Wolverhampton and Walsall Anti-Slavery Partnership (WASP)

We are currently Acting-Chair of one of the Black Country’s multiagency Anti-Slavery partnerships - Wolverhampton and Walsall Anti-Slavery Partnership

The overarching aim of WASP is to identify and support victims of modern slavery in a multi-agency and collaborative way, and to identify and seek to bring offenders to justice.
The Partnership includes practitioners from:
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Home Office - Immigration
- My Gateway to Freedom
- Black Country Women’s Aid
- Changing Lives
- Transforming Communities Together
- Walsall NHS
- P3
- Red Cross
- Private Sector Housing
- The Staffing Group
- GLAA
- Victim Support
- Barnardos
- West Midlands Fire Service
- The Haven
- Refugee and Migrant Centre
- West Midlands Police – Walsall Partnerships
- West Midlands Police – Wolverhampton Partnerships
- Access to Business
- Bilston Soroptimists
- Walsall MBC (Public Health and Community Safety Teams)
- The Salvation Army
- West Midlands Anti-Slavery Network
WASP has 3 main aims:
1) Raising grassroots awareness
2) Increased understanding of support available for victims
3) Sharing information, key themes and trends around modern slavery