Putting a stop to hate crime

Today marks the start of Hate Crime Awareness Week. We’re doing a lot to stamp out hate crime in north Manchester, but it’s still a big problem for people.

A hate crime is any criminal offence that you or anyone else believes has happened to you because of your:

• race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality or national origins
• religion
• gender or gender identity
• sexual orientation
• disability
• alternative subculture

We know that some of our vulnerable tenants have been victims of hate crime at the hands of people in our own community – we need to stop this now.

Take action

Our zero-tolerance approach can only work if people are confident enough to come forward and tell us what they are facing.

You can report hate crime to us through this website:

report abuse

If you report a hate crime to us:

• We will contact you to let you know we’re investigating the problem
• We will arrange to meet you wherever you feel comfortable within five working days
• We will complete a Hate Crime report on the Truevision website to ensure Greater Manchester Police also have the incident recorded on their system
• We will need your help to collect evidence, but we will help you every step of the way
• Before we speak to the person being complained about, we will speak with you first to make sure you’re OK with what we’re doing
• We will warn them to stop. If their behaviour continues, and there is enough evidence, we will take legal action. We can ask the court to give us a civil injunction order (a legal order to stop the person acting anti-socially) or permission to evict them

Love your neighbour day

To help bring people together and break down barriers, we’re having a Love Your Neighbour event at our White Moss Road office this Saturday (13th February) from 12-3pm.

There are loads of free activities for everyone including:

• Arts and crafts for the kids
• Dancing and performances
• Henna tattoos
• Football with City in the Community
• Free pet microchipping and health checks

Plus free food from around the world. Come down and say hello!