Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy

Last updated: 28/4/26

This statement is made as part of Emotion Dysregulation in Autism’s commitment to eliminating the exploitation of people under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act). It summarises how Emotion Dysregulation in Autism operates, the policies and processes in place to minimise the possibility of any problems, any risks we have identified and how we monitor them, and how we train our staff.

This statement is published in accordance with section 54 of the Act.

Denise Wallace

Charity Operations Manager

Our Business

Emotion Dysregulation in Autism (E-DA) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to supporting autistic young people with emotion regulation challenges through peer support, education, and community outreach. We provide lived experience peer support to individuals aged 12–25.

Our Policies

Emotion Dysregulation in Autism has a Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking policy which,

is available upon request.

In addition, Emotion Dysregulation in Autism has the following policies which incorporates

ethical standards for our staff.

1. Anti-bribery / Corruption Policy
2. Code of Conduct
3. Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
4. Fairness and Dignity at Work Policy
5. Recruitment & Selection Policy
6. Whistle-Blowing Policy

Policy development and review

Emotion Dysregulation in Autism’s policies are established by our Charity Operations

Manager based on advice from HR professionals, industry best practice and

legal advice, and in consultation with our CEO and Trustee’s. We review our policies on a

regular basis, or as needed to adapt to changes.

Our Processes for Managing Risk

In order to assess the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking, we use the following.

processes with our suppliers:

• Establishing sound and longstanding relationships with suppliers who understand and share our values.
• When engaging with suppliers, we ask for evidence of their processes and policies, including commitments around modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour, human rights, and whistleblowing.
• We conduct audits before entering a commercial relationship with any business where there is the potential for risk. These audited businesses form the basis of our preferred supplier list.
• We review the potential for risk at regular intervals, including the possibility of re-auditing a supplier or conducting spot checks.
• the percentage of suppliers who provide their own modern slavery and human trafficking statements.
• the effectiveness of enforcement against suppliers who breach policies.

After consideration, we have not identified any significant risks of modern slavery, forced labour, or human trafficking in our supply chain. However, we continue to be alert to the potential for problems.

Additionally, we have taken the following steps to minimise the possibility of any problems:

• We work to the highest professional standards and comply with all laws, regulations, and rules relevant to our charity operations and we expect the same from our suppliers and partners.
• We reserve the right to conduct spot-checks of the businesses who supply us, to investigate any complaints.
• We require the businesses we work with to address modern slavery and human trafficking concerns in their policies / publish a modern slavery and human trafficking statement.
• Only senior members of staff who have undergone appropriate training for assessing modern slavery and human trafficking risks in the supply chain are authorised to sign contracts and establish commercial relationships in any area where we have identified the potential for risk.
• We benchmark our indicators against industry best-practice to ensure that we do not put undue pressure on our suppliers that might increase the potential for risk.

Our Performance

As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk we monitor the performance of Emotion

Dysregulation in Autism, we track the following general key performance indicators:

• The level of training amongst our staff and volunteers
• We ensure that all recruitment checks are completed including right to work checks, ID Checks, reference checks and, where relevant, disclosure checks (DBS). These checks are conducted for both our directly contracted employees and Volunteer staff.

• Regular audits of employees and volunteer training checks

• HR file audits to ensure that all safeguarding training and recruitment checks have been completed. (DBS, References, Right to Work)

• The speed with which we investigate related complaints, and the effectiveness of any whistle-blowing procedures, and/or

• The level of compliance and transparency that is established in our own operation.

Based on the potential risks we have identified, we have also established the following key performance indicators, which are regularly assessed by our senior leadership team who consist of our CEO, Charity Operations Manager, and our Trustee’s.

• the amount of time spent on audits, re-audits, spot checks, and related due diligence.
• the level of modern slavery and human trafficking training and awareness amongst our staff

Our Training

All our staff receive training and support that is appropriate to their role. In particular:

• Our Leadership Team receive detailed training in identifying and resolving concerns around modern slavery and human trafficking.
• All EDA staff and Volunteers receive awareness-raising information around issues involving modern slavery and human trafficking via our e-learning platform, so that they can bring any concerns they have to the attention of the Leadership Team and Charity Trustee’s.

Training is refreshed regularly.