1. Sail Suleman Hate Crime Coordinator Calderdale Council The Calderdale Experience

2. Calderdale Census 2001 Profiles  Population 192,400  93% of Calderdale’s population describes itself as White  5.7% as Asian  0.8% as Mixed Ethnic Group  Largest Ethnic group is Pakistani

3. Calderdale Hate Crime Partnership Mission Statement ‘The Calderdale Hate Crime Partnership Panel Members are committed to the elimination of hate crime and violence within Calderdale’

4. Hate Incident definition Hate Crime: Any hate incident, which constitutes a criminal offence, perceived by the victim, or any other person, as being motivated by prejudice or hate. Hate Incident: Any incident which may, or may not, constitute a criminal offence, which is perceived by the victim, or any other person, as being motivated by prejudice or hate.

5. Calderdale Hate Crime Figures 2010/11 Police Race 236 Religion 5 Third Party Reporting Centres Race 48 Religion 8 Crown Prosecution Service (2010/2011) 49 defendants prosecuted (88% success rate) Calderdale Schools (2009/2010) 191 incidents with 17 repeat incidents Mainly verbal abuse, also assault and graffiti 87% of Secondary Schools (11-16yr olds) 1 or more incidents

6. Projects Supported by CHCP:  Third Party Reporting Centres  Service Level Agreement  Reports of Hate Incidents in Schools  Police Hate Crime Scrutiny Panels  Crown Prosecution Service Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel

7. Community Cohesion and Contingency Planning Structures 'Gold‘ Borough / County wide resilience 'Silver' Counter Intelligence 'Bronze' Community Impact Assessment Group* Community Cohesion Board

8. Objectives To share intelligence from and about local communities across key agencies To identify issues or incidents in specific areas that have, or could have an impact on community relations To evaluate the impact on a national and local level To take an overview of hate incident reports and take appropriate action To identify any future events that could impact on community tensions

9. Community Impact Assessment Group To ensure that timely and good quality information is available to anticipate, prevent and manage community tensions in Calderdale

10. Community Tension Management Political Community Immigration Race, religion Criminal Planned/future events/anniversaries Concerns

11. Community Impact Assessment Group Multi-agency Partnership – chaired by the Police Meets 4 weekly or as the need arises Considers and evaluates areas of possible community tension Identifies areas for intervention to minimise the potential negative affects of tension, prevent escalation and reduce conflict Informs and supports critical incident management Sets the local Tension Indicator

12. Community Impact Assessment Group Members

13. Key Intelligence links Daily Community Tension Police Logs Community Engagement Field Officers (PVE) and Channel Project Officer Safer Schools Partnership and Safe Guarding Board Community Safety Action Planning Teams – co located staff Calderdale Interfaith Council, Equality Forum, LGBT Network, BME Network, Disability Partnership Mosque representatives group

14. Issues and Challenges Neighbourhoods constantly changing - resources Broader diversity and super diversity within communities Economic downturn Rise of Far Right Groups i.e. English Defence League Radicalisation of individuals Community Tensions

15. Partnerships  Fosters effective partnership working  Allows wider representation of partnership organisations  Provides opportunities for members of all communities to meet and share experiences  Creates a deeper understanding of the issues faced by the borough and across West Yorkshire

16. The Way Forward Greater understanding of all communities Education for all – this has to be started at the early ages Clear messages sent out by agencies when tackling the issues of racism, discrimination etc Partnership working Lots more to be done!!