Introduction

‘Incidents targeting people because of who they are (e.g. hate crimes) are under-reported, meaning many victims are unable to access the support they need, or to secure justice’

In 2011/12, there were 1809 hate incidents and crimes reported to the police in Wales, of which 1368 were racially and religiously motivated, 244 were motivated by homophobia; 21 by transphobia and 122 reports of attacks against disabled people.

Who should attend?

The workshop will be of interest to, for example, anyone who works within the justice system, community development, schools, colleges, advice workers, health, social care, equality organisations and anyone whose role may enable raising awareness of hate crime or dealing with victims of it.

Why should you attend?

It will assist you to:

– Recognise hate crime
– Know what to do if you suspect a hate crime has been committed
– Identify strategies for dealing with it

Aim 

The aim of this workshop is to: promote awareness of race, faith, homophobic, biphobic, transphobic and disability hate crime; identify strategies to raise awareness within your workplace and the community and know what to do if you suspect a hate crime has been committed.

Learning Objectives

By the end the session participants will have:

(a) Gained an understanding of definitions of hate crime (using both the home office description and plain language)

(b)  Considered the different strands of hate crime and the barriers faced in reporting it

(c)  Identified strategies to improve reporting of hate crime

(d)  Increased your awareness of sentencing variations between different categories of hate crime

(e)  Considered the benefit of third party reporting systems

Methods used

The session is highly interactive and case study led.  We use various training methods including details of cases which some participants may find disturbing. 

Comments received from previous sessions:

“…has encouraged me to open this out to discuss with my team.”

“An Excellent awareness of hate crimes – many thanks”

“ Case studies immediately engaged me in the importance of the subject/issues being discussed”

“I now feel confident that I could explain hate crime”

“A lot clearer – thank you – excellent trainer”

“I wasn’t really clear on what a hate crime constituted but felt much clearer and potentially am able to refer people I come across in the community”

Workshop facilitator:

Mark Williams, Anti-Hate Crime Project Coordinator, Safer Wales. 

This workshop is organised by Diverse Cymru in partnership with Safer Wales.

Price: £55 per person (This includes a certificate of attendance, course materials and refreshments)

How to book

To book on line please visit www.diversecymrutraining.org.uk

For Enquiries

Contact Mohamed Hussein

e. mohamed@diversecymru.org.uk

t. 029 2036 8888