WHAT is national hate crime awareness week?
This national week of action aims to encourage people to come together and stand against hate. It is an opportunity for us to highlight the devastating impact of hate crime, make connections with communities and agencies as we work to prevent it, and make sure people know that we are there to support them if they are victims of hate crime.
This year NHCAW takes place between the 12th-19th of October.
We’re proud to support 17-24-30 NHCAW, the organisers, who do incredible work advocating for action around hate crime. In light of the hate-inspired riots in August, National Hate Crime Awareness Week is more important than ever
THE STORY BEHIND National HATE CRIME AWARENESS WEEK
In April 1999, a far-right terrorist carried out three nail bombings across London. Motivated by hate, he targeted Black, Bangladeshi and LGBTQ+ communities. The bombings killed three people and injured many others.
In 2009, Mark Healey and Ryan Perkins founded 17-24-30 to mark the tenth anniversary of the bombings, organising vigils against hate crime. The first of these vigils was held in response to two separate homophobic attacks in which one man was murdered and another left severely injured.
This then evolved into the creation of National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
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anti-LGBTQ+ Hate crime
The focus this year is on Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime, which continues to have a devastating impact on our communities across the UK. Anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime is the second most reported, despite fewer than one in ten reporting incidents, abuse or attacks that happen to them.
At SARI, we too often see people affected by anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime. No one should be subjected to hate because of who they love or how they identify.
If you have been a victim of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in Avon & Somerset, we can help.
Did you know?
There were 28,834 reported anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in 2022/2023. Transphobic hate crimes were the only category of hate crimes to rise from the last year, with an increase of 11%.
H.O.P.E. Campaign
The H.O.P.E. Campaign captures the key aims of NHCAW.
- H for raising Hate crime awareness, exposing the impact of hate crime and ensuring people know how to recognise it.
- O for improving Operational responses to hate crime, focusing on how the police, local councils and organisations respond to reports of hate crime, whilst also making sure that local communities feel prepared to respond.
- P for Preventing hate crime, ensuring that we use lessons from the past to prevent incidents happening again in the future
- E for Engaging communities, consulting with and involving communities affected by hate crime in developing strategies to prevent hate crime
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