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17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week (Charity No 1184819)

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National Hate Crime Awareness Week

10th to 17th October 2026

Organised by

17-24-30 NationalHCAW

Click here to start Planning your National Week

National Hate Crime Awareness Week

10th to 17th October 2026

Organised by

17-24-30 NationalHCAW

Click here to start Planning your National Week

About our charity 17-24-30 NationalHCAW

Charity Commission Number 1184819

17-24-30 began as a Facebook group set up by Mark Healey and his then partner Ryan Parkins in March 2009 to mark the 10th anniversary of the London Nail Bomb attacks on Brixton, Brick Lane, and Soho.

April Acts of Remembrance

17-24-30 takes the first part of its name from the dates of the three nail bomb attacks: 17th, 24th, and 30th April 1999.

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

In 2010 the Facebook group evolved into a small charity called the '17-24-30 No to Hate Crime Campaign' (HMRC Ref: XT30898).

London Vigils Against Hate Crime

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

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

National Hate Crime Awareness Week

In October 2012, the 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'.

17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week

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

In August 2019 we were registered with the Charity Commission. Charity No 1184819

Our charity's purpose:

Encourage Hate Crime Reporting
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 .
Promote our annual H.O.P.E. Campaign.
Develop Community Cohesion projects.

We want to bring people together, to say NO to all forms of Hate, so we can live in peace and harmony together.

We facilitate our UK Hate Crime Network group on LinkedIn for hate crime professionals across the UK Hate Crime Sector.

Volunteers and staff

On this page:

Board of Trustees.
Members of Staff.
Volunteering Opportunities
Volunteer Roles

We are run entirely by volunteers - get in touch if you would like to join our team!

Click here to view our Volunteers and Staff page

NationalHCAW website layout

Our website is organised into ten sections:

Home Page

Website cover - with link to planning page. Countdown to National Hate Crime Awareness Week - with link to H.O.P.E. Campaign page. Charity video. About our charity 17-24-30 NationalHCAW. NationalHCAW Website layout. Report Hate Crime. Plan Your National Hate Crime Awareness Week. Support our annual H.O.P.E. Campaign. National Hate Crime Awareness Week Archive. April Acts of Remembrance Archive. Rainbow Boroughs Project. Other ways to support 17-24-30 NationalHCAW. Contact Form.

Report Hate Crime

Routes to Report Hate Crime - quick links to Police, True Vision, Councils, Third Party Organisations, Mobile Apps and Online Reporting services, Social Housing providers, Restorative Justice and Crime Stoppers sections.

Report Hate Crime. What is hate crime? What is a hate crime incident? Why should I report hate crime? How can I report hate crime?

Plan your NationalHCAW

Quick links to key sections on page - Plan events, submit statements, book tickets, view map, view campaign, View questions, Other ways, Report Hate, London Resource Packs, Download Resources, Purchase Resources, Other UK Regions.

Planning your NationalHCAW. Hate Crime Activities you could organise. Event Registration Form. NationalHCAW Google Map. Act of Hope and Remembrance. London Resource packs, Regional Resources, Resources for Sale, Download Free Resources. Frequently Asked Questions.

H.O.P.E. Campaigns

Campaign Poster. We Stand Together Against Hate Crime - 10 Steps. Annual H.O.P.E. Campaign.

H for Hate Crime Awareness.

O for Operational Responses.

P for Hate Crime Prevention.

E for Community Engagement.

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

Download Resources

NationalHCAW resources.

Other organisations resources.

News and Social Media

Section links, News feed from our 17-24-30 WordPress blog (last 10 articles). Link to WordPress Blog. Statements of Support for NationalHCAW. Sign up to our newsletter. Facebook, Hashtags, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Twitter Lists - UK Regions, YouTube and YouTube Play Lists. Hash Tags. NationalHCAW Google Map.

NationalHCAW Archive

About NationalHCAW. London Vigils Against Hate Crime 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. National Hate Crime Awareness Weeks 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. London Stands with Orlando. NationalHCAW 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. 12 Things you can do to support NationalHCAW.

Volunteers and Staff

About 17-24-30 NationalHCAW Volunteers and staff, Current Volunteering Opportunities, Board of Trustees, Members of Staff, Volunteer Teams, Volunteer Roles. Original 17-24-30 Facebook Group and Volunteer Alumni Facebook Group.

April Acts of Remembrance

About the April Acts of Remembrance, Please register to attend these Acts of Remembrance. April Acts of Remembrance Archive from April 1999 to 2026. Three communities united Against Hate and Prejudice.

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 could try your local council (some but not all provide hate crime reporting guidance on their websites), or you can report incidents to independent third-party organisations.

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 your local council to see if they provide hate crime advice and support. Some do but not all of them. We want to encourage every council to include 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 provide some links to them on our website.

Mobile Phone Apps and Online Services

There are are mobile phone and online apps you can use to report hate crime.

Social Housing Providers

Social Housing organisations have a responsibility to tackle issues reported by their tenants. Some have hate crime and anti-social behaviour policies and procedures to facilitate reporting.

Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice is about giving the victim and the perpetrator an opportunity to calmly meet and have facilitated discussions with each other. Some organisations facilitate hate crime restorative justice sessions.

CrimeStoppers

CrimeStoppers provide a route to anonymously report hate crime.

We have set up our 'Report Hate Crime' page to promote available hate crime reporting routes across the UK.

We have also set up a 'ReportHate' Linktree profile with links to these hate crime reporting routes.

www.linktr.ee/reporthate

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 do I report Hate Crime?

Police

True Vision website
Police websites

Councils

Google Map of Council Websites

Specialist Hate Crime Organisations

Community Security Trust CST
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

Plan 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 takes place between the second to third Saturday in October.

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 - improving our responses to hate crime.
Preventing hate crime where possible.
Engaging communities to report hate crime and work together.

#WeStandTogether #NoPlaceForHate #SafePlaceForAll #NationalHCAW

We have set up our 'NationalHCAW' Linktree profile with links to key section on our website and social media profiles.

www.linktr.ee/nationalhcaw

NationalHCAW Planning page

On this page:

Quick links to page sub-sections.

Welcome and Introduction.

Volunteers
Funding
Partnerships
Statements of Support
NationalHCAW Google Map
Activity Ideas
Service of Hope and Remembrance
Register Your Events
Order NationalHCAW Resources
Download PDF Resources
Support our social media campaign
Hashtags
Subscribe to our newsletter
Volunteering
Other ways to support NationalHCAW

Hate Crime activities you could organise!

Event Registration Form
NationalHCAW Google Map
Launch event

London Resource Packs
Regional Resources
Resources for Sale
Download free Resource

Frequently Asked Questions

Click here to view plan your NationalHCAW Section

Support our annual H.O.P.E. Campaign

We stand together against hate crime

This section outline our annual H.O.P.E. Campaign.

H for raising Hate Crime Awareness

We want to ensure everyone knows what hate crime is, its impact on our communities , and how we can work together to eliminate it.

O for improving Operational responses to hate crime

We want to improve how the police response to hate crime, and ensure our communities are prepared to respond as well.

P for Preventing hate crime

We need to learn from what has happened before and put measures in place to prevent it happening again.

E for Engaging communities

We want to ensure communities are consulted and involve in the process of developing strategies to tackle hate crime across the UK.

Social Media Content

Towards the bottom of this page are some of the social media campaigns that we have created to raise awareness.

Click to view our H.O.P.E. Campaign page

National Hate Crime Awareness Week Archive

Our history

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 and other vigils that took place across the UK which was held on the 30th of October 2009.

The London Vigil was the first UK Hate Crime event to go viral across social media, over 29,000 plus event shares on Facebook. Over 10,000 people attended the first vigil in Trafalgar Square.

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

In 2012 the vigils evolved into National Hate Crime Awareness Week #NationalHCAW and we were invited to hold the first 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 - in solidarity with those affected by faith hate crime, antisemitism targeted towards the Jewish community.
2024 - in solidarity with those affected by homophobic hate crime targeted towards the LGBT+ community.
2025 - in solidarity with those affected by disability hate crime.
2026 - in solidarity with those affected by race hate crime targeted against refugees and asylum seekers.

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

NationalHCAW Archive page

On this page:

About NationalHCAW

London Vigils 2009-2012

Facebook Group
Brixton 10th anniversary
Soho 10th anniversary
Ian Baynham
James Park
London Vigil 2009
LondonVAHC 2010 to 2012

National Hate Crime Awareness Weeks

1st NationalHCAW 2012
2nd NationalHCAW 2013
3rd NationalHCAW 2014
4th NationalHCAW 2015
London Stands with Orlando
5th NationalHCAW 2016
6th NationalHCAW 2017
7th NationalHCAW 2018
8th NationalHCAW 2019
9th NationalHCAW 2020
10th NationalHCAW 2021
11th NationalHCAW 2022
12th NationalHCAW 2023
13th NationalHCAW 2024
14th NationalHCAW 2025
15th NationalHCAW 2026

12 Ways to support NationalHCAW

Quick links:

Plan your NationalHCAW.
Attend our launch event.
Register your events
Show your support
Like, Share and Follow
Promote our campaigns.
Report hate crime
Join our group.
View Google Map.
Request London Resources.
Download Free Resources.
Become a Volunteer.

View our NationalHCAW Archive Page

April Acts of Remembrance Archive

Marking the anniversaries of the three Nail Bomb attacks of April 1999

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

Our charity takes the first part of it's name from the dates of these attacks - 17, 24, 30.

On the 17th of April in Brixton and 24th April in Brick Lane, we organise two smaller acts of remembrance.

We gather just before 6 pm (Iceland Store in Brixton, 40 Brick Lane).
We light three candles representing the three communities attacked.
We hand out hate crime reporting cards and leaflets.
We talk to people about what happened and listen to their experiences.

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

We begin setting up in St Anne's Gardens at about 4 pm
Survivors, Family, Friends and allies gather from 5 pm at the Admiral Duncan.
We walk together round to St Anne's Gardens, Wardour Street at 6.10 pm.
We host a 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.

We encourage people to sign up for these events so that we have an idea of how many people are planning to attend.

Ticket Tailor: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/172430nationalhatecrimeawarenessweek

Website page

On this page:

About 17-24-30 and the April Acts of Remembrance.

Please register to join us.

London Nail Bomb Attacks - April 1999.

Remembering David Morley.

April Acts of Remembrance 2013 onwards.

Three communities united against hate.

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 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 LGBTQIA+ community.

www.linktr.ee/rainbowboroughs

VISIT RAINBOW BOROUGHS LINKTREE

RAINBOW BOROUGHS FACEBOOK PAGE

Visit FacebooK Page

Other ways to support 17-24-30 NationalHCAW

PayPal Giving Fund

Please feel welcome to make a donation to support 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week #NationalHCAW.

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Rainbow Lottery

PayPal Giving Fund

The Rainbow Lottery will give us 50% of all ticket sales purchased via our Rainbow Lottery page. Tickets from £1 - see Terms on page.

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Give As You Live

PayPal Giving Fund

Volunteer Opportunities

Give as you live will donate £5 to 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week for every friend who signs up and raised £5.

Give as You Live

Volunteer Opportunities

We are an anti-hate crime charity that is run entirely by volunteers - if you are interested in volunteering drop us a line.

Become a volunteer

UK Hate Crime Network

Volunteer Opportunities

UK Hate Crime Network

Join the largest UK Hate Crime Network Group on LinkedIn - we have over 715+ members across the UK Hate Crime Sector

Join the UKHC Network

Airtable

Volunteer Opportunities

UK Hate Crime Network

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About our charity 17-24-30 NationalHCAW

Charity Commission Number 1184819

Volunteers and staff

NationalHCAW website layout

Our website is organised into ten sections:

Is our website easy to navigate?

Report Hate Crime

In an emergency always call the police 999

Report Hate Crime page

Plan your National Hate Crime Awareness Week

A step-by-step guide

NationalHCAW Planning page

Support our annual H.O.P.E. Campaign

We stand together against hate crime

H for raising Hate Crime Awareness

O for improving Operational responses to hate crime

P for Preventing hate crime

E for Engaging communities

Social Media Content