Right now, as it stands, Freedom Acts will have to cease operation at the end of September because of lack of funding. Over the last six years, we have seen our work develop and deepen significantly; from our routine work of awareness raising, to working with Government on policy, training hundreds of front-line professionals and now supporting many individuals in our communities who are vulnerable to exploitation.

Modern slavery is still happening here in Northern Ireland and our team is committed to preventing vulnerable people from becoming victims. It has been our privilege to be able to sit with people who have faced isolating hardship and offer our support and advice so that they can exercise their rights, their personal freedom and integrate into society safely.

As our work has deepened, we have seen great impact however, with current cuts to funding in the charity sector and serious competition for funding pots for small charities, our project is now facing the reality of having to close its doors.

We are full of hope that our work is improving peoples lives. We have plans and innovative ways of moving forward to tackle the issue of modern slavery but we need the help and support of our community to continue.

We know that many of you believe in our work and want to see people free from exploitation so we want to ask you to consider supporting the work of Freedom Acts. We currently have clients we know are at risk of being exploited that we cannot give assurance of support to so we are appealing for donations to raise a goal of £10 000 to be able to continue the work we are doing for the next 4 months, to seek further funding and to see people supported into a place of personal resilience and safety.

We believe that modern slavery can be prevented and your donation will enable us to do that by supporting those most at risk and building resilient, safe communities.