What is a hate crime?

'Hate incidents' or 'hate crimes' refer to instances of violence or animosity aimed at individuals due to their identity or perceived identity. These acts stem from prejudice or animosity based on factors such as disability, race, religion, transgender identity, or sexual orientation. They encompass actions targeting individuals or property, including online content.

Examples of hate incidents include:

• Verbal assaults like name-calling and offensive jokes
• Harassment
• Bullying or intimidation from various sources, including children, adults, neighbors, or strangers
• Physical assaults like hitting, punching, pushing, or spitting
• Threats of physical harm
• Online harassment or abuse

Get Support 

There is lots of specialist support available both within the college and externally that you or  someone you know can access for support in the aftermath of hate. 

We need some info on what support is available to people regarding this topic. Both in college and externally support. Below is an example list from Uni support and report page. 

• Stop Hate UK provides independent, confidential and accessible reporting and support for victims, witnesses and third parties.

• Citizens Advice provides some useful information on the different types of harassment and hate crime people may experience including disability hate crime, racist and religious hate crime, and sexual orientation and transgender identity hate crime.

• True Vision offers guidance on reporting hate crime and hate incidents. If you do not wish to talk to anyone in person about the incident or wish to remain anonymous, there is an online form for reporting hate crime; you can report non-crime hate incidents to the police to try and prevent any escalation in seriousness.

• Disability Equality NW runs the Developing from the Negatives Project (DFN) which aims to raise awareness of Disability Hate Crime and encourage reporting. 

Report

You can also use Stay Safe to anonymously report what happened below. There are three ways you can tell us what happened. Choose the option that describes you and click to complete the form.

If you are not a current student of member of staff at the college, please select the General Public option.

The form will allow you to select the type of concern you would like to report. If your are unsure which category your concern is most relevant to, or you would like to find out more information about the support available within each category, please see the How we can support you section.

You can also select 'unsure' or 'other' if you feel that the categories available are not appropriate for the concern you are reporting.