ACTION PLAN
1) Is there somewhere you can quickly and easily use a phone – at a neighbor’s or other contact?
2) Could you try to save some emergency money for bus, train or taxi fares? Where could you hide this money?
3) If possible take any important legal or financial papers and keep them in your emergency bag. These could include: marriage and birth certificates, court orders, health cards, passports, income support book, child benefit books, driver’s license, check book, credit cards, and your National Insurance number. Have you got access to these?
4) Are there any other important documents you need with you? If you can’t get the originals, you may have to make a photocopy when you can.
5) It may be useful to have photocopies of a gas or electricity bill in case you need to show proof of your last address. Many organizations need to separate proofs of your identity and address.
6) Remember that if you do leave home in a hurry because you are a victim of human trafficking, and later discover that you have forgotten something, it is always possible to arrange for the protection of a police escort to return home to collect things.