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The Cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan Objective: Increase victim and community confidence in the criminal justice
system.
Sheffield Strategic Goal - Increase awareness, reporting and recording of Hate Crime incidents:
Measure of Success – An ?% increase in the number of Hate Crimes reported to Partnership agencies. Baseline to be established.
Action
Lead Partner
Outcome
Completion Date
1a Provision of training to improve knowledge,
Sheffield City
- Hate incident training made
Within one year of
understanding and responses to Hate Crime. Council
available to all service centre
commencement of
Develop framework for partners to deliver
staff, housing officers, Safer
Action Plan
awareness raising to front line staff groups
Neighbourhoods Officers,
and ‘Training of trainers’ to roll out through
Youth Service Workers.
VCF sector.
- 6 training sessions on Hate
Crime delivered to key
statutory, community and
voluntary service providers per
annum through partner panels.
1b Collate and promote information on existing
Sheffield City
Data collated to identify
Baseline data collected
reporting mechanisms including update of
Council
existing pattern of Hate Crime
within six months of
web based information.
across Sheffield.
commencement of
Action Plan.
Ongoing
1c Internal and external communications plan to Sheffield City
Increased awareness and
Within six months of
be implemented. (Could incorporate all
Council /South
understanding.
commencement of
actions below which are marked *).
Yorkshire Police
Action Plan.
1d* Promote a public awareness campaign that
Sheffield City
Increased awareness and
Within six months of
is aimed at raising awareness of Hate Crime Council/ South
understanding of process and
commencement of
reporting which includes a single leaflet
Yorkshire Police
support available for victims of Action Plan.
containing all partner contact details.
Hate Crime.
1e* Provision of information available to victims
Sheffield City
Increased awareness and
Within one year of
of Hate Crime at GP surgeries and A&E
Council/ South
understanding of process and
commencement of
departments.
Yorkshire Police
support available for victims of Action Plan
Hate Crime.
1f* Promote the Hate Crime policy for tenants of Sheffield Homes
Increased awareness amongst Ongoing
Sheffield Homes.
tenants.
1g Include Hate Crime guidelines within
Sheffield City
Increased understanding
Within one year of
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Safeguarding Adults procedure.
1h
Map the approaches taken by Residential
Social Landlords (RSLs).
1i
Continue to develop and improve data
collection and performance targets to
effectively measure the incidence of Hate
Crime and the performance of agencies
including reviewing what reporting
mechanisms are currently in place.
Develop an Information Sharing Protocol
and ensure consistency amongst partners
1j
Council through
ASB Strategy
Group
Sheffield City
CouncilRSL Liaison Team
Sheffield City
Council/ South
Yorkshire
Police/Sheffield
Homes
amongst professionals of
support available.
commencement of
Action Plan
Increased understanding of
the approaches of RSLs to
Hate Crime
Improved data available for
analysis and consideration to
ensure planning reflects needs
of area
Within one year of
commencement of
Action Plan
Ongoing
Sheffield City
Improved data sharing across
Council/ South
partners
Yorkshire Police
Sheffield Strategic Goal - Improve responses to Hate Crime perpetrators:
Measure of Success – Reductions in re-offending
Action
2a Police Sergeants to oversee the
investigation of all reported Hate Crime and
link with agencies and other processes
including Integrated Offender Management
(IOM)
2b Work with CPS to ensure that the CPS
Crime Scrutiny Panel influences responses.
2c
Develop and improve working relations to
ensure that Anti-Social Behaviour powers
are used to bring perpetrators to justice.
2d*
Raise Awareness of work undertaken by
Youth Offending Services and Probation
Service to challenge inappropriate behaviour
by offenders.
Within one year of
commencement of
Action Plan
Lead Partner
South Yorkshire
Police
Outcome
Increase sanctioned detection
rates for race and homophobic
Hate Crime.
Completion Date
Continuous – six
monthly review
South Yorkshire
Police
Increase the number of
prosecutions/convictions for
Hate Crime.
Increase in the number of ASB
powers utilised to address
Hate Crime.
Within one year of
commencement of
Action Plan
Within one year of
commencement of
Action Plan
Increased awareness and
understanding of responses to
Hate Crime perpetrators.
Ongoing
Sheffield City
Council through
ASB Strategic
Group
Sheffield City
Council /South
Yorkshire Police
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2e
2f
2g*
2h*
2i
Determine appropriate routes for responding
to Hate Crimes and Incidents including
where appropriate taking additional tenancy
actions.
Ensure a common standard across Housing
providers.
South Yorkshire
Police/Sheffield
Homes
Increase awareness amongst magistrates of
the impact of Hate Crime on individuals,
families and communities.
Offender outcomes to be notified and widely
publicised.
Probation Service
To run awareness raising
sessions with magistrates
Sheffield City
Council- ASB
Strategy Group
South Yorkshire
Police/Probation
Service
Sheffield City
Council
Increased awareness and
understanding of responses to
Hate Crime perpetrators.
Increased responses to Hate
Crime perpetrators.
Work with prison services to identify and
respond to Hate Crime.
2j
RSL Liaison Team
Increased understanding of
responses/routes available to
address Hate Crime
perpetrators.
Improved equality of services
for tenants
To commence
September 2010
Within two years of
commencement of
Action Plan
Bi-annual
Within two years of
commencement of
Action Plan
Within two years of
commencement of
Action Plan
Work with New Arrivals Service to equip
victims to respond appropriately to
perpetrators.
2k Identify good practice on how agencies can
Probation Service Improved Partnership working Within one year of
work together at an early stage to respond to
to address Hate Crime.
commencement of
emerging issues through the S2 Project –
Action Plan
Officers based at Manor Top to scope
impact on community and test bed ideas.
2l Utilise existing mechanisms to identify
Sheffield City
Earlier responses and
Within three months of
emerging Hate Crime perpetrators (eg
Council though
resolution sought for Hate
commencement of
Neighbourhood Action Groups to include
ASB Strategy
Crime issues.
Action Plan
Hate Crime as a standard agenda item and
Group
ASB Strategy group to include Hate Crime).
The Cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan Objective: Prevent Hate Crimes from occurring or escalating in seriousness.
Sheffield Strategic Goal – Develop preventative and educational activity to address Hate incidents:
Measure of Success
Action
Lead Partner
Outcome
Completion Date
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3a
Develop further anti-bullying resources for
teachers and staff in schools.
CYPD
3b
Promote nationally developed educational
material to schools and other education
establishments to counter hatred on the
internet (National Internet Hate Crime Action
Plan – Action 8) and ensure Hate Crime is
explicit in training provided.
Identify opportunities for utilising Restorative
Justice approaches to Hate Crime.
CYPD
3c
3d*
Raise awareness with Community Groups
and members of the community.
3e*
Promote messages through Further and
Higher education establishments.
Sheffield City Council –
Community Justice
Sheffield Homes
Voluntary and
Community Sector.
3f*
School staff can identify
practice and activities which
will combat stigma and
discrimination.
School staff have access to
nationally developed materials
to support their work.
Within one year of
commencement
of Action Plan
Increased responses/routes
available to address Hate
Crime.
Increased awareness and
understanding of process and
support available for victims of
Hate Crime.
Increased awareness and
understanding of process and
support available for victims of
Hate Crime.
Improved support for tenants
and raised awareness.
Improved response for victims
and raised awareness.
Ongoing
Outcome
Increased awareness and
understanding of process and
support available for victims of
Completion Date
Ongoing
Ensure tenants understand the
Sheffield Homes
consequences of perpetrating Hate Crime.
3g* All agencies to ensure that staff are aware of All Partners
routes to report Hate Crime and Hate Crime
included within the induction process.
The Cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan Objective: Improve access to and take-up of victim support.
Within one year of
commencement
of Action Plan
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Sheffield Strategic Goal – Improve service responses to victims:
Measure of Success
4a
Action
Promote the services available for victims
across Sheffield*.
Lead Partner
Sheffield City Council
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Hate Crime.
Influence local standards adopted by RSLs
to ensure an agreed minimum response to
victims of Hate Crime.
Utilise Police satisfaction data to understand
the experience of victims.
Sheffield City Council –
RSL Liaison Team
4d
Co-ordinate multi-agency activity to ensure
that services for victims reflect their needs.
4e
4f
Identify victim champions.
Ensure that there are non-police reporting
routes for victims.
Sheffield City Council
through ASB Strategic
Group
tbd
Sheffield City
Council/South Yorkshire
Police
4b
4c
South Yorkshire Police
Increased understanding of
victim experience to enable
service improvements.
Improved services for victims.
Improved support for victims.
A variety of reporting routes
continuing to be available for
victims.
Within one year of
commencement
of Action Plan
Within one year of
commencement
of Action Plan
Within one year of
commencement
of Action Plan
Aspirational
Ongoing