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Councils have a vital role to play in building community cohesion, combating extremism and in encouraging the victims of hate crime to come forward and report the matter to the police.
In recent years, various incidents have triggered spikes in recorded hate crime.
Every community is different and councils are best placed to tackle the challenges each faces, including these.
To assist councils in this task we have provided a collection of useful documents and links below. If you would like to see anything added to this list please contact [email protected]
Useful contacts:
- Police-owned website on hate crime, including resources/research and opportunities to report
- Hate crime awareness weeks
- Victim Support: Hate crimes
- Educate against hate
- About community cohesion
- TellMAMA: Measuring anti-Muslim guide
- Hindu Council UK
Guidance
- Action against hate: The UK Government's plan for tackling hate crime
- Home Office plan for tackling hate crime and progress report on its delivery
- Striking the balance striking the balance - managing the use of council facilities for communities
- College of Policing: Hate Crime Operational Guidance
Toolkits and other resources
- Safeguarding resources
- MOPAC's hate crime reduction strategy (including an overview of stats etc for London)
- Stop Hate UK
- Managing far right activity
- Hate Crime and Housing - Policy and Practice Update for Social Landlords in Wales
- Tackling Hate Crimes and Incidents: A Framework for Action
- Community Cohesion Event Toolkit
- Lancaster City Council motion on hate crime
- Islington says no to hate crime
- Corby Council condemns hate crime
- Essex Strategic Hate Crime Prevention Partnership
- Manchester's hate crime strategy 2016 - 2019
- Derbyshire credit card leaflet
- Derbyshire and Derby – Community Cohesion / Hate Crime
- Manchester's CSP has been doing this work around community cohesion
- Bristol - service funded by the Council
- Newcastle service for dealing with hate crime reports
- Use of community MARACs for vulnerable victims - used in several authorities: LB Richmond: supporting vulnerable victims through the Community MARAC and Community Trigger
- Birmingham City Council has created a faith map with the support of members of their Faith Round Table to show the contribution faiths make to life in the city, and to encourage trust, harmony and hope
- Tower Hamlets has a No Place For Hate forum and also runs a campaign. The forum brings together the council and key agencies to make the borough a better place to live, work and visit by developing and promoting a coordinated response to race and hate crime