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London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Tackling hate crime. Strategic Priorities. Community Plan themes– One Tower Hamlets & Safe & Supportive Community (Councils No Place for Hate Campaign) -Tackling and preventing crime, empowerment & early intervention
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets Tackling hate crime
Strategic Priorities • Community Plan themes– One Tower Hamlets & Safe & Supportive Community (Councils No Place for Hate Campaign) -Tackling and preventing crime, empowerment & early intervention -Challenging prejudice and making Tower Hamlets “no place for hate” -Reducing fear of crime • Community Safety Partnership and sub-groups Prevent Board, TMG, NPFHF and Cohesion Working Group • Children and Young People Plan and Cohesion duties • Equalities legislation and duties to tackle discrimination and bullying • Community Cohesion duty • Preventing Violent Extremism Agenda on Prevent strand • Safeguarding duty
Aims of No Place for Hate Forum NPFHF was the first body established in the borough (formerly RHIAF created in 1999) to create a cohesive borough. • Brings agencies together to make Tower Hamlets a better place to live, work and visit by developing and promoting a co-ordinated response to hate crime that: • protects and supports victims • deters perpetrators • challenges prejudice and hate • and contributes to creating a safer, more cohesive community.
Support and Protection Encouraging and enabling reporting • Range of reporting options available (online, Police, landlords, national charity lines) • Third Party Reporting centres • Victim support services • Two specialist Hate Crime Workers Researching needs • NPFH Evaluation Report and Recommendations Staff Training • Training for anyone who lives and works in the borough
Investigation and Enforcement • 100% investigation of reported crimes • Police sanction detection rate targets • Legislative tools • Hate Incidents Panel and range of tools and tactics available • Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officers and RSL policies • School based Police Officers and teachers • Anti bullying policies and reporting mechanisms
Prevention, awareness and community cohesion No Place for Hate • LWOP Award for best partnership forum in bringing positive change and promoting peace • Invitation to Downing Street • Campaign materials • Outreach activities • NPFH Adult Champions and Youth Service Champions • Schools NPFH Pledge • Local media profile and NPFH Communications Strategy
No Place for Hate Pledge • Strengthens NPFH Campaign and cohesion messages • Public condemnation of hate • Venue hire condition embedded in pledge further to TMG recommendation • Promoting stronger partnership stand • Encourage all to unite and pledge • Places responsibility on all to be proactive • To challenge prejudices in self & others • To instill community confidence and cohesion • Youth No Place for Hate Pledge
Challenges • Consistently one of highest levels of hate in London • One form of hate escalating to another form • Brexit and the impact in the community • Far Right Threats/ Disorder • Tackling under reporting • RSL’s to have HC policies, recording HC and to be more engaged with strategic priorities • Increasing Hate Crime prosecutions • No national indicator to use as leverage
What can you do? • Partnership/joint work (THNPFHF and referrals to HIP) • Incorporate hate crime into ASB minimum standards • Ensure robust hate crime policies/procedures/tenancy agreement • Monitoring and performance management • Publish policies and procedures • Train and support staff to respond appropriately • Encourage and enable reporting • Protection and support for victims (target hardening, signposting, referral) • Increase enforcement action • Challenge discriminatory behaviour if it is safe to do so • HR and H&S procedures to protect and support staff who are victims • Prevention – tenancy conditions, designing out crime, estate patrols, diversion schemes, community cohesion work • Sign the organisational No Place for Hate Pledge • Display hate crime literature and posters • Become a NPFH Champion
Recommendations • Strengthened partnership working across agencies and a more joined up response. Tackling hate crime should be everyone’s priority • Increased engagement with young people • Using Pledge to further embed good practice • Increase in enforcement and prosecutions on perpetrators • Movement from focus on number of reports to ensuring quality of service • Stronger communications strategy and reinforcing NPFH campaign and messages through all TMG members