National Hate Crime Awareness Week – 11-16 October 2021

Date published: 6th October 2021

Next week is National Hate Crime Awareness Week

Nottingham City Council’s Community Cohesion team have got lots of activities going on which anyone with an interest in the subject to join, details below.


Launch session for Nottingham Hate Crime Awareness Week – Understanding and reporting hate crime -11th October 2021,  9.30am – 11.30am

We will begin with portfolio holder Cllr Neghat Khan introducing the weeks activity.

This will be followed by a hate crime awareness training session, hosted by police hate crime officer.

In response to requests, the training will cover understating what a hate crime is, the reporting processes and why it’s important to report hate crimes and incidents.

This session has been developed from the awareness and hate crime champion training developed in partnership between Nottingham City Council and the Police over the course of the last three years.

Feel free to join them for whichever elements of the session will be of most interest to you.  There will be open conversations, listen to lived experiences of hate exploring the impact and reluctance to report.  

1.Let’s Talk : Disability Oct 13th 2:30-4pm.

  To register for a place please click here

2.Let’s Talk: LGBTQ Oct 14th at 12:30-2pm. 

To register for a place please click here.   

3. My Hijab is not a tool of Eastern Misogyny, it’s a feminist symbol of self-determination: 13th October 2021 at 12-2pm.

For further information please email enquiries@nmwn.co.uk


Partner Events:

Fearless Youth Association: The Unspoken Debate: Let’s talk about Hate Crime: 14th October 2021 at 4-6pm

Safe space to have difficult but needed conversation on Hate Crime

Location: The Marcus Garvey Centre Unit 8, Howitt Wing Building, Lenton Blvd, Nottingham NG7 2BY

To book email: info@fyaonline.com 

Communities Inc: Walk the Talk events are themed community walks, tying in with national Hate Crime Awareness week: 15th October 2021 at 4.30pm

Location: Starting at Brian Clough Statue.

Booking via New Art Exchange website