in the UK. Modern slavery is when a person is exploited by others for financial gain in a way that costs them their freedom. This could look like a person being brought to the UK to work in a house or shop, only to have their passport taken away and be told that they can't leave unless they repay their boss for all the money spent bringing them to the UK, and the costs of feeding and housing, a constantly increasing number impossible to repay. Some modern slavery also involves forcing people to commit crimes or coercing people with threats that they'll be imprisoned or deported if they go to the authorities to complain about their treatment.
If you or somebody you know is being exploited, you can call the Modern Slavery Helpline anonymously on: 08000 121 700 or visit: https://www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/
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