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We want to explore how the UK hate crime sector has changed over the last three years. Council Name: Freedom of Information Reference Number: Region: Contact Name: Contact Email: 1. Is hate crime included in the council’s current Community Safety plan? c Yes (if yes can you send us a pdf copy of the Community Safety plan?) c No c Don’t know 2. Does the council have a separate hate crime plan/strategy? c Yes (if yes can you send us a pdf copy of the hate crime plan/strategy?) c No c Don’t know 3. Does the council have a designated hate crime lead? c Yes (if yes – can you provide contact details so we can contact them) c No c Don’t know 4. Does the council service facilitate or take part in any hate crime forums? c Yes (if yes – can you list the names of the council forums that the police service facilitates or takes part in) c Local: yes/no (if yes _________________________________________) c Regional: yes/no (if yes ________________________________________) c National: yes/no (if yes _________________________________________) c Other: ________________________________________ c No c Don’t know 5. Does the Council have a designated hate crime information page on its website? c Yes (if yes – please can you provide the URL link? _________________________________) c No c Don’t know 6. Does the Council facilitate hate crime reporting? c Yes c 3rd party reporting sites c helpline c others (please detail ______________________________________________________) c No c Don’t know - links on website: yes/no 7. Does the Council have a budget for tackling hate crime? What is/was that budget? 2022/23: ____________ 2023/24: ____________ 2024/25: ____________ 8. Does the council have access to hate crime resources? c Yes (if yes – please can you send us pdf copies of them?) c report cards c leaflets c posters c badges c pens c t-shirts c Other: ________________________________ c No c Don’t know 9. Does the council refer victims of hate crime to independent advice and support services? c Yes c Crimestoppers c Stop Hate UK c Victim Support c Victim Support Northern Ireland c The Community Security Trust (National Organisation for Jewish victims) c TELL MAMA (National Organisation for Muslim Victims) c The Monitoring Group c GATE Herts (A national reporting service) c Galop (National organisation supporting LGBT+ victims) c East European Resource Centre (EERC) c other – can you provide a list of independent advice and support services, the police service refers to. _______________________________________ c No c Don’t know 10. Is the council planning to participate in National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022 (8-16 October)? c Yes (if yes – can you tell us what the council is planning to do: _________________________________) c No c Don’t know 11. Has the council participated in previous National Hate Crime Awareness weeks? c Yes (if yes – please can you tick the years that the police service has taken part in the national week) c 2022 c 2023 c 2024 c 2025 c No c Don’t know

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1. Is hate crime included in the council’s current Community Safety plan? c Yes Yes c No c Don’t know 2. Does the council have a separate hate crime plan/strategy? c Yes (if yes can you send us a pdf copy of the hate crime plan/strategy?) Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council's hate crime strategy is integrated into their broader Strategic Equality Plan 2024-2028 and focuses on awareness raising, staff training, community cohesion initiatives like Hate Crime Awareness Week (HCAW), and partnerships with organisations like South Wales Police and Victim Support to ensure reporting and support mechanisms are in place. The strategy promotes an inclusive environment through service delivery, employment, and community engagement, aiming to tackle prejudice and discrimination c No c Don’t know 3. Does the council have a designated hate crime lead? c Yes (if yes – can you provide contact details so we can contact them) Yes, customercare@merthyr.gov.uk c No c Don’t know 4. Does the council service facilitate or take part in any hate crime forums? c Yes (if yes – can you list the names of the council forums that the police service facilitates or takes part in) Below are the list of forums that the Council takes part in, you would need to contact SWP in order for them to say which forums they facilitate c Local: yes/no (if yes _attend any local PACT meetings if needed if there are any issues concerning hate crime ________________________________________) c Regional: yes/no (if yes: weekly cohesion briefings with SWP.________________________________________) c National: yes/no (if yes _ participate in SIGCE, send updates to the Hate & Community Tensions Board Cymru, participate in monthly WG Cohesion meetings where any hate crimes are mentioned.________________________________________) c Other: ________________________________________ c No c Don’t know 5. Does the Council have a designated hate crime information page on its website? c Yes (if yes – please can you provide the URL link? _________________________________) c No: we don’t have a designated hate crime information page, but hate crime is included on many of our website pages with links to different panels, pages and general information. Search | Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council c Don’t know 6. Does the Council facilitate hate crime reporting? c Yes : we hand out literature at all events containing a QR card that links directly to SWP 101 reporting page. c 3rd party reporting sites : as above c helpline c others (please detail ______________________________________________________) c No c Don’t know - links on website: yes/no 7. Does the Council have a budget for tackling hate crime? What is/was that budget? We don’t have a set budget for tackling hate crime, we use the WG Community Cohesion funding where needed. 2022/23: _as above___________ 2023/24: _as above__________ 2024/25: _as above___________ 8. Does the council have access to hate crime resources? c Yes (if yes – please can you send us pdf copies of them?) we can access a range of HC Resources via our partners at Victim Support. We also have our own slides/Powerpoint, not available in PDF format as they are delivered via training so are adapted accordingly. c report cards: business cards with QR code linking to SWP 101 site and reporting page. c leaflets: with QR code linking to SWP 101 site and reporting page. c posters: with QR code linking to SWP 101 site and reporting page. c badges c pens: general ‘Hate Hurts Wales’ merchandise. c t-shirts c Other: ________________________________ c No c Don’t know 9. Does the council refer victims of hate crime to independent advice and support services? c Yes c Crimestoppers c Stop Hate UK c Victim Support c Victim Support Northern Ireland c The Community Security Trust (National Organisation for Jewish victims) c TELL MAMA (National Organisation for Muslim Victims) c The Monitoring Group c GATE Herts (A national reporting service) c Galop (National organisation supporting LGBT+ victims) c East European Resource Centre (EERC) c other – can you provide a list of independent advice and support services, the police service refers to. _______________________________________ c No c Don’t know 10. Is the council planning to participate in National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022 (8-16 October)? c Yes (if yes – can you tell us what the council is planning to do: _________________________________) I am assuming this is referring to 2025? Not 2022? HCAW this year runs from 11th-18th October 2025. The council has public engagement stands booked in from 13th-17th at various public venues across Merthyr and RCT. These include hospitals, libraries, shopping centres and town centre locations and will involve dealing with enquiries, sharing information and supporting members of the public who need it. We will also be taking part in training sessions and sharing information via the Council social media pages. c No c Don’t know 11. Has the council participated in previous National Hate Crime Awareness weeks? c Yes (if yes – please can you tick the years that the police service has taken part in the national week) I assume they mean Council not police service?? If so, then yes. c 2022 yes c 2023 yes c 2024 yes c 2025 yes c No c Don’t know