Transcript Hate Incident Reporting Centre Training PC Donna McDougal

Rose Simkins
Chief Executive
[email protected]
Background to Stop Hate UK
Established in 1995
A registered charity, Company Limited by Guarantee
and Social Enterprise
Our Vision is:
Raising awareness and understanding of
Discrimination and Hate Crime, encouraging its
reporting, and supporting the individuals and
communities it affects
PATRON: DOREEN LAWRENCE OBE
Reporting
The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
Recommendation 16
“The ability to report at locations
other than police stations”
“The ability to report 24 hours a day”
2009/2010 and 2010/11 British
Crime Survey
 Suggests that 260,000 Hate Crimes per year
 –136,000 race
 –65,000 disability
 –50,000 sexual orientation
 –39,000 religion
• • Not directly comparable but suggests
 – less than 18% recorded
 – less than 38% of reported
Impact
Greater emotional impact
• – 92-86% Emotionally affected
• – Anger (67-60%)
• – Fear (39-14%)
• – Anxiety/panic attacks (23-6%)
• – Depression (20-6%)
Barriers to Reporting
There are many reasons why people
may choose not to report Hate Crime:
Fear
Isolation
Confidence Mistrust
Access
Normalised
How to report?
Independent Reporting
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Emotional support
Practical Support
Explore options and rights
Evidence building
Partnership working
Confidential
Accessible
Anonymous reporting and choice for victims
Both 24 hours
Telephone
Web Chat
SMS
Email
Text Relay
Online Form
Post
Stop Hate UK operates the Stop Hate Line in:
Bedfordshire
Bracknell Forest
Buckinghamshire (except Milton Keynes)
Calderdale
Derbyshire
Leeds
Lincolnshire
Liverpool,
London Borough of Harrow, Hackney, Merton,
Richmond, Southwark, Sutton and Wandsworth
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Mersey Travel
Nottinghamshire
Oldham
Oxfordshire
Slough
St Helens
Wakefield
Walsall
West Midlands Passenger Transport Network (Centro)
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Wirral
Wokingham
What We Do
• Develop promotional materials in accessible formats:
– over 45 community languages, Braille, large print,
words into pictures, BSL DVD, audio
– Specific materials for Sexual Orientation, Mental
Health Hate Crime and Religious Hate Crime
• Promote good practice
• Use strong branding
• Provide monitoring information on activity through the
Stop Hate Line
Telephone: 0113 293 5100
Email: [email protected]