Regular gifts could provide on-going support to survivors at a critical time – either to escape their exploitation or to rebuild their lives.
A one-off gift can provide funding where it’s needed most – training frontline staff how to spot slavery, specialist counselling, or a therapeutic workshop.
Gift Aid is a UK government scheme that boosts your donation by 25%—without costing you a penny more.
For example, we can claim an extra £25 on a £100 donation, turning it into £125. That additional £25 could fund the crucial time of an advisor or interpreter on our Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline for the duration of an average call, enabling us to provide vital support to potential victims of exploitation.
By simply ticking the Gift Aid box, you can make your donation go further to help survivors of modern slavery and exploitation.
If you’re a UK taxpayer, yes!
Please note: The money you’re donating must belong to you. The amount of tax you pay in a year (Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax) must at least equal the amount we will claim on your donations. If your tax status changes (e.g. if you stop paying enough tax), it’s important to inform us so we stop claiming Gift Aid on your donations.
When you donate, simply tick the Gift Aid box on the donation form. This gives us permission to claim the tax relief on your donation and you don’t need to do anything else after this.
To claim Gift Aid, we need your full name, address and a tick box confirmation that you’re a UK taxpayer. This information is securely stored for audit purposes and can be removed at any time upon request.
No! We claim the tax you’ve already paid on your donation, increasing its value by 25%, at no additional cost to you.
Yes, Gift Aid applies to both one-off donations and recurring gifts, as long as you remain eligible.
There are many ways to support our vital work beyond making a one-off or regular gift online. Explore these alternative ways to give:
If you would like to donate over the phone or discuss a gift, please give our fundraising team a call on 0303 040 2888.
Please make cheques and CAF donations payable to “Unseen UK” and post to:
Unseen, 7 Hide Market, Bristol BS2 0BH
If you have a loved one that you would like to honour with a gift to Unseen, please give our fundraising team a call on 0303 040 2888, or email us on [email protected].
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Leaving a gift in your Will to Unseen is a powerful way to ensure the fight against slavery continues. We’ve partnered with Octopus Legacy to offer a free Will-Writing service, which you can find out more about here.
You can also visit the Government’s website for general information on leaving a charity gift in your will.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or call us on 0303 040 2888.
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As I came to understand more about the issue, including through a visit to an Unseen safehouse, I knew I needed to do more to stop this abuse and exploitation.
For the last five years of my Civil Service career, I was the Modern Slavery Senior Policy Advisor in the Home Office and led on development of the Modern Slavery Act, including the transparency in supply chains provision and business guidance.
I joined Unseen to lead the development of the Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline, and Unseen’s work with businesses. I am regularly called upon to present at national and international conferences and use my experience of working with Ministers to influence other governments internationally to take action to address modern slavery and, in particular, business supply chain issues.
In my spare time I enjoy keeping fit, music, reading and travelling.
What ultimately compelled me to act was a report on how people from Eastern Europe were being trafficked through Bristol airport to the USA. Kate Garbers, who went on to be an Unseen Director, and I wrote to all the city councillors, MPs and the Police Chief Constable challenging them on the issue. The challenge came back to us: this city needs safe housing for trafficked women. And so Unseen began.
But we never wanted Unseen to be just about safe housing. We wanted to end slavery once and for all, and that remains our driving focus.
I chaired the working group for the Centre for Social Justice’s landmark report “It Happens Here: Equipping the United Kingdom to Fight Modern Slavery”. This is now acknowledged as the catalyst behind the UK’s Modern Slavery Act of 2015. It was a great honour to be awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours that year. On the other hand, I’ve also been described as “the loveliest disrupter you could ever hope to meet”.
This job has taken me from building flat-pack furniture for safehouses, to working with businesses to address slavery in supply chains, to delivering training, raising awareness and advising governments around the world.
When not at work, I enjoy travelling, spending time with my dog Harley, cooking, supporting Liverpool and Yorkshire CC, music (I’m a former DJ) and endurance events such as the Three Peaks Challenge and Tribe Freedom Runs – which I vow never to do again. Until the next time.
