‘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.

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.

The session is highly interactive and case study led. Various training methods will be used, including details of cases which some participants may find a little disturbing. 

Feedback comments:

‘Eye-opening day. Incredibly helpful on both occupational and personal level’;

‘Achieved above and beyond. More than I could have wished for’;

‘I understand more about stress and different ways to cope’;

‘A really enjoyable experience’

The tutor is Mark Roberts, a Training Delivery Manager with Diverse Cymru. Until March 2013 Mark managed the Anti-Hate Crime project at Safer Wales Ltd, a Cardiff-based charity. Mark delivers Hate Crime awareness, anti-homophobia, transgender awareness and challenging extremism training courses. He currently chairs the Cardiff Community Cohesion Group and was a founding member of the Disability Hate Crime Action Group, Cymru.

Go to http://www.diversecymrutraining.org.uk/understanding-hate-crime/ for more information and to book a place on this course. The deadline for booking a place is the 23rd August.