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Bristol Hate Crime and Discrimination Service Partnership

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Brandon Trust is a member of the Bristol Hate Crime and Discrimination Service, which supports victims of hate crime and discrimination whilst also offering a conflict and resolution service. The partnership also provides training.

What is a hate crime?

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Hate crime is motivated by prejudice against a person because of their:

Ethnicity or race
Disability
Sexual orientation
Gender identity
Religion or beliefs
Age

What can hate crime be?

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A physical attack like hitting
Name calling or bad gestures
Threats, harassment, or intimidation
Damage to property
Nasty letters, emails, texts, phone calls, social media messages etc.

Brandon Trust deals with disability hate crime and mate crime, as an aspect of disability hate crime – where someone with a learning disability is befriended for exploitation – and provides essential training on this subject.

Read our Hate Crime leaflet

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Training and awareness raising

Brandon delivers interactive training using drama. Three actors with learning disabilities or who are autistic, are employed for this work. We deliver training for professionals and 1:1 assertiveness training for people who are at risk of exploitation.

To book a workshop, please contact Sarah Howard on 07464 670364 or email sarah.howard@brandontrust.org

Watch our training video

What is disability hate crime? How does it make people feel? What can be done about it? We’ve made a booklet to accompany the video.

Download the booklet.

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Bristol Hate Crime and Discrimination Services

Bristol Hate Crime and Discrimination Services is made up of these organisations:

SARI (Stand Against Racism and Inequality)
Brandon Trust
Off the Record Bristol
Bristol Mind
Bristol Law Centre
Resolve West

If you have been a victim of, or witness to, a hate crime or discrimination, please report it and make your community safer!

For advice, further information, or to make a referral, visit the Bristol Hate Crime and Discrimination Services website, or call free on 0800 171 2272.

In an emergency, call 999 and ask for the police.