Hate Crime Awareness Week
Young people from Cheetwood Community Primary School in Manchester have helped launch Hate Crime Awareness Week with a performance of ‘Life as a refugee in a Manchester school, a play specially written for the event.
Greater Manchester is coming together to take a stand against hate crime as part of a week of action to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and promote tolerance and respect.
Young people from Cheetwood Community Primary School in Manchester helped launch this year’s Hate Crime Awareness Week with a powerful performance of ‘Life as a refugee in a Manchester school, a play specially written for the event.
Events will take place across all of Greater Manchester to raise awareness of hate crime, encourage reporting and bring communities together to challenge it. There will also be a hard-hitting radio campaign to challenge perceptions of what hate crime is and urge people to speak out.
This is the fifth annual Hate Crime Awareness Week, supported by police, local authorities, other partner and voluntary agencies, and communities.
This year, Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has allocated £10,000 to each local authority area to support hate crime work in the community.
Tony Lloyd: “Hate crime destroys lives and divides communities. It has no place in Greater Manchester – a proud, diverse region that welcomes people who stand for hope, not for hate, no matter who they are, where they’re from, who they love or what they believe.
“This week is a powerful show of what can be achieved when we all stand together against hatred and prejudice, bringing communities together to celebrate our diversity and encourage tolerance and respect.”
Councillor Nigel Murphy, Manchester City Council executive member for neighbourhoods, said: “Hate crime can take many forms and anyone could potentially be a victim. However, as this week shows, no matter what shape it takes hate crime is never acceptable and has no place in our modern multicultural city.
“This week of activity allows us to highlight the problems created by hate crime and, just as importantly, celebrate diversity and understanding - demonstrating that together we can form a stronger and happier society that will not tolerate prejudice of any type.”
GMP Chief Superintendent Wasim Chaudhry, said: “Everyone has the right to feel safe and we all have a responsibility to stand against hatred and discrimination.
“Over the last year, 5,250 hate crimes or incidents were reported to GMP, 227 of those were carried out on public transport of one form or another across Greater Manchester. This year we are launching a transport campaign alongside various local authorities and partnerships to make sure people feel safe on public transport across Greater Manchester.
“GMP works hard to raise the awareness of these types of offences all year round – not just in Hate Crime Awareness Week – and we recognise there is more work to be done.”
Throughout the week British Transport Police, who are responsible for policing the railway, will be at Manchester Piccadilly station, talking with the public about their campaign to fight hate crime on the railway, and how to report an incident if they witness it or experience it.
Officers will patrol the station handing out leaflets, taking the opportunity to explain what BTP is doing to tackle hate crime.
Inspector Granville Sellers, British Transport Police, said: “Hate crime is never acceptable and our goal is to work towards eliminating it from the rail network. We are proud to be part of Manchester’s Hate Crime Awareness Week and to spread the message that our diversity unites us, it is hate that divides us.
“As a community we stand together, pledging to put an end to hate crime. Everyone has the right to travel safely and we won’t tolerate behaviour where someone is targeted because they’re different or made to feel uncomfortable on their journey.”
In Manchester, the week’s events will conclude with a demonstration of solidarity against all hate crime on Market Street in Manchester City Centre on Sunday 12 February.
At midday members of the public, led by the Lord Mayor of Manchester Councillor Carl Austin-Behan, will be invited to join hands in a display of unity against hate crime and a celebration of diversity.
To report hate crime and find out what’s happening in your area to tackle it, visit www.letsendhatecrime.com. You can also report it by calling police on 101.
Get involved in the conversation on social media by following #westandtogether
For more information about Policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website. www.gmp.police.uk
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
To report crime call police on 101 the national non-emergency number.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Hate Crime Awareness Week
Young people from Cheetwood Community Primary School in Manchester have helped launch Hate Crime Awareness Week with a performance of ‘Life as a refugee in a Manchester school, a play specially written for the event.
Greater Manchester is coming together to take a stand against hate crime as part of a week of action to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and promote tolerance and respect.
Young people from Cheetwood Community Primary School in Manchester helped launch this year’s Hate Crime Awareness Week with a powerful performance of ‘Life as a refugee in a Manchester school, a play specially written for the event.
Events will take place across all of Greater Manchester to raise awareness of hate crime, encourage reporting and bring communities together to challenge it. There will also be a hard-hitting radio campaign to challenge perceptions of what hate crime is and urge people to speak out.
This is the fifth annual Hate Crime Awareness Week, supported by police, local authorities, other partner and voluntary agencies, and communities.
This year, Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has allocated £10,000 to each local authority area to support hate crime work in the community.
Tony Lloyd: “Hate crime destroys lives and divides communities. It has no place in Greater Manchester – a proud, diverse region that welcomes people who stand for hope, not for hate, no matter who they are, where they’re from, who they love or what they believe.
“This week is a powerful show of what can be achieved when we all stand together against hatred and prejudice, bringing communities together to celebrate our diversity and encourage tolerance and respect.”
Councillor Nigel Murphy, Manchester City Council executive member for neighbourhoods, said: “Hate crime can take many forms and anyone could potentially be a victim. However, as this week shows, no matter what shape it takes hate crime is never acceptable and has no place in our modern multicultural city.
“This week of activity allows us to highlight the problems created by hate crime and, just as importantly, celebrate diversity and understanding - demonstrating that together we can form a stronger and happier society that will not tolerate prejudice of any type.”
GMP Chief Superintendent Wasim Chaudhry, said: “Everyone has the right to feel safe and we all have a responsibility to stand against hatred and discrimination.
“Over the last year, 5,250 hate crimes or incidents were reported to GMP, 227 of those were carried out on public transport of one form or another across Greater Manchester. This year we are launching a transport campaign alongside various local authorities and partnerships to make sure people feel safe on public transport across Greater Manchester.
“GMP works hard to raise the awareness of these types of offences all year round – not just in Hate Crime Awareness Week – and we recognise there is more work to be done.”
Throughout the week British Transport Police, who are responsible for policing the railway, will be at Manchester Piccadilly station, talking with the public about their campaign to fight hate crime on the railway, and how to report an incident if they witness it or experience it.
Officers will patrol the station handing out leaflets, taking the opportunity to explain what BTP is doing to tackle hate crime.
Inspector Granville Sellers, British Transport Police, said: “Hate crime is never acceptable and our goal is to work towards eliminating it from the rail network. We are proud to be part of Manchester’s Hate Crime Awareness Week and to spread the message that our diversity unites us, it is hate that divides us.
“As a community we stand together, pledging to put an end to hate crime. Everyone has the right to travel safely and we won’t tolerate behaviour where someone is targeted because they’re different or made to feel uncomfortable on their journey.”
In Manchester, the week’s events will conclude with a demonstration of solidarity against all hate crime on Market Street in Manchester City Centre on Sunday 12 February.
At midday members of the public, led by the Lord Mayor of Manchester Councillor Carl Austin-Behan, will be invited to join hands in a display of unity against hate crime and a celebration of diversity.
To report hate crime and find out what’s happening in your area to tackle it, visit www.letsendhatecrime.com. You can also report it by calling police on 101.
Get involved in the conversation on social media by following #westandtogether
For more information about Policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website. www.gmp.police.uk
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
To report crime call police on 101 the national non-emergency number.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.