Introduction

This modern slavery and human trafficking statement is a response to section 54 (1), part 6 of the modern slavery act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 03 October 2022.

Victoria Orr Coaching Limited is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in it’s own operations, it’s supply chain, and it’s products and services. We have zero tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.

Organizational Structure:

Victoria Orr Coaching Limited has business operations in the United Kingdom. We operate in the coaching and consultancy sector. The nature of our supply chain is as follows:

Victoria Orr Coaching Limited is a UK-based organization specialising in coaching and consultancy. We work with individual clients and organizations that contract our coaching and consultancy services. We work with a number of core direct suppliers who provide us with goods, such as office equipment and services such as training and development.

For more information about the company, please visit our website: https://victoriaorr.coach

Due Diligence:

As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we have adopted the following due diligence procedures:

• We extend our commitment to our suppliers by making them aware of our policies and expect the same standards in return.
• Our core suppliers are expected to meet the requirements of the real living wage annually and are encouraged to have their own modern slavery procedures in place.
• A risk assessment is carried out on potential new suppliers before engagement, and we monitor this when working with them. We do this to ensure standards are met, highlight areas of potential risk in our supply chain, and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring.

Our Due Diligence procedures aim to:

• Identify and action potential risks in our business and supply chains.
• Monitor potential risks in our business and supply chains.
• Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and supply chains.

Risk and Compliance:

The company has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in its UK supply chain through:

• Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.
• Reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on supply chain mapping.

We do not consider that we operate in a high-risk environment because we operate in the low-risk coaching and consultancy sector, where the majority of business is based online and within the UK. If a risk was identified in a potential new supplier, we would not commence activity until reassurances were met. Should evidence of slavery or human trafficking come to light with an existing supplier or client we would enforce zero tolerance and immediately seek to terminate the relationship.

We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with our procedures by any of our suppliers, we will seek to terminate our relationship with that supplier immediately.

Effectiveness

The company uses key performance indicators to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains.

These KPI’s are as follows:

• We will contact suppliers to inquire about their modern slavery practices every 12 months.
• We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the company.

Training:

The company requires its employees to complete training and ongoing refresher courses on slavery and human trafficking. The company’s training covers:

• How to identify the signs of slavery and human trafficking.
• The initial steps that should be taken if slavery or human trafficking is suspected.
• How to escalate potential slavery or human trafficking issues to the relevant parties within the company.
• Accessing external help available.

Next Steps:

In the next financial year, we intend to take the following steps to tackle slavery and human trafficking by:

• Publishing this statement on our website
• Reviewing government advice to ensure compliance
• Additional training as necessary or dictated by revised government advice.
• Due diligence in commencing new supply chain relationships.

Victoria Orr, Director.