by The Loan Lounge | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog, Survivor News, Uncategorized
After 4 months being part of the Freedom Hub teams, our lovely interns Vanessa Wilson and Rebecca Sorrel, will greatly be missed. Bringing tremendous support, along with their enthusiasm and great social work knowledge, Vanessa andRebecca definitely put their heart...
by The Loan Lounge | Oct 16, 2018 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Survivor News
We are ramping up for the new term and Summer holidays are just around the corner. This term our Survivor School classes will include: Communication Office Skills Money Minded, and tutoring for survivors who have made it into TAFE. The Survivor School will continue to...
by The Loan Lounge | Sep 10, 2018 | About Modern Slavery, Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Survivor News
Attending the NSW Forced Marriage Network meeting at the Australian Red Cross offices on September 4, Emma (Principle of the Survivor School) and social workers Damaris, Vanessa and Rebecca, share the work done to prevent and stop this terrible crime. About the...
by The Loan Lounge | Jun 16, 2017 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Survivor News, Waterloo Cafe
The Sydney Cafe Ending Modern Slavery This story and video is put together by Huffington post. It tells the back story on how the Freedom Hub began. “It’s estimated there are 4,300 people living in modern slavery in Australia. While the government and charities...
by The Loan Lounge | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Ethical Business, Forced Labour, Sex Slavery, Survivor News, Waterloo Cafe
The Freedom Hub Survivor School opened in 2014. It’s a place where survivors of slavery are trained, encouraged and prepared for the workforce. Survivors come from a range of different cultural backgrounds and are recovering from different types of slavery....
by The Loan Lounge | May 28, 2015 | Blog, Ending Modern Slavery, Sex Slavery, Survivor News
Human trafficking and slavery is something often thought of as the scourge of faraway places, down dingy alleyways beneath the seedy underbellies of developing nations. But on Wednesday night some of Australia’s most influential people, a world removed from the...