Snowdrop Project
The Snowdrop Project is a Sheffield-based charity which supports and empowers survivors of modern slavery and exploitation in South Yorkshire to recover from their pasts and rebuild their futures.
About The Snowdrop Project
Snowdrop provides holistic, long-term, community-based support to survivors so that they can reach a place of independence. Our approach covers all key support needs, including independent living, physical and mental wellbeing, community engagement, education and employment. We achieve this holistic support through our casework programme, which is based on social work principles, our in-house counselling service, house renovations and community activities.
Our support is based around the individual needs, strengths, likes, history and hopes of each survivor. Support length and design is based on the individual. We value the unique input of every person who volunteers, whether they have sewing skills, a passion for mums and toddlers, professional training in social care or simply time to give.
We create a safe atmosphere where staff can be themselves and talk about how they feel and think. We aim to create a supportive environment that considers individual wellbeing. Empowerment is the essential value behind every action of the Snowdrop Project. Making decisions and choices for ourselves is something we take for granted, but for many of the people we work with, this basic right has been stolen. Snowdrop supports those who have had their freedom taken away; we advocate for social change and we give voice to those still trapped in modern slavery today.
One organisation cannot end modern slavery. We recognise the benefit of working with local authorities, the government and other NGOs so that as many people as possible are empowered to live new lives. We are committed to co-working and sharing knowledge to develop the most effective support for survivors, in the UK and beyond. We want everyone who comes in to contact with us to know where they stand and how we operate. We are committed to transparency in our accounting, HR and operations. We want every aspect of our operations – from our volunteer t-shirts, to our banking – to reflect our stance against modern slavery.
“Long-term support is crucial for any survivor’s recovery. Without it, you may as well not have been rescued at all.” – Sabah, Snowdrop Client.
