This afternoon I'm at the
Welcome Centre with Tony Nelson (representative of the Leicester HebrewCongregation on the Board of Leicester Council of Faiths, its Treasurer and my
Line Manager). We're meeting Stevie-Jade Hardy, Research Associate at the
University of Leicester Department of Criminology.
The Department of Criminology is home to the Leicester Hate Crime Project, a two-year funded
project exploring the experiences of victims of hate
crime – people who have been victimised simply because of who they are. The
|Leicester Hate Crime Project wants to hear from anyone who has suffered from
hate crime, including those who have been singled out because of their identity
or because they were seen as especially vulnerable or somehow
"different’" in the eyes of the person who targeted
them. Throughout the duration of the project, the team will be working closely
with criminal justice agencies and other service providers collectively to
challenge hate and prejudice in Leicester.
In discussing how the Council of Faiths might assist the project, we offer the possibility of one of our Open Meetings early next year taking Hate Crime as its theme. This has definite potential but will need to be refined to make it workable. I'm sure we have not heard the last of this topic - or seen the last of Stevie-Jade!
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