ATLEU is the only UK charity that provides specialist, holistic legal advice to survivors of trafficking and slavery
About Us
‘The most important quality one can have is to be brave.’
Mrs P, former domestic worker
Founded in 2013, we aim to secure safety and justice for survivors by using and reforming the law.
We are strategic.
We prioritise cases that can be used to improve the law to achieve justice for far more survivors around the UK.
We are policy leaders.
We build coalitions, mobilise the sector to campaign for systemic change and empower survivors to lead change.
We recognise the value and expertise of survivors.
Our Lived Experience Group is essential to supporting the development of our services and priorities.
We work to develop the sector.
We share our specialist knowledge with the wider sector through our training, our online resource ATHUB and our advice line, to improve services for all survivors.
Latest News
Annual Report
‘'My advice to the government is to allow people to work while they are still waiting for their case to be resolved, rather than stopping us from working, locking us in one place with all the trauma and emotional impact. We are safer from the people who trafficked us, please do not repeat the same abuse that we have experienced.’ Changemaker
Our report ➔ also highlights our legal challenge to the government’s seasonal worker visa scheme which continues despite the government being repeatedly made aware of concerns regarding the inbuilt risks of exploitation in the scheme.
Saltworks
Our private law firm, Saltworks, aims to bring ATLEU’s pioneering work at the forefront of immigration and employment law to a radically different client base. All profits from Saltworks go to fund our work with survivors of trafficking and slavery.
Saltworks’ immigration practice helps people to live and work in the UK
Saltworks employment practice focuses on helping workers to be treated fairly at work.
We need to find new ways to fund our work and we hope that Saltworks will provide an innovative new model for other legal aid charities who need to secure the services they offer into the future.
At the same time, we’re offering our new private clients the chance to improve their own lives and the lives of vulnerable people who desperately need our help.
So if you need legal advice or representation, please contact us ➔ and one of our award winning lawyers will be there to help.
‘I used to wake up and feel fear in the pit of my stomach. Now I have put my past behind me, I can look with hope to the future.’
If you or your client require legal help please complete our legal help form.
If you are a professional who needs advice, please complete our advice form.
If you are a journalist with a media request, please call: 020 3883 4384 (Mon-Thurs 9.30-5.30) or email: press@atleu.org.uk
For out-of-hours media queries, please send us an email.
The form below is for general enquiries only.
Contact Us
Our lines are open from 10am-5pm, Monday to Friday.
T: (020) 7700 7311
F : (020) 4502 6964
London office
St Saviour’s House,
39–41 Union Street,
London, SE1 1SD
Sheffield office
Castle Green
7 Castle Street
Sheffield, S3 8LT