We Stand Together Against Hate Crime

Step by step guide to our annual H.O.P.E. campaign

We believe that most people want to live in peace and harmony together.

We believe that hate crime targeted towards people because of their disability, faith or beliefs, race, sexual orientation or transgender identity, or any other protected characteristic is repugnant, and that we ned to work together to eliminate it from our communities.

We use the three hash tags #WeStandTogether, #NoPlaceForHate and #SafePlaceForAll because it reflects the journey we want to take people on - to bring people together, to say no to hate crime and to make our communities safer for everyone.

The main objective of National Hate Crime Awareness Week #NationalHCAW is to encourage the authorities (Government, Police and Councils), key partners (anti-hate crime charities, business and voluntary sectors), and communities affected by hate crime to work together to tackle local hate crime issues.

Whilst our NationalHCAW launch event focuses on one of the recognised hate crime strands each year, we encourage communities to work together to tackle local issues because hate crime manifests itself differently around the UK.

We want all forms of hate crime to be tackled during the national week and beyond.

Use the week as a starting point to launch a year of action to spread our annual message of H.O.P.E.

H for raising Hate crime awareness,
O for improving Operational responses to hate crime,
P for Preventing hate crime, and
E for community Engagement.

Each year, we organise a service of Hope and Remembrance for all those affected by hate crime, highlighting one of the strands of hate crime by lighting the National Candle of Hope and Remembrance for those affected by hate crime in memory of a victim of hate crime.

This year we are highlighting Disability Hate Crime, you can view our NationalHCAW archive to see those we have worked with and recognised over the years since 2012.

1. Sign up to our national hate crime mailing list.

We produce a regular newsletter sharing information about our work, including update from across the UK Hate Crime Sector.

If you are tackling hate crime - tell us about it so we can promote your work too.

2. Like and follow us on BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Twitter!

We are creating social media content which we will share through our social media profiles, please like and share it with your social media profiles and help us maximise social media engagement across the UK.

We have created a Facebook Photo Album for NationalHCAW 2025 to share this year's artwork - feel welcome to download and use them as long as you tag us in your social media posts.

We have also created some BlueSky Lists and BlueSky Starter Packs that you may find useful. Let us know if you want to be added to any of these Twitter lists.

3. Promote our message of H.O.P.E. Campaign and our national theme.

Here is an opportunity for you to be creative, to adapt our social media content and create your own social media content to reflect the needs of your local communities.

Please send us copies of what you create.

4. Use our hash tags

Tag us in your posts @nationalHCAW or #NationalHCAW.

Make sure you use the word National to help us emphasise that this is a national event and distinguish ourselves from other Hate Crime Awareness Weeks HCAW that may take place during the year.

We want to take people on a journey – hence the three hashtags we use #WeStandTogether (Green a traditional start colour) aiming to bring people together, #NoPlaceForHate (Red a traditional stop colour) opposing hate crime in our communities, #SafePlaceForAll (Blue representing blue skies ahead where we can live in peace and harmony together.

When colouring in the letters of H.O.P.E. we colour H in Green, O in Red, P in Blue and E in Yellow (because yellow is building community relationships when the sun is shining).

We have stopped using the NHCAW hash tag and ask you to stop using it to as there is another organisation that uses NHCAW - who has nothing to do with the hate crime sector.

5. Register your hate crime awareness events with us so we can place them on the NationalHCAW google map we have set up to show events around the UK.

We want to promote as many hate crime awareness events throughout the year as possible, not just during National Hate Crime Awareness Week.

6. Use our NationalHCAW Logo

You are welcome to use the #NationalHCAW logo - All we ask is you send us a copy of any materials/resources you produce so we can add them to our #NationalHCAW archive.

7. Network with local authorities, key partners and communities affected by hate crime.

Join our UK Hate Crime Group on Linkedin - it is a really important tool that we can use to network and collaborate with each other. We need to build our hate crime sector.

8. Don't retaliate to hate on the internet with more hate

Sadly it has become a occupational hazard for those of us who are tackling all forms of hate and prejudice in our communities, that we may get targeted as well.

Please don't engage with any hateful content that gets directed towards us.
Privately message and alert us about any incidents so we can deal with it privately.
We will document any attacks - so we can help identify the perpetrators and then block and report them as appropriate.
Incidents that cross the threshold into criminal behaviour will be reported to the police and pursued through the Criminal Justice System.
We view any attacks as an opportunity to shine a light on hateful behaviour and content, and may use it to evidence our need for further funding to continue our work.

9. Deal with localised incidents appropriately.

We believe it is important that local incidents are dealt with by the local authorities (police and councils), key partners and the local communities affected so please be mindful about tagging us as a national charity in localised incidents - it is often not appropriate and can escalate local tensions, making things much harder for local communities to resolve.

Consider those affected by hate crime - where possible avoid sharing photos of victims of hate crime without their consent, and do not share photos of children (the exception is when sharing police appeals for more information to solve hate crime).

Inconsiderate sharing can also spread fear and raise concerns for personal/community safety.

You are always welcome to privately flag up incidents to our attention and where possible we will direct you to local advice and support services, although bear in mind we are a small team of volunteers, this is not our primary purpose, and it may take some time for us to respond.

If anyone is at risk of harm then call the police on 999 or 101 if it is not an emergency. Alternatively many advice and support organisations are listed on our hate crime reporting page.

10. Remember to focus on the positive, inclusive spirit and intention of the national week.

National Hate Crime Awareness Week is about bringing everyone together to tackle all forms prejudice and hate.

There is no acceptable form of hate and prejudice, and no excuse for using the week to launch any attacks on anyone at all. There is no place for mocking memes. There is no place for hate here.

Always treat everyone with dignity and respect - even those with whom we disagree most strongly.

17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week (1184819) is and always will be an inclusive organisation, working with disabled people, people of all faiths (including the Muslim and Jewish communities) and beliefs, transgender and non-binary people, people of all races, cultures and sub-cultures (including the Roma Gypsy Traveller communities), lesbians, bisexuals and gay men.

As the three Musketeers state -

"All for one and one for all. United we stand divided we fall. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us."

Lets all work together to bring an end of hate and prejudice in the UK

News and Social Media Page

Check out News and Social Media Page for the following:

NationalHCAW Social Media Strategy

7 key points.

Quick Links

Use these to jump to sections

News updates

Displays the top 10 most recent posts from our 17-24-30 NationalHCAW blog.

Appeal for Statements of Support for NationalHCAW

Includes our submission form and links to statements of support from 2012 to the current year.

Newsletter Signup

Provides an opportunity to sign up to our MailChimp newsletter for regular updates about our work.

Bluesky Profiles

NationalHCAW, LondonHCBlog and RainbowBoroughs.

BlueSky Lists - UK Regions

Networking the UK Regions.

YouTube Channels and Playlists

Subscribe and follow us, check out and help us build our playlists.

Hash Tags

Details the regular hash tags we use to promote our work.

LinkedIn

Links to our 17-24-30 NationalHCAW Company page and UK Hate Crime Network group.

Instagram

Links to our NationalHCAW Instagram profile.

Facebook

Links to our original 17-24-30 group, five Facebook pages; NationalHCAW (National week page), 17-24-30 NationalHCAW (charity page), London Hate Crime Blog, Rainbow Boroughs Project and IntDOHAR (International Day of Hope and Remembrance page).

Twitter

Links to our NationalHCAW, Our LondonHCBlog, and IntDOHAR Twitter profiles.

Twitter Lists - UK Regions

We previously used these for networking with profiles around the 12 UK Regions.

Social Media Content

As well as using our Facebook albums we will be providing social media content to download and use - see our campaigns below.

View our News and social media page

Annual H.O.P.E. Campaign

H for Hate Crime Awareness

O for Operational Responses

H for 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.

Jump to Hate Crime Awareness

O for Operational Responses

O for Operational responses - We want to improve how the police respond to hate crime, and ensure our communities are prepared to respond as well.

Jump to Operational Responses

P for Preventing Hate Crime

P for Preventing hate crime - We need to learn from what has happened before and put measures in place to to prevent it happening again.

Jump to Prevention

E for Engaging Communities

P for Preventing Hate Crime

E for Engaging communities - We want to ensure communities are consulted and involved in the process of developing strategies to tackle hate crime across the UK.

Jump to Engagement

We share definitions of hate crime

01:12

The law recognises five types of hate crime on the basis of:

Race
Religion
Disability
Sexual orientation
Transgender identity

02:12

01:12

Any crime can be prosecuted as a hate crime if the offender has either: (a) demonstrated hostility based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity, Or (b) been motivated by hostility based on race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity

Someone can be a victim of more than one type of hate crime.

03:12

01:12

03:12

These crimes are covered by legislation (Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and section 66 of the Sentencing Act 2020) which allows prosecutors to apply for an uplift in sentence for those convicted of a hate crime.

04:12

03:12

The police and the CPS have agreed the following definition for identifying and flagging hate crimes: "Any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice, based on a person's disability or perceived disability; race or perceived race; or religion or perceived religion; or sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation or transgender identity or perceived transgender identity."

05:12

04:12

05:12

There is no legal definition of hostility so the CPS use the everyday understanding of the word which include use the everyday understanding of the word which includes ill-will, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment and dislike.

06:12

04:12

05:12

Hate crime targets people for who they are.

It's a very personal crime which can send a clear message: "You're not welcome".

Hate crime also reinforces long-established patterns of discrimination and prejudice against certain communities and groups of people.

07:12

The police investigate and obtain evidence to show a crime has been committed.

In hate crime cases this includes gathering evidence that the victim has been targeted because of their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity - or what the offender believes to be their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity.

08:12

07:12

The CPS is responsible for deciding which cases go to court. This includes taking a decision on whether there is enough evidence to prosecute a crime as a hate crime.

If an offender pleads not guilty, the CPS is responsible for preparing and presenting the case against them at court

09:12

07:12

Crown Prosecution Service

In hate crime cases, the CPS is also responsible for asking the courts to increase the sentence the offender receives - to reflect that the crime was a hate crime.

Crown Prosecution Service

CPS Website

Find out more

Government Website

Crown Prosecution Service

College of Policing

GOV.UK Website

Find out more

College of Policing

Crown Prosecution Service

College of Policing

College Of Policing Website

Find out more

Pyramid of Hate and Prejudiced Attitudes

Pyramid of Hate

Prejudiced Attitudes

Please don't tag us in hateful posts.

We are here to prevent hate, not spread it.

Direct Message us if you need to alert us to hateful posts/propaganda online.

Prejudiced Attitudes

We are here to prevent hate, not spread it.

We won't respond to hateful posts, but we will report and document them, and use them to evidence the need for our work.

Reporting Hate

Prejudiced Attitudes

Reporting Hate

Please don't tag us in hateful posts.

We are here to prevent hate, not spread it.

Direct Message us if people need advice and support to tackle hate crime.

Hateful Posts

Advice & Support

Reporting Hate

Please don't tag us in hateful posts.

We are here to prevent hate, not spread it.

Direct message us if you need to alert us to hateful posts/propaganda online.

#ReportHate www.linktr.ee/reporthate

Hateful Posts

Advice & Support

Please don't tag us in hateful posts.

We are here to prevent hate, not spread it.

We won't respond to hateful posts, but we will report and document them, and use them to evidence the need for our work.

#ReportHate www.linktr.ee/reporthate.

Advice & Support

Please don't tag us in hateful posts.

We are here to prevent hate, not spread it.

Direct message us if people need advice and support to tackle hate crime

#ReportHate www.linktr.ee/reporthate

Hate Crime Reporting Cards

We distribute hate crime reporting cards to encourage reporting.

Hate Crime Leaflets

Hate Crime Reporting Cards

We design, produce and distribute Hate Crime Information leaflets to share information.

Hate Crime Links

Hate Crime Reporting Cards

Hate Crime Links

We encourage hate crime reporting through our Report Hate Linktree, website, social media and other resources.

We Promote Hate Crime Reporting

Report Hate Crime

Three Reporting Routes

We have a dedicated webpage which provides information about reporting hate crime.

Visit our Report Hate Webpage

Three Reporting Routes

The three main hate crime routes we promote are the police, local councils and independent third party organisations.

Three Ways To Report

Three Reporting Routes

Three Ways To Report

The three main ways you can report hate crime are in person, over the phone and online via the internet.

Your Local Police

101 For Non-Emergencies

Three Ways To Report

We have created a Linktree list of police, councils and independent third party advice and support organisations.

www.linktr.ee/reporthate

Find Your Local Police

999 In An Emergency

101 For Non-Emergencies

In an emergency call the police 999, they are the only service who can repond straight away.

www.linktr.ee/reporthate

101 For Non-Emergencies

If it is not an emergency you can contact the police using the non-emergency 101 number.

www.linktr.ee/reporthate

You Can Report Online

Speak To Local Councils

If you have access to the internent it may be quicker to report non-emergency hate crime to the police online via the True Vision website.

Report online via True Vision

Speak To Local Councils

If you don't want to talk to the police you could contact your local council - some councils facilitate hate crime reporting.

Your Local Council

Speak To Local Councils

Speak to 3rd Party Organisations

Check your local council's website to see if they facilitate hate crime reporting or signpost to local third party organisations.

Find Your Local Council

Speak to 3rd Party Organisations

If you don't want to talk to the police or your local council - you could speak to independent third party advice and support organisations.

3rd Party Organisations

Speak to 3rd Party Organisations

3rd Party Organisations

Check out our list of independent third party organisations on our Reporting Hate Crime webpage.

Find 3rd Party organisations

Report Hate Crime

Speak to 3rd Party Organisations

3rd Party Organisations

Check out the ReportHate Linktree that provides links to local police, councils and third party organisations.

linktr.ee/reporthate

We promote our anti-hate crime charity

17-24-30

NationalHCAW

17, 24, and 30 represents the 17th, 24th and 30th April - the anniversaries of Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho.

17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week

17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week

We Stand Together Against Hate Crime

Step by step guide to our annual H.O.P.E. campaign

News and Social Media Page

Annual H.O.P.E. Campaign

H for Hate Crime Awareness

O for Operational Responses

O for Operational Responses

O for Operational Responses

O for Operational Responses

O for Operational Responses

P for Preventing Hate Crime

P for Preventing Hate Crime

P for Preventing Hate Crime

E for Engaging Communities

P for Preventing Hate Crime

P for Preventing Hate Crime

H for Hate Crime Awareness

We want to hear your ideas about raising Hate Crime Awareness

Contact Us

We share definitions of hate crime

01:12

01:12

01:12

02:12

01:12

01:12

03:12

01:12

03:12

04:12

04:12

03:12

05:12

04:12

05:12

06:12

04:12

05:12

07:12

07:12

07:12

08:12

07:12

07:12

09:12

07:12

Crown Prosecution Service

Crown Prosecution Service

Crown Prosecution Service

Crown Prosecution Service

Government Website

Crown Prosecution Service

College of Policing

College of Policing

Crown Prosecution Service

College of Policing

Pyramid of Hate and Prejudiced Attitudes

Pyramid of Hate

Prejudiced Attitudes

Prejudiced Attitudes

Prejudiced Attitudes

Prejudiced Attitudes

Prejudiced Attitudes

Reporting Hate

Prejudiced Attitudes

Reporting Hate

Hateful Posts

Advice & Support

Reporting Hate

Hateful Posts

Advice & Support

Advice & Support

Advice & Support

Advice & Support

Advice & Support

Hate Crime Reporting Cards

Hate Crime Reporting Cards

Hate Crime Reporting Cards