1. Hate Crime Symposium Hate Crime: Policy & Practice 11 th September Hendon Campus, Middlesex University Theo Gavrielides, CEO Anthony Salla, Hate Crime Policy Officer

2. Race on the Agenda Social policy think-tank set up in April 1984 which works with London’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities and others interested in race equality, towards achieving social justice by the elimination of discrimination and promotion of human rights, diversity and equality of opportunity. We achieve these aims by informing London’s strategic decision-makers about the issues affecting the BAME third sector and the communities it serves and by making government policy more accessible to London’s BAME organisations Current policy priorities: Crime & Anti-social behaviour, Equalities & Human Rights, Community Cohesion, Health & Social Services and Regional Government.

3. Restoring Relations Project (RRP) A London-wide cooperative initiative, which aims to help reduce hate crime and its impact through the use of restorative justice and the encouragement of multi-agency partnerships between the Third Sector and crime reduction agencies. Aims Reduce hate crime in London boroughs by encouraging stakeholders to concentrate resources on types of crime, types of victims and perpetrators and geographical areas Produce models for short-term conflict resolution and long-term prevention Forge and maintain multi-agency partnerships between Third Sector organisations and statutory bodies Methodology Phase 1: Desk Research (June 2006 – June 2007) Phase 2: Fieldwork (June 2007- 2008( Phase 3: Dissemination and implementation (2008 – ongoing) Youth Advisory Group – acting as a scrutiny panel Funders since 2006

4. KEY FINDINGS: Gaps & Challenges Definitional ambiguity: research/policy/legislation/implementation. Reporting of hate crime Nature of hate crime in London Hate crime as a multi-dimensional issue Working in Silos An effective response from the CJS for lesser incidents is currently absent.

5. MAIN FINDINGS: Recommendations Prevention – the key to combating hate crime Supporting community based Restorative Justice programmes Building, maintaining and sourcing cross-sector multi-agency partnerships

6. ROTA: Moving forward together Transformative Justice Forum (Increase collaboration between the Third sector & statutory bodies and formulate strategies to share best practice). Develop and inform policy about the needs of groups that suffer high victimisation levels Increase awareness of CJS and support services available to victims Training and networking

7. Topics for discussion: Best practice examples: multi-agency work RJ, prevention and young people Policy and legislative improvements for moving forward

8. Contact Details Race on the Agenda Unit 101, Cremer Business Centre, 37 Cremer Street London E2 8HD 020 77291310 CEO: theo@rota.org.uktheo@rota.org.uk Policy Officer: anthony@rota.org.ukanthony@rota.org.uk