Human Trafficking Foundation

The Human Trafficking Foundation is a London-based British charitable organisation focused on combating human trafficking and supporting the wider anti-trafficking sector. It was founded by Anthony Steen, a Conservative politician and former Member of Parliament, following work associated with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking. The organisation operates as a bridge between charities, non-governmental organisations, parliamentarians, and other stakeholders working to identify trafficking, protect victims, and improve the United Kingdom's response to exploitation. Rather than operating as a consumer-facing commercial brand, the Foundation functions as an advocacy and coordination platform. Its work is centred on strengthening cooperation among organisations working against trafficking across the United Kingdom, raising awareness of exploitation, and encouraging effective public policy. The Foundation's activities sit within the broader UK anti-slavery movement, which includes work on victim identification, support services, criminal justice, prevention, and public education. The Foundation's origins are linked to parliamentary efforts led by Anthony Steen and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking. Before leaving Parliament in 2010, Steen also secured a Private Member's Bill that established a national Anti-Slavery Day in the United Kingdom. This parliamentary and awareness-raising background helped shape the Foundation's role as an organisation connecting political institutions with specialist charities and NGOs. From 2011 to 2013, the Foundation worked with ECPAT UK and Asociata High Level Group for Children in Romania on Parliamentarians Against Human Trafficking. That Europe-wide project sought to create a network of parliamentarians committed to opposing human trafficking. The initiative reflected the cross-border nature of trafficking and the need for cooperation between lawmakers and civil-society organisations across European countries. The Foundation has also participated in efforts to expose patterns of exploitation in the United Kingdom. In 2011, it was involved in highlighting evidence that women were frequently involved in entrapping and coercing other women into prostitution. This work drew attention to the complexity of trafficking networks and challenged simplified assumptions about the gender and roles of perpetrators. The organisation is directed by Robyn Phillips. Public information describes the Foundation as working with NGOs and charities throughout the United Kingdom. Its primary value proposition is therefore institutional rather than commercial: it provides advocacy, convening, research-related support, and public-policy engagement for the anti-trafficking field. No reliable source material supplied for this entry establishes a separate parent organisation, commercial owner, revenue figure, listed status beyond its charitable nature, or a consumer product portfolio.

The Human Trafficking Foundation is a British charity based in London. Its development is associated with Anthony Steen, a Conservative Party politician and former Member of Parliament who was active in parliamentary work on human trafficking. The Foundation emerged from activity connected with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Trafficking, reflecting an intention to connect parliamentary attention with the practical work of charities and non-governmental organisations. Before leaving Parliament in 2010, Steen successfully advanced a Private Member's Bill establishing a national Anti-Slavery Day in the United Kingdom. This achievement formed part of a broader effort to place trafficking and contemporary slavery more visibly on the public and political agenda. The Foundation's subsequent role has been primarily charitable and sector-focused rather than commercial. It works with NGOs and charities across the United Kingdom that seek to prevent trafficking, support people affected by exploitation, and improve institutional responses. An important phase of the Foundation's international work took place between 2011 and 2013. In partnership with ECPAT UK and Asociata High Level Group for Children in Romania, it helped establish Parliamentarians Against Human Trafficking. The project aimed to build a Europe-wide network of parliamentarians opposed to human trafficking. This reflected the cross-border character of trafficking and the need for legislators in different countries to share attention, knowledge, and political commitment. In 2011, the Foundation was also involved in revealing and publicising evidence concerning the role of women in entrapping and forcing women into prostitution in the United Kingdom. The issue demonstrated that trafficking networks can involve varied roles and relationships, and that exploitation cannot be understood solely through a simple male-perpetrator and female-victim framework. The organisation is directed by Robyn Phillips. Available reference material describes the Foundation as continuing to work with NGOs and charities in the anti-trafficking sector around the United Kingdom. Its activities are best understood as advocacy, convening, awareness-building, and support for policy engagement. The available material does not provide a definitive founding year, detailed financial history, a commercial product catalogue, or a complete chronology of its later programmes. Those gaps should be resolved through the organisation's own current publications or authoritative charity records rather than inferred.

• 2013

  Documented Parliamentarians Against Human Trafficking project period ends

  [1]Human Trafficking Foundationen.wikipedia.org

  The Foundation's documented collaboration with its Romanian and UK partners continued through 2013 as part of the effort to build parliamentary cooperation across Europe.

• 2011

  European parliamentary anti-trafficking network initiated

  [1]Human Trafficking Foundationen.wikipedia.org

  The Foundation began a partnership with ECPAT UK and Asociata High Level Group for Children in Romania to establish Parliamentarians Against Human Trafficking.

• 2011

  Evidence on trafficking into prostitution highlighted

  [1]Human Trafficking Foundationen.wikipedia.org

  The Foundation was involved in bringing attention to evidence about women entrapping and coercing other women into prostitution in the United Kingdom.

• 2010

  Anti-Slavery Day established in the United Kingdom

  [1]Human Trafficking Foundationen.wikipedia.org

  Before leaving Parliament, founder Anthony Steen secured a Private Member's Bill that established a national Anti-Slavery Day, reinforcing the public-policy context from which the Foundation developed.

A UK-based charitable advocacy and coordination organisation connecting parliamentarians, charities, and NGOs to improve responses to human trafficking and modern slavery.

• 2011Parliamentarians Against Human Trafficking

  United Kingdom · Europe

  A Europe-wide project conducted with ECPAT UK and Asociata High Level Group for Children in Romania to create a network of parliamentarians working against human trafficking.

  Outcome. The project operated from 2011 to 2013 and established a framework for cross-border parliamentary engagement on trafficking.

  Source
• 2011Public exposure of coercion into prostitution

  United Kingdom

  The Foundation participated in revealing evidence about women entrapping and forcing other women into prostitution, contributing to public understanding of trafficking networks.

  Outcome. The activity highlighted the varied roles that can exist within trafficking and prostitution-exploitation networks.

  Source

1. 1Human Trafficking Foundationen.wikipedia.org