Stop Hate in Norfolk (SHiN)

Welcome to the Stop Hate in Norfolk campaign page, a resource for everyone who wants to work towards tackling Hate in Norfolk.

Why is Stop Hate in Norfolk Important?

In Norfolk there are approximately 1,200 hate incidents each year, however, around 80% of hate incidents are not reported, this needs to change if we are to stop this happening to people!

Hate incidents is something that no one should have to tolerate, it can hurt people and leave them feeling confused and frightened.  

Hate incidents/crime can take many forms, some more obvious than others. Although physical violence, verbal abuse, damage to property and graffiti are common, other forms of hate incidents are on the increase. For example:

• Instances where vulnerable people are befriended to be exploited known as ‘Mate Crime’. There may be safeguarding implications with this form of hate incident.
• Internet hate crime is becoming increasingly common, especially with younger and vulnerable people, and can include anything from hate mail and texts to posting hate material on social media.

SHIN aims to encourage more people to have the confidence to report incidents of hate either direct to the police or through external organisations that can support people to report that may not wish to go direct to the police.

What is Third Party Reporting?

Often, victims of hate incidents are not confident to report hate incidents to the Police, or they may not think it is important.

Third Party Reporting simply where staff or volunteers in different organisations or community groups across Norfolk have adopted SHiN and provide an alternative to reporting directly to the police. Staff and volunteers are able to take an incident report on behalf of a victim or witness.

Third party reporting places are split in to 2 types, public and discrete locations.

• Public third-party reporting locations can include libraries, local authority offices and shops with the SHiN or Safe Place Logo visible.
• Discrete third-party reporting locations are places where they are not openly available to members of the public but will support people that access their services. This could include, schools, day services, residential homes, local clubs and community groups. 

If you are interested in being a third-party reporting organisation or wish to discuss further, please contact our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion team at [email protected].