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09/ 02/ 2017 Hate Crime Darren Goddard Hate Crime Officer leics.police.uk Definitions leics.police.uk 2 1

09/ 02/ 2017 Definitions Hate Incident 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 Crime 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 ………… 3 leics.police.uk Who can be a victim of hate ? • Alternative Sub-culture • Disability • Racial • Religion / faith • Sexual Orientation • Transgender • Other leics.police.uk 4 2

09/ 02/ 2017 Hate Crimes Around the World UK 62,518 (2015/ 16) Russia 460 (2008) USA 6385 (2014) Germany 3059 (2014) Italy 596 Italy 596 (2014) (2014) leics.police.uk 5 Hate Crimes in the UK 2015/16 Total 62,518 Disability 3,629 Race 49,419 Religion & Faith 4,400 Sexual Orientation 7,194 Transgender 858 leics.police.uk 3

09/ 02/ 2017 Hate in Leicestershire 2015/16 Alternative Sub-culture Total 1 1320 Disability 115 Sexual Orientation 130 Race Transgender 887 22 Other Religion 4 & Faith 161 leics.police.uk What are we doing Hate Crime & Healthcare Partnership leics.police.uk 8 4

09/ 02/ 2017 What are we doing • 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 leics.police.uk 9 leics.police.uk 10 5

09/ 02/ 2017 Posters leics.police.uk 11 Leaflets leics.police.uk 12 6

09/ 02/ 2017 leics.police.uk 13 Hate Crime and Healthcare Partnership leics.police.uk 7

09/ 02/ 2017 Hate Crime and Healthcare Hate Crime Partnership & Healthcare Partnership • 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) 15 leics.police.uk UK Youth Parliament Don’t Hate Educate Campaign leics.police.uk 16 8

09/ 02/ 2017 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 13 th November 2015 where Members of Youth Parliament voted to make this their national campaign leics.police.uk 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. leics.police.uk 9

09/ 02/ 2017 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 leics.police.uk Blaby District Council Event On the 5 th 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 leics.police.uk 10

09/ 02/ 2017 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 leics.police.uk Chairman of Blaby District Council’s Civic Service leics.police.uk 11

09/ 02/ 2017 Hate Crime Symposium leics.police.uk 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 leics.police.uk 12

09/ 02/ 2017 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 leics.police.uk 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 leics.police.uk 13

09/ 02/ 2017 Oadby & Wigston Borough • Hate crime session with Oadby and Wigston Youth Council • Hate crime assemblies at Wigston Academy leics.police.uk Preparing for Adulthood & SEND Board leics.police.uk 28 14

09/ 02/ 2017 Preparing for Adulthood & SEND Board • SEND Board • Family Leadership Program • Education, Health and Social Care Plans leics.police.uk 29 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 leics.police.uk 30 15

09/ 02/ 2017 Better Journey Cards leics.police.uk 31 Ways to report 999 in an emergency 101 non emergency to the police Stamp It Out Leicestershire County Council Leicester City Council True Vision leics.police.uk 32 16

09/ 02/ 2017 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 leics.police.uk 33 Thank You Any Questions ? 17