Tackling Hate Crime Fund - Grants Awarded 2019-20

This fund, hosted by Northamptonshire’s Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner on behalf of Northamptonshire’s Community Safety Board. The Board provided a one off funding pot of £11,000 to tackle hate crime and incidents across Northamptonshire. The judging panel was made up of statutory service representatives from the Hate Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour delivery group which reports into the Community Safety Board. The projects needed to meet one or more of the following criteria:

 

  • Support victims of hate crime or hate incidents
  • Support confidence in reporting
  • Support work with offenders/potential offenders to successfully change behaviour and promote community cohesion

 

This fund has been spent and is now closed.

Project Name

Get On Board Conference

Area Covered

Countywide

Amount Granted

£3,000

Tackling Hate Crime Outcome

Increasing reporting and improved services to victims

Reasons for believing the grant will contribute towards tackling hate crime

To host a conference (held during hate crime awareness week 2019) for people with learning disabilities and local organisations to come together. The event aim was to educate people with learning disabilities about their rights to inclusion and safety in the county, and to raise awareness of hate crime and discrimination.

 

 

Any conditions to grant?

N/A

Bid Outline –  To host a conference (held during hate crime awareness week 2019) for people with learning disabilities and local organisations to come together. The event aim was to educate people with learning disabilities about their rights to inclusion and safety in the county, and to raise awareness of hate crime and discrimination.

 

Project Name

Tackling Hate Crime

Area Covered

Northampton

Amount Granted

£2,000

Tackling Hate Crime Outcome

Increased reporting, services to victims, positive impact on community cohesion

Reasons for believing the grant will contribute towards crime and disorder reduction

By taking reports of hate crime, and in essence acting as a 3rd party, it is expected that the project would facilitate reporting of all strands of hate crime from within a hard to reach community

Any conditions to grant?

N/A

Bid Outline – A hate crime reporting project alongside 2 open events with the local community to raise awareness around Hate crime with guest speakers, including the Police.

Project Name

Messages of Hope

Area Covered

Wellingborough/ North of the county

Amount Granted

£6,000

Tackling Hate Crime Outcome

All areas covered

Reasons for believing the grant will contribute towards crime and disorder reduction

The bid provides an interesting and new project, which potentially could bring some best practice into the County whilst working with both local and national partners.

Any conditions to grant?

N/A

Bid Outline – Bringing up to 75 people from our diverse communities together and introduce them to ways of using strategic communications (Framing) theory and practice to create new ways of preventing hate, challenging prejudice and understanding around equality.   Creating a toolkit.