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Stop Hate UK and People with Disabilities
Hate Crime and people with disabilities
Hate Crime is defined as hostility, prejudice, harassment, intimidation or hatred via verbal abuse, bullying and harassment, spitting and physical attacks, damage to property, graffiti, and written notes, emails and text messages, internet hate crime.
Of all the groups who suffer hate crime e.g. disability, gender identity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation, it is people with disabilities who very rarely report it to the police. There are various reasons why people with disabilities do not report Hate Crimes to the police. Perhaps the main reason being that people with disabilities experience bullying and taunts on a daily basis throughout their lives. Living in fear is unacceptable and it's time to say enough is enough!
If you wish to change your life and make a difference in your community - report Hate Crime.
Stop Hate UK have a 24 hour support line 0800 138 1625
Stop Hate UK is a national charity providing independent and confidential support to people affected by hate crime. Regional and National events take place
Contact Stop Hate UK for more details about any of the information in this article by
Post: Stop Hate UK, PO Box 484, Leeds LS7 9BZ
Phone: 0113 293 5100
email: info@stophateuk.org
Alternatively see the Stop Hate UK website stophateuk.org
You can get involved by becoming a volunteer with Stop Hate UK in their offices or get involved by joining a Scrutiny Panel which involves looking at past cases and feeding back what the police could done better or giving praise to what they did well. In addition, Stop Hate UK are also looking for young people between the ages of 13 and 19 to get involved in a new project to improve relationships between young people and the police.
If you would like to help make more people with disabilities aware of Stop Hate UK please forward this information on to whom it may concern.
Dale A. Smith
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