Modern Slavery Statement

Introduction

Latitude Croydon Limited is fully committed to combatting slavery and human trafficking and is committed to ensuring transparency of our supply chains. This statement sets out our commitment to recognising and mitigating risks of modern slavery in our business activities and within our supply chains.

We will continue to examine the effectiveness of our approach, to ensure continuous improvement.

Latitude Croydon Limited's structure and business

Latitude Croydon Limited is principally involved in the provision of housing and support to people in need. Our purpose is to open doors to better lives by being an innovative property business, expert in delivering homes and developing communities across the Southeast of England.

Our principal activities are the provision of general needs and rent homes for people. Our supply chains include goods and services for the repair and maintenance of residential homes. We also purchase goods and services to facilitate running our business.

With a strong commitment to social responsibility, we rigorously comply with our legal and regulatory responsibilities under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We proactively work to ensure that slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation do not exist within any part of our business or supply chains.

As we are based in and operate solely within the UK, we have identified that our overall exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking is quite low. However, within our business, particular attention is paid to construction contracts and the use of sub-contracted labour.

Provision of housing

As a major housing provider, we have vetting processes in place which monitor the people whom we house, as well as ensuring, through our tenancy audits, that our properties are not used for the purposes of trafficking or allowing modern slavery to be used.

Safeguarding our residents

As a landlord, we remain vigilant against all forms of modern slavery affecting our residents, particularly exploitation linked to vulnerability. We proactively identify residents with vulnerabilities through comprehensive assessments at allocation, regular tenancy verification audits, and vulnerability flags.

Our "Supporting Residents with Additional Needs" policy outlines how reasonable adjustments are implemented to safeguard individuals at heightened risk.

We closely monitor safeguarding referrals, specifically tracking modern slavery indicators such as cuckooing, forced labour, and exploitation through anti-social behaviour.

We are committed to increasing resident and community awareness of modern slavery through targeted campaigns in areas identified as higher risk, encouraging residents to report concerns promptly.

Procurement and supply chain management

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery in our supply chains or in any part of our organisation. Our systems and controls to identify and mitigate risk during procurement include:

As an employer, we are committed to paying the National Living Wage and we regularly review our terms of employment to ensure that they comply with all relevant legislation. During the recruitment process, we conduct thorough checks to ensure that our colleagues have the relevant documentation and have the right to work in the UK.

Measuring effectiveness

Through effective monitoring we work to ensure that modern slavery due diligence is a business as usual activity and that there is a good level of awareness and vigilance across our organisation and our frontline services in particular.