Modern Slavery

Modern slavery and human trafficking statement

Date: 25 September 2024

Introduction

Section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act (2015) requires commercial organisations operating in the UK with an annual turnover in excess of £36m to produce a modern slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year of the organisation.

BH Live is committed to ensuring that modern slavery and human trafficking does not exist within any part of our organisation or our supply chains. As a leisure and cultural charitable organisation, we recognise our responsibility to combat slavery and human trafficking in all its forms and are dedicated to upholding the highest standards of ethical practice.

 

Our Organisation

BH Live is a Company Limited by guarantee and also a registered charity. BH Live Enterprises Limited is a trading subsidiary of BH Live. This statement covers all staff, suppliers and activities undertaken by both companies.

BH Live supports and promotes access to arts, culture and leisure activities through a diverse portfolio of cultural venues and leisure facilities, with millions of visits per year. Our geographical reach spans across 15 venues and attractions across Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Croydon.

BH Live, a registered charity and social enterprise whose objectives are to generate:

  • More participation – through the provision of leisure facilities to encourage active communities, improved health and well-being
  • Higher audiences – through the provision of a diverse range of cultural and artistic events that appeal to a wide audience
  • Greater economic and social benefit – through hosting major conferences, exhibitions, and events for the benefit of the local, regional and international economies and people

BH Live has approximately 1,400 colleagues working at our facilities and currently operates only in the United Kingdom.

Our Commitment

BH Live has a zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking. We are dedicated to ensuring transparency in our business and our approach to tackling modern slavery is integrated into our organisational policies and processes.

Our Colleagues

BH Live complies with all applicable employment legislation relating to recruitment, employees’/workers’ terms and conditions including pay and we ensure all colleagues have the appropriate right to work. We have a number of internal policies including our recruitment policy (including eligibility of work checks) and whistleblowing policy.

All colleagues working for BH Live are expected to read, understand and comply with these policies and this statement, and avoid any actions that may lead to a breach of it.

Our Supply Chain

Our supply chain includes suppliers of goods and services such as events producers and promoters, providers of food and drink, energy companies, staff agencies and other business services including IT software services providers. We acknowledge the risk of modern slavery is more likely to take place in certain sectors including to agency hospitality staff, uniform and clothing, cleaning services, and equipment purchases.

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chain and all our business relationships. We have a number of internal policies that support this commitment including our anti modern slavery policy, whistleblowing policy, procurement policy, anti-money laundering policy and anti-fraud and corruption policy.

Our procurement policy refers to compliance with all legislation including the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We aim to only engage with suppliers who also commit to complying with this Act.

We carry out regular checks on our main suppliers to ensure they are committed to complying with the Modern Slavery Act and we are looking to further improve our supplier monitoring in future.

Risk Assessment and Due Diligence

We regularly assess the risk of modern slavery in our organisation and supply chains by:

  • Identifying areas of higher risk within our supply chains, such as products sourced from certain industry sectors and areas with a known prevalence of modern slavery
  • Evaluating suppliers and partners to ensure they operate in compliance with modern slavery legislation
  • Monitoring and auditing our processes to identify and address any potential risks

Our Continued Commitment

We recognise the importance of maintaining constant vigilance to identify and address any issues associated with slavery and human trafficking within BH Live and our supply chains. We are committed to continuing to enhance our capacity to identify, prevent and mitigate any actual or potential risks in these areas. This includes communications through various channels to colleagues and also the ability to report concerns through our management reporting systems.

Over the coming year, we will:

  • Strengthen our supplier due diligence processes to further reduce the risk of modern slavery
  • Increase awareness and training on modern slavery for all employees, workers, volunteers, and partners
  • Review and update our policies and procedures to ensure they remain effective and in line with best practices

This statement has been approved by the Board of Trustees and is signed by Jon Workman, Chief Executive.

Jon Workman, Chief Executive