1. Community Engagement Coordinator Yusuf Patel

2. Remit of the Community Coordinator
The 2015 Counter Extremism Strategy clearly sets out Government’s commitment to challenge those – be they on the extreme right wing or Islamists – who draw upon and promote ideologies that seek to normalise behaviours that run contrary to the shared values which make our multicultural, multi-faith society amongst the most successful in the world.

3. Hate Crimes
Hate crimes are any crimes that are targeted at a person because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s protected characteristics. Hate Incidents can feel like crimes to those who suffer them and often escalate to crimes or tension in a community. When hate incidents become criminal offences they are known as hate crimes. A criminal offence is something which breaks the law of the land. Any criminal offence can be a hate crime if it was carried out because of hostility or prejudice based on our protected characteristics.

4. Current Trends and Emerging Issues
Rise in anti-Muslim hatred
Concerns of antisemitism (left)
Lack of support for BAME LGBT+ community
Underreporting of disability hate
AMH (Left) – Terms laden with bigotry
Misogyny?
Brexit – impact on hate crime?
Council adopted IHRA definition, APPG Islamophobia definition and Hate Crime pledge

5. Internal Comms Improving on Report-It App to include hate crime
Community Safety - enforcement, cleansing, Prevent
Councillors
Hate Crime and Extremism Forum
LSCB
Education
Reports all go to police

6. Keep in touch Yusuf Patel Community Engagement Coordinator
Redbridge Council – 7th Floor
Lynton House, 255 – 259 High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1NN
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