Modern Slavery Translate Accessibility tools Site map Skip to Navigation IMPACT Home COVID-19 updates News Contact us Work for us Welcome to the Trust Residents Area Rent Buy Home Welcome to the Trust Corporate Publications Modern Slavery Modern Slavery The Trust is committed to ensuring we comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and to taking appropriate steps to make sure that slavery does not exist in our business, supply chains, or homes. We regularly raise awareness of modern slavery issues to all of our employees using our intranet. Each year, our Modern Slavery statement is checked by our solicitors to ensure best practice and a link is displayed on the homepage of our website. Click the following links to view 2021's statement, view 2020's statement, view 2019's statement, view 2018's statement or view 2017's statement. Our next statement will be published by the end of September 2022. In our business We ensure all our employees are paid the living wage and regularly review our terms of employment to ensure compliance with appropriate legislation. We operate a number of policies that support preventing slavery and human trafficking in our operations including: Whistleblowing Employee Code of Conduct Recruitment / Agency Workers Safeguarding In our supply chains When our goods or services are sourced from suppliers, we work closely with them to ensure slavery and human trafficking does not exist in their business or supply chain. We require all suppliers to declare that they are not involved in Modern Slavery before contracts are signed, and we commissioned our solicitors to produce a Modern Slavery questionnaire to be completed by all our major suppliers. The questionnaire is sent out yearly to capture changes in the organisation’s own supply chains, and we’re working to increase the list of suppliers it is sent to. In our homes As a housing association, we take steps to ensure that Modern Slavery (and any other kind of exploitation) does not exist in our homes. These steps include eLearning for all employees and we are also currently developing some eLearning around County Drug Lines. We work with the Buckinghamshire Willow Project, who are specialists in cases of Modern Slavery and take referrals of any suspected cases. They’ve delivered training to some of our customer-facing employees to equip them with the skills to spot signs of exploitation. We’re also members of the Bucks anti-slavery and exploitation network and attend quarterly meetings with local partners including Thames Valley Police and Trading Standards. Did you find what you were looking for? Be the first one to answer! Yes To some extent No Back to top of page Print this page Email this page Site map Welcome to the Trust About Us Corporate Publications Accessibility Statement Confidential reporting (whistleblowing) policy Modern Slavery Modern Slavery Statement 2021 Modern Slavery Statement 2020 Modern Slavery Statement 2019 Modern Slavery Statement 2018 Modern Slavery Statement 2017 Gender Pay Gap report 2020 Tenant Standards reports Development Expenditure Report and Financial Statements Value for Money reports Corporate Social Responsibility Meet our Board Meet our Executive Management Team New Developments Homes for living, communities for life Modern Slavery Statements Our safeguarding practices Accessibility Statement Vale of Aylesbury Housing © 2021 Powered by VerseOne Technologies Ltd We have placed cookies on your computer to help make this website better. You can at any time read our cookie policy. Otherwise, we will assume that you're OK to continue.