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31 / 5 / 2016
Business chain awareness raiser
The Purple Teardrop Campaign is raising awareness on the requirement to keep business chains clear of slavery. You can help by contacting your mobile phone service provider. Simply:
- Follow the instructions closely.
- Use this template letter to keep the messaging from everyone consistent.
- Look up your mobile phone service provider details here.
- Remember to send this letter from the Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner.
We’re asking everyone taking part to send their letter(s) by 30th June and return their replies to us by 31st July.
Thank you!
10 / 4 / 2016
Latest Progress Report
Here’s the Purple Teardrop Campaign’s latest Progress Report with an update on our lobby, plus activities by Soroptimists and others who volunteer their time and energy to support the Purple Teardrop Campaign.
28 / 3 / 2016
Caught in Traffick
A very good YouTube video to help school age children understand the human trafficking that happens inside the UK.
28 / 3 / 2016
Winter Edition Newsletter
If you haven’t caught up with our winter edition newsletter, take a look here.
To sign-up to receive our newsletters into your inbox, simply email enquiries@purpleteardrop.org.uk
28 / 3 / 2016
Made by Survivors
Take a look at Made by Survivors, a charity that takes slavery survivors out of poverty.
12 / 3 / 2016
Unchosen Event, Dorchester, 4 April 2016
West Dorset District Council is holding an Unchosen film event, ‘Modern Slavery, does it happen here?’ at 1.30pm on Monday 4 April at their offices at South Walks House, Dorchester, DT1 1UZ. All welcome, details here.
17 / 1 / 2016
Fawcett Society Anti Slavery Conference
If you live in the South West, the Fawcett Society is hosting an anti trafficking event at Exeter College 6 to 8.30pm on Monday, 29 February 2016.
See flyer for details including the speaker line-up.
17 / 1 / 2016
Latest Update and Bar Chart
Update yourself on our lobby and news with the January 2016 Progress Update.
The accompanying bar chart can be viewed here.
17 / 1 / 2016
New Campaign Launches
Human traffickers who force their victims to work in the sex trade market their services through advertising, principally on line and use mobile phone numbers as their contact point for punters to make bookings.
If you would like to help the Purple Teardrop Campaign work with mobile phone service providers to clean up their customer base, please let us know by completing and returning your expression of interest form:
Soroptimist supporters (pdf format)
Soroptimist supporters (word format)
You can register your interest all the way through to 29th February ready for the campaign launch in March when we’ll email you your information pack.
Thank you – together we can stamp out human trafficking!
Read this interesting and pertinent report by Deloitte on stakeholder strategies
3 / 1 / 2016
Eastbourne Soroptimists support Purple Teardrop Campaign
Our thanks to SI Eastbourne members who have collected over 200 signatures for our lobby against sex for sale advertising, and donated £155 from their coffee morning. Congratulations on getting press coverage in the Eastbourne Herald including a photo of members with their Purple Teardrop Campaign display.