MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT

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 31 August 2021.

Fuel for Learning Ltd ('the Company', 'we', 'us' or 'our') is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products. We have zero-tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.

Organisational structure

Fuel for Learning Ltd has business operations in the United Kingdom.

We operate in the Education sector. The nature of our supply chains is as follows: We work with a number of key direct suppliers, who provide us with goods, such as produce for our catering offering, and equipment for the kitchen.

For more information about the Company, please visit our website: www.fuel4learning.co.uk.

Policies

We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner. These include the following:

Recruitment and selection policy - We hire staff directly, avoiding the use of unvetted recruitment services or agencies. All prospective employees must provide photographic ID, NI number and an advanced DBS check is carried out before they are allowed to start work.
Supplier code of conduct - We only work with suppliers that can provide a Modern Slavery Act Policy. We make every effort to ensure that they are in turn using suppliers that are also operating ethically and with integrity.

We will not tolerate or condone abuse of human rights or modern slavery within any part of our business or supply chain and will take seriously any allegations that human rights have not been properly respected. All reports will be investigated and appropriate remedial action taken.
Staff code of conduct - We operate a whistleblowing policy which sets out to allow employees to raise concerns about how colleagues are treated or practises within the business without fear of reprisals. As outlined in our staff manual, all employees are expected to treat each other with respect and dignity. All reports will be investigated and appropriate remedial action taken.

Safeguarding policy - Our safeguarding policy works in line with the education body that we are working with's policy. We do not allow or condone any behaviour that could or does put a child in harm's way or be be construed to be. Any suspicious or alarming behaviour or circumstances are reported to the appropriate authority immediately. In the case of Hackney New Primary School that is the Assistant Head Teacher and Safe Guarding Lead, Hannah Woodley. In the event she is not available we would report to another member of the Senior Leadership Team.

We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.

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:

Internal supplier audits. External supplier audits.

External supplier audits.
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 The business operates in this risk level environment because we use staff that have been thoroughly vetted. All employees must complete an advanced DBS check and we only use well established suppliers that can provide clear evidence that they have a Modern Slavery Act Policy and conduct due diligence when sourcing from their own supply chain.

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

Effectiveness

The Company uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows:

We will contact suppliers to enquire about their modern slavery practices every 12 months.
We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the Company. We will carry out a regular audit of suppliers - 100% of suppliers each year.

Training our staff

The Company requires its staff 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.
What initial steps 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.
What external help is available.
What steps the Company should take if suppliers in its supply chain do not implement anti-slavery policies in high- risk scenarios, including their removal from the Company's supply chain.

The statement was approved by the board of directors.

Damian Currie

Damian Currie, Director Fuel for Learning Ltd