FLEX offers in-depth training tailored to individual organisations’ needs, and based on real-life evidence collected through research and official data. We strive to ensure that workers’ voices and experiences inform all our training programmes.
We offer online and in-person training workshops. We value interactive, participatory training, and have worked with over 200 individuals, representing staff and volunteers from community based and frontline organisations.
For enquiries, please contact the Training Officer Gina at [email protected].
Training for community and frontline organisations in London
Workers at risk of labour exploitation often face barriers to accessing information, advice and support on their rights and entitlements under employment, human rights and modern slavery laws. Being embedded in the community and having direct contact with workers, frontline organisations are often best placed to identify and respond to exploitation.
Our training for frontline organisations covers a variety of topics around labour exploitation, and can include:
- introduction to the “continuum of exploitation” and the preventative approach
- an overview of employment rights and common violations in precarious sectors
- indicators of modern slavery & support available
- the intersection of migrants’ rights, workers’ rights & UK policy
- practical workshops and facilitated discussions on common issues facing service users and identifying available support
Through our trainings, we also work toward developing resources that may strengthen an organisation’s capacity to integrate responses to labour exploitation into their programming. Our partnership with training organisations doesn’t begin and end with the workshops, and we are always looking for ways to strengthen our collaboration with community groups!
We are pleased to receive support for this project from City Bridge Foundation – London’s biggest independent charity funder, allowing us to deliver these training workshops free of charge.
We have developed and delivered trainings with the following organisations:
- Nanny Solidarity Network
- Room to Heal
- Helen Bamber Foundation
- South East and East Asian Resource Centre (SEEAC)
- Asian Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC)
- Roma Support Group
- Indo-American Refugee and Migrant Organisation (IRMO)
- Voice of Domestic Workers (VODWs)
Training we received from FLEX has enabled our staff members and volunteers to better equip ourselves with knowledge, confidence and skills to support our community members
South East and East Asian Resource Centre (SEEAC)
The training process with FLEX was fantastic from beginning to end..As an organisation we have been able to use what we have learned and provide a further layer of support to our survivors.
Asian Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC)
Training for statutory services
We offer professional training for public officials, including those acting as First Responders as part of the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), on emerging trends and sector-specific risks, as well as on their legal obligations in identifying and supporting potential victims of modern slavery.
We also offer a ‘Train the Trainer’ capacity-building package for those acting as Modern Slavery leads within their teams.
Partners trained:
- Mayor of London for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)
- Lewisham Safeguarding Adults Board
Testimonials
It was comprehensive, but delivered in a way that was easy to digest, and pitched in such a way that professionals with varying degrees of experience could all take something from it.
Lewisham Safeguarding Adults Board
