Mark - Dimensions Campaigns Advisor - presents a hate crime workshop with information on what a hate crime is and how you can get help.

1. A talk about safety!
What is hate crime?
Presentation by
Mark Brookes

2. What is a crime?
Can you think of things that might
be hate crimes?

3. A crime can mean things like:
• Someone calling you names
• Someone throwing things at
you or your house
• Someone making fun of you

4. A crime can mean things like:
• Someone winding you up
• Someone phoning you all of the time when
you don’t want it
• Someone attacking you
If people do these crimes because you have a
learning disability, then the crime is a called
a hate crime

5. What does the law say?
The Criminal Justice Act 2003
says that
Hate Crime is:
• When someone does a crime against you
BECAUSE you have a learning disability or
autism
• Or they were hostile = ‘unfriendly’ or
‘angry’ at you because you have a learning
disability.

6. Who does these things?
People who are close to you
• Family, Friends, Staff
People you know a little bit
• Neighbours
• People at work or the day centre
• People you recognise in shops or places you
go to
Strangers
It could be people with or without
learning disabilities, it could be one
person or a gang of people

7. Where does it happen?
• On the bus or train
• On the street
• In shops and cafes
• In the cinema, leisure centre or park

8. Where does it happen?
• At home
• On your estate or street
• At the day centre
• At work

9. Scenario A
• Adam has a learning disability.
• Adam is walking with his support worker down his street to
the local shop.
• Someone comes up to him and shouts at him.The person
leans in towards Adam and shouts again.
• Adam steps to the side and the man walks off.
• Adam doesn’t think he has seen or met the man before, but
he has had similar things happen on this street.
• Adam feels scared and keeps walking to the shop away from
the man.
• Adam thinks the man shouted ‘Move weirdo! Move, or
else…’ but he is too shocked to remember exactly.

10. Scenario B
• Bob has a learning disability and autism.
• Bob is waiting for the bus. He has put his rucksack on
the ground next to him.
• Two school kids come up to him and start calling him
names, like ‘muppet’ and ‘loser’.
• One of the kids grabs Bob’s rucksack and throws it in a
puddle.The kids run off when the bus arrives.
• Bob is very angry.The same kids often come and make
fun of him when he waits for the bus.They’ve never
touched him or his things before.
• Bob gets on the bus behind a lady who was standing
nearby.

11. Scenario C
• Cara has a learning disability.
• Cara sometimes goes to a day centre to see friends and
do activities.
• Cara and her support worker have noticed that the
same person normally loiters outside the day centre
when they are there.
• Sometimes the person follows them as they go back to
Cara’s flat.
• A couple of times Cara has seen the person standing
outside her flat, throwing rubbish into the front garden.
• Cara hasn’t spoken to the person, but feels very
uncomfortable when she sees them and doesn’t like
going outside much anymore.

12. Scenario D
• Daisy has autism.
• Daisy meets Joan at her local pub. Normally Daisy will sit
with the Joan and talk about music.
• Joan has borrowed £200 from Daisy, but she hasn’t said
when she will pay it back.
• Joan has asked Daisy if she can sleep in Daisy’s flat, because
she hasn’t got anywhere to stay at the moment.
• When Daisy says no, Joan gets angry and says she is a bad
friend.
• Daisy feels bad and has leant Joan more money.
• Daisy is getting worried because Joan keeps ringing her
mobile. She doesn’t want Joan to get angry at her again.

13. What should you do if you
experience hate crime?
• Tell someone
– Family, friends, support staff
• Tell the police
• Tell your adult safeguarding team
• Report to a local hate crime centre

14. Things to remember!
• Not all of your friends or
people in the community want
to hurt you or take advantage
of you
• Most people are good people
• You have RIGHTS!