Stop and Tell campaign 2012

A campaign aimed at encouraging people, particularly those with mental health difficulties, to report hate incidents is being held in Leicestershire next week. 

The 2012 Stop and Tell campaign has been organised by the County Council in partnership with the county’s district and borough councils, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and the police, and will see a variety of awareness raising activities being held between 23 and 27 January.

This year the campaign has a focus on raising awareness of hate crime and incidents in relation to mental health issues. Anyone can be a victim of hate because of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation. However, it is believed that hate incidents are under-reported, including by people who experience mental health difficulties.

Hate incidents can be physical, written or verbal abuse and can take many forms where a person is targeted because they are seen as being different.

On Monday, a new-look hate incident reporting form will be launched by Leicestershire County Council. The form, available at www.leics.gov.uk/reporthate is easier to complete, enabling people to report hate incidents and request advice or support.

The week will also see information about hate incidents made available at all the county’s main libraries. For further information, or to report an incident, contact the Hate Incident Monitoring Project (HIMP)

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