As Coronation Street is set to be rocked by an explosive modern slavery plot line, The Salvation Army is launching a pan European awareness campaign to help find the real life ‘Alinas’ being forced to work as slaves in the UK and mainland Europe.
The Salvation Army has joined with leaders of six other Christian denominations to write to newly elected Prime Minister – Boris Johnson - to express its concern that a no deal Brexit will “hit those held back by poverty very hard indeed.”
There is significantly less money to care for older people who live in rural areas across England according to a new report, Care in Places, by The Salvation Army.
Annie Dell is Policy Analyst for The Salvation Army’s Public Affairs and Social Policy Unit. Here she examines whether advanced payments for those claiming Universal Credit is really the solution to the five week wait most face to receive their benefits.
ON FRIDAY 28 June – Employability Day, a Cardiff man who couldn’t work for three years due to illness has praised a local employment support project for helping him get a full-time job.
Minister of State for Employment and Reading West MP, Alok Sharma visited The Salvation Army last week (21 June) to meet people who have benefitted from its tailored community support.
The Salvation Army is calling on the Government to provide clarity for organisations that help people who are unemployed find work, as fears mount over a potential funding black hole post-Brexit.
This week is Refugee Week – an annual programme of events highlighting the contribution refugees make to UK communities, and countering negative and misleading narratives about those seeking sanctuary.
Today, the government announced a new global resettlement scheme that will see thousands more of the most vulnerable refugees supported in the UK.
