Cllrs. Mrs Carol Evans and Mrs Xena Dion are supporting a campaign to raise the public’s awareness of human trafficking in and around Poole. Working with Churchill Contract Services, the Soroptimists of Poole and the Purple Teardrop Campaign posters have been placed in all of the town’s public toilets. The posters explain, with pictorial help, how victims of trafficking or anyone who suspects trafficking is occurring can contact a national helpline.
Cllr Xena Dion explains "We know that many victims are unlikely to speak English as a first language and may not understand the words, but the pictures on the posters are very clear. It must be a life of total misery to be caught up in what amounts to modern slavery and anything we can do as Councillors to help is essential".