Research and analysis
Successes and challenges of delivering hate crime community projects
This report summarises lessons learnt for future delivery from the first two years of the Hate Crime Community Project Fund.
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The 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan aimed to tackle hate crime through:
- Prevention
- Improving victim support
- Encouraging reporting, and
- improving understanding of hate crime
The Hate Crime Community Fund Project (HCCPF) is a key commitment of this Action Plan. This report collated evaluations from 15 HCCPF projects and is structured by audience type: general public, victim, practitioner and perpetrator. It provides learning for future delivery and examples of effective practice.
The guidance for future projects includes:
- Integrating participants (their needs/ views) in the creation of project aims.
- Having local context and utilising local networks.
- Using specific engaging techniques such as storytelling and online campaigns.
- Having skilled facilitators to create safe spaces to support vulnerable people and increase engagement.
- Using longer-term projects to tackle ingrained negative views.