Hate Crime Awareness Week

The hate crime week will be held from Monday 21 January until Sunday 27 January 2013, and will be used to launch the City Council’s new hate crime strategy – outlining how they will work with Greater Manchester Police, the Crown Prosecution Service and other agencies to crack down on the problem. This follows a consultation event held at Manchester Town Hall in June, in which a wide range of organisations, including religious institutions, disability groups and those representing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people were invited to talk about their experiences. The strategy includes measures such as increasing reporting of hate crime incidents, taking effective action against perpetrators, making sure the agencies involved work more closely together, providing proper support to victims and preventing hate crime by educating people and working to change attitudes. Groups across the city will be holidng throughout hate crime awareness week to help their neighbours understand the issue. In Longsight our event will be a drop in styple event at Longsight Library from 11am to 3pm on Wednesday 23rd January. Please come along.