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National Hate Crime Awareness Week

14th - 21st October 2023

Organised by

17-24-30 NationalHCAW

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National Hate Crime Awareness Week

14th - 21st October 2023

Organised by

17-24-30 NationalHCAW

Click here to start Planning your National Week

About 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week

Charity Commission Number 1184819

17-24-30 was initially founded as a Facebook group in March 2009 by Mark Healey and Ryan Parkins to mark the 10th anniversary of the London Nail Bomb attacks on Brixton, Brick Lane, and Soho.

17-24-30 takes the first part of its name from the dates of the three attacks: the 17th of April 24th April and 30th April.

In October 2009, we organised the first London Vigil Against Hate Crime after the death of Ian Baynham, which inspired anti-hate crime vigils across the UK.

We organised the London Vigils Against Hate Crime between 2009 to 2012.

In 2010 17-24-30 evolved into a small charity called 17-24-30 No to Hate Crime Campaign registered with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. HMRC Ref: XT30898

Since 2010 we have organised the annual April Acts of Remembrance. Two smaller outreach events in Brixton and Brick Lane on the 17th and 24th April, and a larger gathering in Soho on the 30th of April.

In October 2012, the annual Vigils Against Hate Crime evolved into National Hate Crime Awareness Week, a week of action to encourage the authorities (Government, Police and Councils), key partners (business and voluntary sectors) and communities affected by hate crime to work together to tackle hate crime across the UK.

In January 2019 we formally changed our name to 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week also referred to as 17-24-30 or 17-24-30 NationalHCAW.

In August 2019 we were registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation with the Charity Commission. Charity No 1184819

17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week exists to:

Encourage Hate Crime Reporting to the police, councils, and independent third-party organisations.
Organise the April Acts of Remembrance.
Plan and facilitate National Hate Crime Awareness Week #NationalHCAW.
Organise the Act of Hope and Remembrance for those affected by Hate Crime at St Paul's Cathedral.
Promote our annual H.O.P.E. Campaign.
Develop other projects to tackle hate crime.

We facilitate our UK Hate Crime Network group on LinkedIn for hate crime professionals across the UK Hate Crime Sector, share news and social media across our charity's social media profiles, and facilitate three national meetings to bring the UK Hate Crime Sector together.

Volunteers and staff

On this page:

Volunteer Roles.
Board of Trustees.
Members of Staff.
Apply to join our team.

Click here to view our Volunteers and Staff page

NationalHCAW Website Layout

This website is organised into nine sections:

Home page

Website cover. Countdown to National Hate Crime Awareness Week. About 17-24-30 NationalHCAW. Website layout. Contact form. Report Hate Crime. Planning Your National Hate Crime Awareness Week. National Hate Crime Awareness Week Archive. April Acts of Remembrance. Rainbow Boroughs Project. Other ways to support 17-24-30 NationalHCAW and Donation by PayPal link. .

Report Hate Crime

What is hate crime? What is a hate crime incident? How to report hate crime. Police website, independent and specialist advice and support services.

Plan your NationalHCAW

Step by step guide to planning your National Hate Crime Awareness Week.

News and Social Media

Section links, News feed from our 17-24-30 WordPress blog (last 10 articles). Subscribe to our newsletter. Facebook, Hashtags, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Twitter Lists - UK Regions, YouTube and YouTube Play Lists. Link to statements of support from 2012 to the current year.

H.O.P.E. Campaigns

Social media content - images, text, and URL links to copy and paste.

Volunteers and Staff

17-24-30 NationalHCAW Volunteers, Volunteer Roles, Board of Trustees, members of staff and join our team.

NationalHCAW Archive

National Hate Crime Awareness Weeks 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and link to planning this year!

National Google Map 2023.

London Vigils Against Hate Crime 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

April Acts of Remembrance

About the April Acts of Remembrance, Remembering with Rainbows, Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho, archive section.

Rainbow Boroughs Project

A project to encourage networking, communication, collaboration and signposting each other's work across the LGBT+ community of London.

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Report Hate Crime

In an emergency always call the police 999

In the first instance we encourage people to report to the Police however if you don't want to speak to your local police then you can try your local council (some but not all provide hate crime reporting guidance on their websites), or you can report an incident to an independent third-party organisation.

Police

You can report hate crime directly to your local police or via True Vision. Dial 999 if it is an emergency and you need immediate assistance. Call the police on 101 when it is not an emergency.

Councils

Check out the national Google Map we have created which provides links to every council website in the UK. We have ticked in green those that provide hate crime information on their websites and crossed in red those that don't.

Our hope is that every council around the UK will eventually provide basic hate crime information and advice on their websites.

Third Party Organisations

There are independent specialist hate crime organisations that you can contact for advice and support. We have provided links to some of them on our website.

www.linktr.ee/reporthate

We have set up a Linktree profile ReportHate with links to hate crime reporting sites across the UK.

Report Hate Crime page

On this page.

Report Hate Crime YouTube Video

Definition of hate crime

What is a hate crime?
What is a hate incident?
How Can I report Hate Crime?

Police

True Vision Website
Police websites

Councils

Google Map of Council Websites

Specialist Hate Crime Organisations

Community Security Trust CST
DeafPlus
Galop
Inclusion London
Report Racism Roma Gypsy Traveller
Sophie Lancaster Foundation
Tell Mama
The Monitoring Group

Independent Organisations

After Hate
CrimeStoppers
Stand against Racism and Inequality SARI
Stop Hate UK
Victim Support
Why Me?

Click here to view our Reportng Hate Crime Section

Planning your National Hate Crime Awareness Week

A step-by-step guide

17-24-30 NationalHCAW encourages the authorities (Government, Police and Councils), key partners (business and voluntary sectors) and communities affected by hate crime to work together to tackle local hate crime across the UK.

The week of action takes place between the second to third Saturday in October each year.

It aims to bring people together to stand in solidarity with those affected by hate crime, to remember those we have lost, and support those who need ongoing support.

We run an annual campaign promoting H.O.P.E.

Hate crime awareness - running awareness events to increase public knowledge.
Operational responses to hate crime - encouraging people to think about how they would respond if hate crime happened to someone they know.
Preventing hate crime where possible.
Engaging communities to report hate crime and work together.

#WeStandTogether #NoPlaceForHate #SafePlaceForAll #NationalHCAW

www.linktr.ee/nationalhcaw

We have set up a Linktree profile NationalHCAW with links to our essential webpages, sign up links and social media profiles.

NationalHCAW Planning page

In this section you will find:

Jump to sections buttons.

Welcome and Introduction.

Volunteers
Funding
Partnerships
Statements of Support
NationalHCAW Google Map
Activity Ideas
Service at St Paul's Cathedral
Register Your Events
Order NationalHCAW Resources
Download PDF Resources
Support our social media campaign
Hashtags
Volunteering
Other ways to support NationalHCAW

Winter 2022/23

Service at St Paul's Cathedral

Ideas for activities.

Spring 2023/24

NationalHCAW Google Map 2023

Summer 2023/24

NationalHCAW Resources

Order Resources - London

Order Resources - Other UK Regions

Autumn 2023/24

NationalHCAW Resources

PDF Downloads

Winter 2023/24

Independent Resources

PDF Downloads

Frequently Asked Questions

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National Hate Crime Awareness Week Archive

Our history from 2009 to the current day

In September 2009, Ian Baynham was homophobically abused and beaten unconscious in Trafalgar Square. After two weeks in a coma, he died from the injuries he sustained. His death inspired the first London Vigil Against Hate Crime which was held on the 30th of October 2009.

It was one of the first events of its kind to go viral across social media, over 29,000 people shared the event on Facebook and over 10,000 people attended the first vigil in Trafalgar Square.

The London Vigils took place between 2009 to 2012, whilst other vigils took place in Brighton, Kettering, Milton Keynes, and Norwich, amongst others around the UK.

In 2012 the London Vigils and vigils across the UK evolved into National Hate Crime Awareness Week #NationalHCAW and we began holding the annual Act of Hope and Remembrance for those affected by Hate Crime at St Paul's Cathedral.

We created a tradition of lighting a National Candle of Hope and Remembrance for those affected by Hate Crime that remains lit in St Paul's Cathedral for the duration of the national week.

In 2012 the first candle was lit in memory of Nick Moore (victim of Homophobic hate crime) by his mother Peggy and sister Carolyn.

In the following years the national candle has been lit for:

2013 - Ian Baynham (victim of homophobic hate crime).
2014 - Sophie Lancaster (victim of alternative sub-culture hate crime).
2015 - Mohammed Saleem (victim of islamophobic hate crime).
2016 - 49 victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando (victims of homophobic hate crime) and 20 disabled people murdered in a care home in Japan (victims disability hate crime).
2017 - MP Jo Cox, those killed and injured in Westminster Bridge, Manchester Arena, and Finsbury Park Mosque terrorist attacks.
2018 - Altab Ali and Stephen Lawrence (both victims of race hate crime).
2019 - Johnny Delaney (a member of the Roma Gypsy Traveller community killed in a racist hate attack).
2020 - in memory of the disabled people mentioned in the first Hidden in Plain Sight Report about disability hate crime in the UK.
2021 - in solidarity with those affected by transphobic hate crime.
2022 - in solidarity with those affected by race hate crime targeted at the east and southeast Asian communities.
2023 - this year in solidarity with those affected by faith hate crime, antisemitism targeted towards the Jewish community.

As the national week has evolved, we have worked in partnership with anti-hate crime organisations across the UK.

Each year our volunteers.

Organise the national week across the UK.
Write to key figures across the social and political spectrum encouraging their participation.
Create and distribute resources to promote the week.
Use our social media to spread a national message of H.O.P.E.
Organise a service of Hope and Remembrance in St Paul's Cathedral, London.
Register events and promote them on our NationalHCAW Google Maps.
Work in partnership with the authorities, key partners and communities affected by hate.
Conduct local, regional, and national hate crime related research.

NationalHCAW Archive page

On this page.

NationalHCAW Current Year

Quick links to key sections

Plan your NationalHCAW
Register your events
Order your London resources
Join us at St Paul's Cathedral
Statements of support
Signpost Services
Signup for our newsletter
Become a volunteer

National Hate Crime Awareness Weeks

12th NationalHCAW 2023
Google Map 2023
11th NationalHCAW 2022
10th NationalHCAW 2021
9th NationalHCAW 2020
8th NationalHCAW 2019
7th NationalHCAW 2018
6th NationalHCAW 2017
5th NationalHCAW 2016
London Stands with Orlando
4th NationalHCAW 2015
3rd NationalHCAW 2014
2nd NationalHCAW 2013
1st NationalHCAW 2012

London Vigils Against Hate Crime

LondonVAHC 2010 to 2012
LondonVAHC 2009
Ian Baynham

View our NationalHCAW Archive Page

April Acts of Remembrance

Remembering Brixton, Brick Lane, and Soho

Each year we organise the April Acts of Remembrance to mark the anniversaries of the London Nail Bomb Attacks on Brixton, Brick Lane, and Soho.

On the 17th of April and 24th April, we organise two small acts of remembrance in Brixton and Brick Lane. The schedule for these events is as follows:

Gather at 6 pm (Iceland Store in Brixton, 40 Brick Lane).
Light three candles representing the three communities attacked.
Hand out hate crime reporting cards and leaflets.
Talk to people about what happened and listen to their experiences.

On the 30th of April we organise a larger gathering in Soho.

Gather at 5 pm at the Admiral Duncan.
Walk to St Anne's Gardens, Wardour Street, at 6.10 pm.
Short service including speeches, poems, songs, and a moments silence.

We gather to remember those we have lost, those who need our ongoing support and educate the next generation in the hope that we can prevent further attacks on our communities.

Website page

In this section:

17-24-30 NationalHCAW.

Remember with Rainbows

Brixton Remembers 17-24-30.

Brick Lane Remembers 17-24-30.

Soho Remembers 17-24-30.

Archive 1999 to current day.

View our April Acts of Remembrance page

Rainbow Boroughs Project

NETWORKING | COMMUNICATION | COLLABORATION | SIGNPOSTING

17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week (1184819) was born out of the reaction to the horrendous London nail bomb attacks targeted towards the Black, Asian and Gay communities of London in April 1999, and the horrific homophobic assault on Ian Baynham in Trafalgar Square in September 2009. Ian's death inspired his community, the inclusive LGBTQIA+ community to rally together across the world with our allies to stand together to say that there is no place for any form of hate and prejudice in our communities. We want to make the world a safer place for everyone!

Our Rainbow Boroughs Project aims to enhance networking, communication, collaboration & signposting across the inclusive LGBTQIA+ community.

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