Become a Hate Crime Prevention Champion:
We have three Hate Crime Prevention Champion training sessions scheduled for the next few months (please note, you only need to attend one session):
Tuesday 25th June – 1-2.45pm
Tuesday 16th July – 10-11.45am
Wednesday 14th August – 11am-12.45pm
Please email hatecrime@islington.gov.uk to express your interest in one of the sessions.
What is the Hate Crime Prevention Champion scheme?
Help tackle Hate Crime by becoming a Hate Crime Prevention Champion. Many hate crimes are not reported and victims often suffer in silence. We believe everyone deserves to live free from fear and abuse. We are asking you to help us raise awareness of hate crime, so more people know how to report it and access support.
What you will do as a Hate Crime Prevention Champion
Encourage the reporting of hate crime/hate incidents
Promote community understanding and awareness of hate crime, e.g., by distributing leaflets, holding events and/or attending hate crime events
Identify when a hate crime may have occurred
Support victims to report hate crime and signpost them to support services
Engage with the work delivered by the Islington Hate Crime Forum
Deliver at least three hate crime activities a year, this could include anything from displaying hate crime leaflets at an event you’re attending, speaking about hate crime at a meeting or hosting a specific event to raise awareness of hate crime amongst your community/colleagues.
What you will get as a Hate Crime Prevention Champion
Free training delivered by Islington Community Safety Team, including an opportunity to ask questions
An improved understanding and confidence in speaking about hate crime
Certificate of recognition
Access to free hate crime resources
Invites to hate crime events organised by Islington Hate Crime Forum
Access to support from Islington Community Safety Team and Islington Hate Crime Forum if you have any questions or you are in contact with a victim of hate crime.