Community & Social Justice Poverty & Inclusion 2025
The Salvation Army — Anti-Trafficking & Modern Slavery International (ATMS)

Anti-Trafficking & Modern Slavery International Impact Report 2025

The Salvation Army Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery (ATMS) International department supports the global response to human trafficking across 134 countries. Between June 2024 and July 2025, 12,718 community awareness events were organised; 165,580 vulnerable people received support; 14,552 survivors of trafficking were supported globally; and 70 survivors received return and reintegration assistance through the Beyond Programme. Six projects were funded in Uganda, Mozambique, Poland, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Burundi. In Bangladesh, child marriage laws were strengthened; in Mozambique, 698 potential victims were intercepted at the border.

View Report
Report snapshot
3 Views

📋About

International project funding and technical support (Uganda, Mozambique, Poland, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burundi); National Contact Person network (global Salvation Army); Zonal Coordinator programme (Africa, Americas, Europe, South Asia, South Pacific); Beyond Programme (return and reintegration, micro-enterprise, psychosocial support, family reunification); community awareness events; training for national contact persons; survivor protection and advocacy Custom geography from upload: Global (UK-based team, projects in Africa, Europe, South Asia, Latin America, South Pacific)

📊Key Metrics

12,718 community awareness events organised globally (June 2024–July 2025); 165,580 vulnerable people received support from The Salvation Army Key Metric 1
14,552 survivors of trafficking supported globally; 70 survivors received return and reintegration assistance through the Beyond Programme; 20 international family support cases Key Metric 2
698 potential trafficking victims intercepted at Mozambique–Malawi border (Tete); 125 women and 85 children supported in Bangladesh outreach; 26 survivors supported in Uganda project; 28 adults and children in Burundi Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Bangladesh: local government agreed that religious leaders performing child marriages will have licences revoked — direct policy change achieved through project advocacy; Uganda: community football tournament raised trafficking awareness across law enforcement, local government and community leaders
  • Mozambique: MSHT incorporated into school activities across three Salvation Army divisions, with plans to embed into national curriculum; Beyond Programme provided micro-enterprise support enabling survivors to establish businesses and achieve economic independence (Kenya case study: hair salon; Uganda: second-hand clothes business)
  • Salvation Army present in 134 countries; UK and Ireland Territory ATMS team provides specialist international support; six projects funded in 2024-25 cycle; reintegration support includes accommodation, employment, vocational training, counselling, healthcare and income generation; Beyond Programme established international connections for at-risk family members overseas

📍Geography

Other

Related reports

All Community & Social Justice reports →
2025
Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF)

Impact Report 2025

£1,061,931.34 awarded to 249 projects supporting 169 organisations in 2024/25; 120,000 people supported
Key Metric 1
Four consecutive years of £1m+ granting — fourth most successful granting year ever; 120,894 total beneficiaries across Berkshire; top beneficiary groups: children and young people, victims of crime/violence/abuse, older people
Key Metric 2
Last Resort Fund supported 27 charities and community groups; Together for Women and Children Fund awarded £1.29m to 224 projects reaching 35,000+ vulnerable women and children since 2019; IDVA hospital-based domestic abuse advocates funded
Key Metric 3
Won 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion for exemplary work reducing health inequalities; Former PM Baroness May of Maidenhead spoke at Together for Women and Children event; Amanda Stephens (Olly's Work) addressed supporters on children's online safety
Community & Social Justice Poverty
View
2025
Community Action Derby (CA Derby)

Annual Impact Report 2024/25

£1,731,376 distributed through 275 grants to 138 groups and organisations; 244 nominations, 18 awards, 150 guests at Derby Volunteer Awards Night
Key Metric 1
Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme: 16,459 children in summer, 4,468 in Easter, 2,459 in winter — across 36 summer, 32 Easter and 22 winter providers; £1,031,657 in HAF grants allocated/facilitated
Key Metric 2
Derby Social Prescribing: average 175 referrals per month (2,100 per year); 10,901 attendances across 585 DE23 Active sessions (11 trained volunteers); Warm Welcome Hub grants: 84 providers, £233k, 69,768 people supported through cost of living
Key Metric 3
Won 2024 LGC Award for Diversity and Inclusion for exemplary work reducing health inequalities through DHIP; 130 families supported via Youth Alliance referrals from schools, further education, housing providers, youth offending service and Derbyshire Constabulary
Community & Social Justice Refugees
View
2024
Social Investment Business (SIB)

Impact Report 2022-2024

£81,592,894 disbursed between November 2022 and March 2024; Youth Investment Fund (YIF) — largest fund SIB has ever managed — expanding youth provision in England's most underserved communities
Key Metric 1
Reach Fund supported 170 organisations with £1,922,475 in readiness grants (Dec 2022 – Mar 2024); 33 social investors working with Reach Fund; Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) has supported 330+ organisations with £8m+ in grants since 2018
Key Metric 2
Diversity dashboard covers 11 funds; 46% of successful BAME-led and environmental EDP round organisations in most deprived 20% of areas; team doubled in size with YIF addition
Key Metric 3
YIF expanded youth service provision in communities with highest levels of disadvantage; EDP organisations in Round 4 include women's centre in West Midlands and community energy organisation in London; CEO changes and board renewal with thanks to Chair Hazel Blears (8-year term ending)
Community & Social Justice England
View