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Hate Crime Awareness week October 2018

Thursday 19th July 2018

Hate Crime Awareness week is from 13-20th October 2018.  National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2018

The national theme this year is H.O.P.E.  This stands for;

Hate Crime Awareness- running awareness events to increase public knowledge

Operational response – encouraging people to think about how they would respond if a hate crime happened to someone they know

Prevention – preventing hate crime where possible

Empowering communities –to report hate crime and work together

The PCC and Head of Crime Standards and Justice will be launching a competition for school children on Monday 15th October.

We will be asking schools to consider how they can promote a message of ‘HOPE’ – think about how to value difference, be inclusive, promote kindness and the impact of our actions on others.

Primary Schools – Design a poster with the H.O.P.E slogan

Secondary Schools – A video log no longer that 60 seconds containing the H.O.P.E slogan

Closing date: Friday 16th November

Judging: Week commencing 19th November

Presentations: Week commencing 26th November

There will be prizes awarded

•  Key Stage 1 - £100 voucher for the school and a £20 book voucher for the winner plus a runners up prize of a £10 book voucher

•  Key stage 2 - £100 voucher for the school and a £20 book voucher for the winner plus a runners up prize of a £10 book voucher

•  Secondary schools - £100 voucher for the school with the winning VLOG and a £20 book voucher for the winner plus a runners up prize of a £10 book 

You can find useful resources and information here to start planning Healthy Schools Programme Hate Crime

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