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Hate Crime

Darren Goddard

Hate Crime Officer

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Definitions

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Definitions

Any non-crime incident which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s (actual) or perceived …………

Hate Incident

Any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice based on a person’s (actual) or perceived …………

Hate Crime

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Who can be a victim of hate ?

• Alternative Sub-culture
• Disability
• Racial
• Religion / faith
• Sexual Orientation
• Transgender
• Other

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Hate Crimes Around the World

USA 6385 (2014) Italy 596 (2014) Italy 596 (2014) Russia 460 (2008) UK 62,518 (2015/ 16) Germany 3059 (2014)

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Hate Crimes in the UK 2015/16

Disability 3,629 Transgender 858 Sexual Orientation 7,194 Race 49,419 Religion & Faith 4,400

Total 62,518

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Hate in Leicestershire 2015/16

Religion & Faith 161 Disability 115 Transgender 22 Race 887 Sexual Orientation 130 Other 4

Total 1320

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What are we doing

Hate Crime & Healthcare Partnership

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• Hate crime delivery plan
• Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland hate statement

and action plan

• Hate Crime Scrutiny Panels
• Partnership Boards
• Safer Summer campaign
• Project Polska
• Social media

What are we doing

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Posters

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Leaflets

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Hate Crime and Healthcare Partnership

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• Hate crime e-learning package
• Victim / patient pathway mapped
• IAPT screening question
• Hate crime input to Emergency Dept.
• Incident reporting
• Healthy Teens website
• School nurses (be developed)

Hate Crime and Healthcare Partnership

Hate Crime & Healthcare Partnership

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UK Youth Parliament Don’t Hate Educate Campaign

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Don’t Hate Educate Campaign

The UK Youth Parliament’s ‘Make Your Mark’ ballot was open to all young people aged 11-18 in the UK, and took place between 12th August 2015 until 9th October 2015. A record 968,091 young people voted in the ballot. Over 95,000 young people voted tackling racism and religious discrimination as a priority The UK Youth Parliament House of Commons debate chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow MP took place 13th November 2015 where Members of Youth Parliament voted to make this their national campaign

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Campaign Aims:

• Challenge negative attitudes around race and religion
• Work with others to educate their communities to tackle ignorance

around race and religion

• Promote integration in communities

In Leicestershire we wanted to extend these aims to cover all categories of hate crime and send a clear message that there is no place for hate in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

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What have we been doing

• Hate Crime Awareness Event - Blaby District Council
• Screening of Dark Angel and Black Roses – Groby College
• Chairman of Blaby District Council’s Civic Service
• Hate Crime Symposium
• School Resource Pack
• Hate Crime Awareness Session across Oadby & Wigston Borough

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Blaby District Council Event

• On the 5th July we held our first hate crime awareness event at

Blaby District Council

• About 50 people from attended including District Councilors,

Parish Councilors, staff from local schools and Blaby District Council

• We told people about the Don’t Hate Educate campaign
• Looked at the hate crime definitions and the impact of hate

crime on victims, their families, friends and communities

• Played the SOPHIE game which is designed to challenge

stereotyping

• Played a number of hate crime videos

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Screening of Dark Angel & Black Roses

• In 2007 Sophie Lancaster and her boyfriend Rob were walking

home one evening when they were attacked in a local park in Lancashire by a group of 5 teenagers.

• Sophie tried to protect Rob’s head from the attack when the

group turned on her, she died 2 weeks after the attack.

• Sophie’s mum set up to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation and

works with the government, police, schools and local authorities on hate crime.

• In July Sophie’s mum Sylvia came to Groby College for 2

days, she spoke to nearly 1000 students about hate crime and we watched the Black Roses film.

• We also had a question and answer session with Sylvia, the

Police and Crime Commissioner Lord Bach and Inspector Eveleigh

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Chairman of Blaby District Council’s Civic Service

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Hate Crime Symposium

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Hate Crime Symposium

• During half term we held our Hate Crime Symposium at City Hall in Leicester
• Around 60 young people from across the City and County attended the event
• We talked about Anti-bullying week and this year’s theme is Power for Good

and how everyone has the power to do good around bullying and hate crime.

• We looked at different Journeys people often take, including those fleeing

persecution, we then set the room a challenge of how we can make Leicester and Leicestershire a welcoming and friendly place

• We ended the morning session with a video from this years Holocaust

Memorial theme of Don’t Stand By

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Hate Crime Symposium Faith Information Exchange

• In the afternoon we had our Faith Information

Exchange

• We had representatives from the
• Baha'i
• Buddhist
• Christian
• Jewish
• Islam
• Sikh
• The room was split into 6 tables and each faith

had 10 minutes talking about their faith before moving on the to the next table

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Hate Crime Symposium Call for Action

• The last session of the day was a

call for action

• Each table made a list of the

things they would like to see schools, Local Authorities and the Police to do to tackle hate crimes

• This will be included on our

campaign report

• We are also producing a pack of

resources for schools to help them tackle bullying and hate crime

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Oadby & Wigston Borough

• Hate crime session with Oadby and

Wigston Youth Council

• Hate crime assemblies at Wigston

Academy

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Preparing for Adulthood & SEND Board

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• SEND Board
• Family Leadership Program
• Education, Health and Social Care Plans

Preparing for Adulthood & SEND Board

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Keep Safe Cards & Keep Safe Places

A Keep Safe Place is somewhere a person can go if they feel vulnerable (upset, scared, worried, confused or distressed) and need immediate support whilst they are out and about

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Better Journey Cards

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Ways to report

999 in an emergency 101 non emergency to the police

Stamp It Out Leicestershire County Council Leicester City Council True Vision

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Support for victims

Victim First provide support for victims of all hate incidents and hate crimes Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturdays 9am to 5pm

• Freephone 0800 953 95 95
• www.victimfirst.org

Local community groups Witness service

Thank You Any Questions ?