gloucestershire anti-slavery partnership
The ASP model is a dynamic framework developed to promote and develop effective
multi-agency partnership working across the South West region to bring human
trafficking and modern slavery to an end. The model consists of localised
partnerships and overarching regional board. The local partnerships represent
agencies working within police force areas (Avon and Somerset, Devon and
Cornwall, Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire and Dorset). The regional board
consists of the chairs of each of the local partnerships and representatives
from agencies with a South West remit. The ASP Coordinator provides
administrative support to the partnerships and provides a conduit for
information to flow between the local and regional boards. The ASP has developed
its strategy based around the government’s 4P Modern Slavery Strategy. The
government’s strategy looks at how to Pursue prosecutions and methods to disrupt
individuals and groups responsible for modern slavery, Prevent people from
engaging in or facilitating modern slavery, Protect vulnerable people from
exploitation and Prepare frontline professionals to identify and support
victims. The ASP looks to support this strategy throughout the South West of
England in a number of ways. These include raising awareness and providing
training to organisations involved in the ASP as well as the facilitation of the
sharing of information and intelligence between organisations to enable a joined
up approach to disrupting and prosecuting perpetrators and to assisting victims.
We aim to provide a platform to enable multi agency strategic thinking across
the South West region in line with this strategy and each of the ASPs assess the
work they are doing against this strategy quarterly. We are fully aware that
slavery and trafficking respects no territorial boundaries and the model has
been developed to ensure effective sharing of information, best practice and a
comprehensive, cohesive and united response to slavery across the region.
