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Training

"ECPAT UK helped me view life from the victim's perspective, making the reality of our job worthy." Social worker, London

ECPAT UK’s multidisciplinary team provides a wide range of training courses relating to modern slavery, trafficking and exploitation for individuals and organisations. As well as the training courses offered below, we can provide bespoke training to your organisation to ensure it is tailored and relevant to your work.

ECPAT UK has delivered training courses for more than 20 years to build frontline workers' capacity and improve responses to child trafficking, modern slavery and exploitation across the UK. Our comprehensive training programme has been created in line with National Occupational Standards and many of our courses are CPD accredited. 

Please note that due to Covid-19, all of our training courses are being delivered online until further notice.

We've adapted our training courses so that you can continue learning online until we are able to hold training sessions in person once more. We've been working to ensure our courses remain of the highest quality and to maintain the interactive nature of our training. 

Most courses now consist of half-day two modules which are completed over Zoom. We are pleased to offer discounts for multiple team member bookings - simply get in touch with Phil by emailing [email protected] to discuss your organisation's needs.

Free webinar: Child victims of trafficking in the UK immigration system

Free webinar: Child victims of trafficking in the UK immigration system

Join us for a free, one hour webinar on child victims of trafficking in the UK's immigration system, which is a complex issue that has enormous consequences for trafficked children. We'll look at the challenges child victims of trafficking face in the UK’s immigration system and how they can cause precarity for children, the immigration avenues available to children as well as why and how practitioners should support young people to secure their immigration status. Read more

Start: 25th November, 2020 at 2:00pm

End: 25th November, 2020 at 3:00pm

Published: 16th November, 2020

Updated: 25th November, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: Online

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Free webinar: Focusing practice on children's best interests

Free webinar: Focusing practice on children's best interests

Join us for a free, one hour webinar on focusing practice on the best interests of child victims of trafficking. Trafficked children often find themselves in a complex system of safeguarding, asylum and criminal justice. We'll explore the common areas of practice where we lose sight of the best interests of the child, and how we can ensure children's best interests are fully embedded in all aspects of practice. Read more

Start: 14th July, 2020 at 2:00pm

End: 14th July, 2020 at 3:00pm

Published: 7th July, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: Online

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An Overview of Child Trafficking, Exploitation and Modern Slavery

An Overview of Child Trafficking, Exploitation and Modern Slavery

This online training course supports participants to develop a clear understanding of how to recognise and respond to child trafficking, exploitation and modern slavery. Split into two half-day modules, the course will equip you with updated knowledge and skills to better support trafficked children. Read more

Start: 22nd February, 2021 at 9:30am

End: 6th May, 2021 at 1:00pm

Published: 13th December, 2019

Updated: 7th December, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: Online

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Child Criminal Exploitation and Trafficking

Child Criminal Exploitation and Trafficking

This online training course gives participants an understanding of the causes and dynamics of forced criminality among children in the UK. Split into two half-day modules, the course will equip practitioners with knowledge and skills on CCE, safeguarding best practice and the youth justice system, to improve support for child victims. Read more

Start: 15th February, 2021 at 9:30am

End: 22nd April, 2021 at 1:00pm

Published: 12th December, 2019

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: Online

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Safe accommodation and missing child victims of trafficking

Safe accommodation and missing child victims of trafficking

This online training course focuses on the specific challenges of accommodating victims of trafficking and separated children seeking asylum. Split into two half-day modules, this course will give participants an understanding of the issue and will support you with practical tools to prevent and respond to missing incidents in line with best practice guidance. Read more

Start: 21st January, 2021 at 9:30am

End: 13th May, 2021 at 1:00am

Published: 11th December, 2019

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: Online

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Spiritual abuse and child trafficking

Spiritual abuse and child trafficking

This online, half-day course examines the particular relationship between spiritual abuse and child trafficking. Participants will gain an understanding of the interlinkages between the two, their dynamics and effective responses to this particular issue. Read more

Start: 26th May, 2021 at 9:30am

End: 26th May, 2021 at 1:00pm

Published: 10th December, 2019

Updated: 8th December, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: Online

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Child Trafficking and Exploitation in Tourism

Child Trafficking and Exploitation in Tourism

Dates coming soon: This training is designed for those working across the tourism industry and aims to give participants an understanding of the relationship between tourism and trafficking, as well as equip them with policies and best practice to protect children from exploitation. Training is available to hotels, tour operators, travel agents and others interested in ethical and sustainable tourism. Read more

Start: 28th July, 2020 at 10:15am

End: 28th July, 2020 at 4:00pm

Published: 9th December, 2019

Updated: 7th July, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: ECPAT UK, 81A Endell Street, London, WC2H 9DX

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The Modern Slavery Act 2015

The Modern Slavery Act 2015

Dates coming soon: The Modern Slavery Act 2015 makes provisions for the protection of child victims of trafficking. This course assists frontline professionals to understand their responsibility under the Act and use it to improve identification, responses and care of child victims of trafficking. In this course other key legislation relevant to frontline workers will also be covered. Read more

Start: 25th August, 2020 at 9:15am

End: 25th August, 2020 at 4:00pm

Published: 1st December, 2019

Updated: 7th July, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: ECPAT UK, 81A Endell Street, London, WC2H 9DX

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Bespoke training for professionals

Bespoke training for professionals

We deliver bespoke training courses across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (or even further afield). Each course is tailored to your organisation’s needs. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, we're pleased to be able to offer online, interactive training to your team until we are able to safely deliver training in person once more. Read more

Start: 1st January, 2020 at 10:00am

End: 31st December, 2025 at 5:00pm

Published: 18th January, 2019

Updated: 7th July, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: TBC

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Free webinar: Interviewing child victims of trafficking

Free webinar: Interviewing child victims of trafficking

Calling all lawyers, advocates, social workers and professionals working with potential victims of child trafficking: as part of the European Commission funded ReACT Project, ECPAT UK delivered two free online tutorials for those working with trafficked or at risk children. View them here. Read more

Start: 26th September, 2017 at 12:00am

End: 30th September, 2018 at 12:00am

Published: 24th October, 2017

Updated: 7th July, 2020

Author: Sinead Geoghegan

Location: Thomas Clarkson House, The Stableyard, Broomgrove Road, London, SW9 9TL

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Hire a speaker

Hire a speaker

We are keen to share our experience and expertise in promoting the rights of children. In addition to providing training, we can also offer expert speakers for events and activities, tailored to your organisation’s needs and events. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, we're pleased to be able to offer this service for online events and conferences. Read more

Start: 1st January, 2020 at 9:00am

End: 31st December, 2020 at 5:30pm

Published: 23rd May, 2017

Updated: 7th July, 2020

Author: Ryan Mahan

Location: United Kingdom

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  • Statement following convictions of those involved in the Essex lorry deaths

    Statement following convictions of those involved in the Essex lorry deaths

    This week, two more men were found guilty of manslaughter following the deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women and children in a lorry in Essex last October. Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of all the victims. The case highlights the precarious journeys people are compelled to make due to a lack of safe and legal routes, which pushes desperate people into the hands of smugglers and traffickers.

  • Festive message from our CEO Patricia Durr

    Festive message from our CEO Patricia Durr

    As we come to the end of 2020, I want to say a big thank you to for all for your continued support in what has been the most challenging of years for all of us. You’ve stuck with us when we needed it the most and for that we will be endlessly grateful.

  • ECPAT elves share festive joy with trafficked young people

    ECPAT elves share festive joy with trafficked young people

    Following a fantastic response to our winter appeal, the ECPAT UK team is delivering festive hampers to members of our youth groups for young people affected by trafficking. Each hamper contains ‘something to read, something you need and something you want’ along with festive messages from our supporters who are responding generously to our appeal. Here’s a sneak peak at what's inside the hampers and our team of ECPAT elves doing the deliveries!

  • Government publishes its response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation

    Government publishes its response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation

    The government has today published its response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation which is expected to be followed by an Online Harms Bill in early 2020. ECPAT UK welcomes this landmark proposal to keep children safe online. ECPAT UK welcomes the cross-party commitment to regulation of tech companies, recognition that this is a global problem requiring close collaboration with international partners and the proposed legal duty of care on tech companies to keep users safe.

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  • The Secret Gardeners: New film on child trafficking from Vietnam

    The Secret Gardeners: New film on child trafficking from Vietnam

    The Secret Gardeners aims to inform professionals about the plight of children who are forced by organised crime gangs to grow drugs in houses across the UK but who often face criminalisation and prison.

  • The National Referral Mechanism

    The National Referral Mechanism

    The National Referral Mechanism is a process set up by the Government to identify and support victims of trafficking in the UK. It was born out of the Government's obligation to identify victims under the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Human Trafficking, which came into force on 1 February 2008.

  • Demand specialist support for trafficked children

    Demand specialist support for trafficked children

    In 2018 we worked with Care2 to call on the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP, to overhaul the current system of identification and support for victims of trafficking – the National Referral Mechanism (NRM).

  • Urgent action needed: Independent guardianship for all trafficked, unaccompanied and separated children

    Urgent action needed: Independent guardianship for all trafficked, unaccompanied and separated children

    Last October, an incredible 120,535 supporters called for specialist support for all trafficked children. However, the fight is not finished. Make sure your voice is heard by contacting the Home Secretary asking him to provide guardianship for all trafficked, separated and unaccompanied children

  • Volunteer

    Volunteer

    ECPAT UK relies on committed volunteers to support the work that we do. Without their help, we would not be able to campaign as effectively against child exploitation.

  • Child trafficking statistics

    Child trafficking statistics

  • Before the Harm is Done: Examining the UK's response to the prevention of trafficking

    Before the Harm is Done: Examining the UK's response to the prevention of trafficking

    The UK Government is failing to protect thousands of children from exploitation by lacking a plan to prevent child trafficking, according to a new report by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), a coalition of twelve UK-based charities, including ECPAT UK. The report Before the Harm is Done, stresses that the UK has no specific strategy in relation to preventing trafficking in children, putting thousands of children at risk.

  • Heading back to harm: A study on trafficked and unaccompanied children going missing from care in the UK

    Heading back to harm: A study on trafficked and unaccompanied children going missing from care in the UK

    Trafficked and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are going missing from UK care at an “alarmingly high” rate, according to a new study by leading charities ECPAT UK and Missing People.

  • Our team

    Our team

    ECPAT UK's team has more than 30 years' experience working on issues of child trafficking, child protection, child sexual exploitation, unaccompanied children, modern slavery and more.

  • ECPAT UK training

    ECPAT UK training

    ECPAT UK offers a comprehensive training programme, in line with National Occupational Standards, delivering courses for more than 20 years to help improve responses to child trafficking, modern slavery and exploitation.

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Report immediate concerns about a child's welfare

If you have an immediate concern about a child's welfare, please contact your local council's social care department, who are available 24 hours a day. You can find their contact details on the Directgov website or in the phone book.

You can also contact the Modern Slavery Helpline on 0800 0121 700 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

If your concern is urgent, please call the police in your area or 999.

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