These artworks from our WMids MOP Empowerment Session show the power of creativity in expressing resilience, hope, and growth 💜

From positivity to confidence and empowerment, every piece tells a story. 🎨

#Empowerment #MedailleTrust #HealingJourney #StrongerTogether

Service users came together to cook pancakes for Shrove Tuesday 🥞

A simple activity that brought creativity, connection, and lots of smiles 💛

#MedailleTrust #Wellbeing #Community

A little movement, a lot of smiles 💃

Bringing people together through activities like this helps build confidence, connection, and a sense of belonging. Creating supportive spaces is an important part of the journey toward healing and independence.

#MedailleTrust #CommunitySupport #Hope

🌿 Z – Zen Garden Challenge
A garden begins with patience. Each stone, each pattern, reflects growth, healing, and the quiet strength needed to rebuild lives.

#ZenGardenChallenge #HopeAndResilience #EndModernSlavery #MedailleTrust

📅 Y – Year of Giving
Meaningful change grows through consistent action. Month by month, awareness, compassion, and commitment build lasting impact for survivors.

#YearOfGiving #EndModernSlavery #HumanRights #MedailleTrust

🤍 W – Wear White Day
White symbolises freedom, safety, and new beginnings. A simple shirt becomes a quiet but powerful statement against modern slavery.

Hashtags
#WearWhiteDay #StandForFreedom #EndModernSlavery #MedailleTrust

💻 V – Virtual Fundraiser
Online connection can drive real-world change. When digital communities unite with purpose, awareness grows and impact follows.

#VirtualFundraiser #DigitalForGood #EndModernSlavery #MedailleTrust

🚶 U – Unity Walk
When people move together with purpose, exploitation loses ground. Unity turns awareness into impact—and shared belief into lasting change.

#UnityWalk #EndModernSlavery #Solidarity #MedailleTrust

☕ T – Tea for Trust
Shared cups create shared understanding. Tea becomes a moment for connection, empathy, and conversations that support dignity, safety, and hope for survivors.

#TeaForTrust
#CareInCommunity
#HumanDignity
#MedailleTrust

♻️ R – Reuse & Restore Sale
Give unwanted items a second life and help survivors rebuild theirs. A sustainable way to support Medaille Trust while reducing waste and strengthening community impact.
#ReuseAndRestore #SustainableGiving #SupportSurvivors #MedailleTrust

Modern slavery is hidden — but hope is not.
With the right care and support, survivors can rebuild their confidence, independence, and future. Every step forward shows that recovery is possible — and empowerment changes lives. 💜

#EndModernSlavery #HopeInAction #SurvivorSupport #MedailleTrust

Recognition is only the beginning.

This pilot programme ensures women who survive modern slavery aren’t left unsupported once systems move on — because healing requires time, trust, and continuity.

Support means staying.
#ModernSlavery #SurvivorCare #MedailleTrust

You can help change lives.

Supporting Medaille Trust means helping survivors of modern slavery access safety, care, and hope for the future.

Get involved or help spread the word today.

#TakeAction #EndExploitation #MedailleTrust

Behind every life rebuilt is a team that listens, cares, and never gives up.

Thank you to our staff, partners, and supporters for standing with survivors.

#ThankYou #TeamWork #MedailleTrust

Healing doesn’t happen all at once.

At Medaille Trust, small moments of care help survivors rebuild dignity, confidence, and hope — one step at a time. 💛

#EndModernSlavery #MedailleTrust #Hope

Modern Slavery Accommodation Support Worker – Swindon
Medaille Trust is recruiting a Support Worker to help survivors of modern slavery rebuild their lives in safe, stable accommodation.
Meaningful work. Strong benefits. Real change.
#ModernSlavery #SupportWorker #HumanRights #MedailleTrust

The past still echoes through the present.
Modern slavery is real, hidden, and closer than we think.
Together we can end the abuse.
#EndModernSlavery #MedailleTrust

FREEDOM — a reminder of what every survivor deserves.
Standing with those rebuilding their lives with dignity and hope.

#MedailleTrust #Freedom #SupportSurvivors

A festive contribution from our OT this week! 🎄
They designed Christmas cards for the Medaille Trust competition under the theme “Celebrating Together.”
Beautiful work and a lovely way to welcome the season.

#MedailleTrust #OT #ChristmasCreativity

Our service users created their own Christmas cards for the Medaille Trust competition! 🎄
Theme: “Celebrating Together.”
A brilliant, festive session full of creativity and connection.

#MedailleTrust #ChristmasCrafts #FestiveFun

Medaille Trust is sounding the alarm: the government’s new asylum plans may increase vulnerability to modern slavery.
Accelerated removals + restricted support = deeper risk.

We call for stronger protections, not weaker ones.

#ModernSlavery #AsylumReform #MedailleTrust

Part Two of our tote-bag project!

Service users came together to share their finished designs — full of personality, creativity, and pride. A brilliant confidence-boosting session for the whole group.

#MedailleTrust #CreativityAndConfidence #SkillsBuilding

This week’s sewing session was full of creativity! ✨

Service users customized tote bags with their own designs — from pink bows to dog paw prints. Each one unique, each one brilliant.

#MedailleTrust #CreativeWorkshop #ToteBagDesign

Festive fun at our Christmas card-making competition! 🎄
Service users enjoyed crafting together and getting into the Christmas spirit.

#ChristmasCrafts #FestiveCheer #MedailleTrust

A fantastic day of networking & sharing ideas at Coventry Cathedral 💜
Wonderful to see our service users joining in too — their voices make every event more meaningful.

#MedailleTrust #NetworkingEvent #CoventryCathedral

Yesterday in Shkodra, Medaille Trust hosted the International Criminal Justice Conference 2025, uniting UK & Albanian experts to tackle modern slavery.

Ben Ryan, CEO, opened the conference, highlighting the power of collaboration. 💙

#ModernSlavery #Collaboration #Albania #UK #MedailleTrust

Service users, children, and staff joined hands to create a Collage of Freedom — words of strength and hope beside footprints representing our journeys towards healing and independence. 💙

Freedom isn’t simply spoken — it’s lived. There is more to show.

#Freedom #Healing #Empowerment #MedailleTrust

On Anti-Slavery Day, professionals across Hampshire came together to strengthen collaboration and share insights on supporting survivors of trafficking and modern slavery.

Unity and partnership remain key to creating lasting change. 💛

#AntiSlaveryDay #Empowerment #ModernSlavery #MedailleTrust

10 years on from the Modern Slavery Act, it’s time to reflect and act.
📅 13 October, 11 AM – 3 PM
📍 London Jesuit Centre
Hear from Medaille Trust, Saint John of God Hospitaller Services & Caritas Social Action Network.

Lunch and refreshments included.

#EndModernSlavery #SocialImpact #MedailleTrust

Our painting & decoupage workshop at MOP Wiltshire gave service users space to explore creativity, try new ideas, and enjoy the calm of making something by hand.
#MedailleTrust #ArtWorkshop #CommunityWellbeing