Partnerships Checklist – Counter Human trafficking toolkit East Africa

Our checklist will help you to review your partnership needs, and highlight relevant resources on this site.

Function

What would you like your partnership to do?

Provide strategic co-ordination for anti-slavery work in your area?
Provide operational coordination for anti-slavery work in your area?
Share information and resources?
Increase understanding of the nature and scale of modern slavery in your area?
Involve the wider community in anti-slavery activity?

These different functions involve different types of partners and methods of engagement. See our governance page for examples of different types of multi-agency partnership.

For a partnership to function effectively and understand its priorities, it needs to have a clear idea of what the threat looks like in the local area. For example, Serious and Organised Crime Partnerships are encouraged to produce a Serious and Organised Crime local profile.

Membership

Have you considered inviting the following organisations?

Police
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Local Authority services (e.g. Adult and Children’s Social Services, Local Authority Safeguarding Leads, Housing, Resilience and Emergency planning, Environmental Health)
Fire and Rescue Services
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA)
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
NHS
Immigration Enforcement/CFI
Probation
HMRC
Border Force
Trading Standards
Faith representatives
National NGOs with local representation (e.g. Red Cross, Salvation Army)
Local NGOs working on relevant areas.
Business partners such as the local Chamber of Commerce

Our resources section on involving communities includes tips on engaging a wide range of partners including businesses, faith bodies, and NGOs.

How will your partnership engage with modern slavery survivors?

Our resources section on supporting victims and survivors includes advice on involving survivors in your work.

How will you engage with the private sector?

See our resources section on involving communities for advice on engaging businesses.

Are there existing partnerships/networks in your area or region that you should link with? e.g. a Strategic Migration Partnership, Community Safety Partnership, Serious and Organised Crime local partnerships, or Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH).

See iascmap.nottingham.ac.uk to find your nearest anti-slavery partnership. See our governance section for examples of accountability frameworks.

Resourcing

Do you have Terms of Reference for the partnership (including expectations for member input, meeting frequency, and a dispute resolution process)

See our governance section for examples.

Who will co-ordinate the work of the partnership? Will a sole member coordinate the partnership or can this role be shared?

See our resources section on involving communities for advice on engaging businesses.

See iascmap.nottingham.ac.uk to find your nearest anti-slavery partnership. See our governance section for examples of accountability frameworks.

Strategy and action planning

Do you have Terms of Reference for the partnership (including expectations for member input, meeting frequency, and a dispute resolution process)

See our governance section for examples.

Who will co-ordinate the work of the partnership? Will a sole member coordinate the partnership or can this role be shared?

See our resources section on involving communities for advice on engaging businesses.

See iascmap.nottingham.ac.uk to find your nearest anti-slavery partnership. See our governance section for examples of accountability frameworks.