KCAT update: could we help develop a pan-London response?

Just a quick update following two key meetings last week –
Lewis (Kingsgate), Amy and I met with Antoinette from Merton AgainstTrafficking on the 23rd April; we’ve been trying to get together
again for more than 6 months now, since KCAT finally got off the ground, but
this was the date we agreed. It just happened (by God’s good grace and design)
to be the same day that I’d managed to get some time with Mark Kitson from the CinnamonNetwork. Both meetings were exceptionally helpful, but also – and perhaps more
importantly – there was a strong sense of God leading us into something much
bigger and more quickly than we’d anticipated, specifically the development of
a pan-London response to trafficking. I’ve mentioned in a previous blog that
active resistance to human trafficking, particularly sex trafficking, in a
borough can be demonstrably effective in reducing its effect there, but without
prosecution the most likely effect is that the traffickers move to neighbouring
boroughs. We have a vision of Londoners across the capital’s 32 boroughs
locking arms to keep trafficking out – both Thursday’s meetings strongly
suggested that the vision is God’s as we shared common thoughts, dreams and
strategies and began to feel increasingly that God is moving us to have a wider
impact.  
As a result of the Cinnamon Network meeting, we’ll be
looking to coordinate a closed meeting between KCAT (Kingston), MAT (Merton),
CCAT (Croydon) and the MET to lay some foundations for a replicable, church led
model which could be rolled out across London. Please pray for this initial
meeting to be as fruitful as we hope! We will keep you posted.

In other KCAT news we
held the first training session for potential Research volunteers two weeks ago
and Lewis presented to faculty members at Kingston College last week; both
events ran really well and have garnered more support for the organisation. If
you want to know more about the work of KCAT please contact us at
kcat@everyday.org.uk