Unseen UK

Our Mission

Unseen is working towards a world without modern slavery and human trafficking. We work across the UK to support survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking, to prevent future cases of exploitation from occurring and run the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline. Our three main goals are to: support survivors to rebuild their lives with our safehouses and helpline. tackle root causes by raising awareness with businesses and authorities. influence legislation to assist those affected today and prevent future cases. We provide safehouses and care for survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking, whilst our Outreach programme helps affected individuals reintegrate into the community, as a more sustainable solution to the issue of exploitation. We run the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline, operating 24/7, 365 days a year, offering free, confidential information and advice to thousands of victims who have nowhere else to turn. Our expert Helpline advisors work round-the-clock to support victims, liaising with police and others to get them to safety. Uniquely, data from the Helpline provides critical intelligence that informs the anti-slavery work of governments, police, businesses, and other charities, ultimately helping more victims. Our Business Services team use their expertise to offer a range of unique and bespoke services to help businesses tackle worker exploitation in their organisation and down supply chains, creating a culture of continuous improvement. Alongside our work supporting survivors of Modern Slavery & Trafficking and equipping businesses to tackle exploitation, we seek to influence systemic changes. We do this by using our experience and research to impact and inspire transformation across legislation, policy and society. This includes the lived experience of our Survivor Consultants to better our response as an anti-slavery charity. Modern slavery and human trafficking are crises which can affect men, women and children of all ages, ethnicities, and nationalities. Often recognised through signs of abuse, manipulation and ownership, modern slavery can take many forms, including sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, forced labour or organ harvesting. There are currently over 50 million victims of slavery and trafficking in the world, making it the fastest growing international crime in the world. Nearly 100,000 people in the UK alone are affected, and 47% of UK victims are children. This is a number which has only grown in recent years as individuals have struggled to gain access to the resources they need because of the war in Ukraine and the Cost-of-Living Crisis. It is important, now more than ever, that these people are getting the support that they so desperately need.