Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement - Financial Year 2024/25

Introduction

 

This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year 1st July 2024 – 30th June 2025.

The statement sets down Professional Role Players Ltd.’s commitment to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our business activities and the steps we have put in place with the aim of ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in our own business and supply chains. We all have a duty to be alert to risks, however small.  Staff are expected to report their concerns and management to act upon them.

 

Organisational structure and supply chains

 

This statement covers the business activities of Professional Role Players Ltd which are as follows:

The supply of professional role players for medical and corporate training and examinations, the provision of an online training and examination platform, and the design and development of training courses and examinations.

The Company currently operates in the following countries:

United Kingdom, U.K.

High Risk Activities

The following activities are considered to be at high risk of modern slavery or human trafficking:

• We recognise our diverse workforce, who are based throughout the U.K., carry a certain risk and therefore PRP Ltd have strict guidelines to their employment. Once applied via our application form on our website, they are interviewed and provided with our terms and conditions to sign. They complete pre-employment screening, the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. This confirms nationality and immigration status, current address, employment history (past 3 years) and criminal record.

Responsibility for the Company’s anti-slavery initiatives is as follows:

• Policies: Director of Operations is responsible for creating and reviewing policies. The process by which policies are developed is by looking at best practice and adapting to the needs of the Company.
• Risk Assessments: The Health & Safety Manager is responsible for risk assessments in respect of human rights and modern slavery by reviewing the Company’s recruitment policy.
• Due Diligence: PRP Ltd is responsible for due diligence in relation to known or suspected instances of modern slavery and human trafficking.

Training

To ensure a good understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chains, the Company requires all staff to complete annual online training courses.

Policies

The Company is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our business or our supply chains. This Statement affirms its intention to act ethically in our business relationships.

 

The following policies set down our approach to the identification of modern slavery risks and steps to be taken to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our operations:

1. Whistleblowing Policy – PRP Ltd encourages all its workers, customers and other business partners to report any concerns related to its direct activities or its supply chains.
2. Code of Conduct - The Code of Conduct sets down the actions and behaviour expected of employees when representing PRP Ltd.
3. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy – PRP Ltd.’s CSR policy summarises how we manage our environmental impacts and how we work responsibly with suppliers and local communities.
4. Recruitment Policy – We operate a robust recruitment policy including conducting eligibility to work in the UK checks for all employees to safeguard against human trafficking or individuals being forced to work against their will.

Due Diligence Processes for Slavery and Human Trafficking

PRP Ltd undertakes due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers and regularly reviews its existing suppliers.

PRP Ltd.’s due diligence process includes: 

1. Building long-standing relationships with suppliers and making clear our expectations
2. Evaluating the modern slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier;
3. Invoking sanctions against suppliers that fail to improve their performance in line with an action plan provided by us, including the termination of the business relationship.

Performance indicators

PRP Ltd uses the following key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure how effective we are in ensuring slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of our business or supply chains including:

1. Requiring all staff to have completed training on modern slavery each year.
2. Maintaining a preferred supplier list and conducting due diligence with all suppliers before adding them to our list.

This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement will be regularly reviewed and updated as necessary. The Senior Management team endorses this policy statement and is fully committed to its implementation.

 

This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement has been approved and authorised by:

Name: Phill Doulton (CEO)

Signature Phill Doulton

Date 01 July 2024