Outreach Service

In 2006, the Home Office awarded funding to POPPY to set up an outreach service. This was launched in January 2007. The outreach team works to improve the safety and wellbeing of women from all over the UK who have been trafficked and who are in need of short-term support and advocacy. The team works in close partnership with law enforcement agencies, immigration officials and sexual health outreach projects.

The outreach workers provide short-term crisis intervention and assist women with the following matters:

Obtaining immigration advice;
Contacting the police;
Accessing healthcare and social services
Safety planning;
Signposting to other relevant agencies;
Reintegration and resettlement; and
Onward referrals.

The POPPY Outreach Service also provides training to law enforcement agencies and statutory and voluntary sector organisations which come into contact with women who have been trafficked. This involves awareness-raising, training around identification of women who have been trafficked and advice on ongoing practice.

For more information about the POPPY Outreach Service, or to make a referral, call 020 7840 7129.