Hate Crime Awareness
Hate crime awareness sessions offered to secondary schools
With hate crime on the rise throughout the borough, Basildon Pride in partnership with Essex Police visit schools in the borough to deliver Hate Crime awareness sessions to your Year 8 students. The sessions are interactive which include an element of Theatre in Education delivered by Arts Outburst as well as an interactive presentation by Essex Police. It is an opportunity for us all to stand together and show that there is no place for hate in our community. Whether it's because of race, religion, disability, sexuality or gender identity, no one should ever be made to feel unsafe or unwelcome.
The Hate Crime awareness session is an annual event always focused on year 8 pupils, we recognise that this is a key social development stage for young people and our goal is to attempt to influence their formation of views on bullying and hate crime. We hope that they will think twice before becoming a perpetrator at an older age. There is no cost to your school for the hate crime awareness session, they are fully funded by Basildon Pride.
If your school would like to take this great opportunity, please contact info@basildonpride.co.uk
Mental Health & Wellbeing
MindOut — LGBTQ+-focused mental health services, peer support groups & advocacy. (MindOut) Helpline: 01206 871 394
Childline (UK) - Support for young people up to 19, 24/7, freephone 0800 1111.
Samaritans - Support for anyone struggling emotionally (not crisis-specific). Freephone 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org. Helpline: 0345 3 30 30 30
Pink Therapy - National LGBT Mental Health Charity
Helpline: 0800 0502020
VitaMinds - Local Mental Health Service. Helpline: 01268 977171
Controlling Chemsex - National Chemsex Support Charity
Mind LGBTQ - National Mental Health Charity: Helpline: 0800 0502020
Renew Counselling & Training: Telephone: 01277 230831 Email: ypcs@renew.org.uk
Act Against Hate Crime
Free Hate Crime Ambassador Sessions
please email suzanne.parson@essex.police.uk to discuss this further.
LGBTQ+ UK & London Support Resources
Helplines & Listening Support
Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline — Support, listening, information & signposting for LGBTQ+ people. Call 0300 330 0630 (10 am–10 pm daily). (tssa.org.uk)
LGBT Foundation Helpline — Advice on wellbeing, identity, coming out, loneliness, and more. Call 0345 330 3030 or email helpline@lgbt.foundation. (tssa.org.uk)
MindLine Trans+ — Confidential mental health support for trans, non-binary, agender, and gender-diverse people. Call 0300 330 5468. (Stonewall)
Community Groups & Local Networks
London Friend - Counselling, support groups & social activities (London).
Opening Doors London - Support for older LGBTQ+ people.
The Bisexual Index & Bi-UK — Community networks & advocacy for bisexual people.
Family & Community Support
PFLAG UK - Free resources & support for parents, friends & family of LGBTQ+ people. (pflag.co.uk)
Mermaids UK - Support for gender-diverse and transgender youth & families.
AKT - Support for LGBTQ+ young people facing homelessness or a hostile environment.
Additional Supports
Stonewall UK Support Pages — Info on rights, mental health tools, youth groups, homelessness support & more. (Stonewall)
Meetup & Local Groups — Search for LGBTQ+ social groups or support meetups near you
Transpire southend
Southend-on-Sea based organisation specialising in ensuring opportunities. for support and social events for the Transgender community
Safety, Abuse & Housing
Galop — Support for LGBTQ+ people who have experienced hate crime, violence or domestic abuse, various helplines.
Stonewall Housing — Help, advocacy & housing support for LGBTQ+ people at risk of homelessness. (Stonewall)
Hate Incident Reporting Centres
The Essex Police Strategic Hate Crime Partnership (SHCP) is establishing a network of accredited Hate Incident Reporting Centre (HIRC)/ Hate Crime Ambassadors across Essex to create more opportunities to ‘Report It to Sort It’
What is a HIRC?
Hate Incident Reporting Centres, or HIRC’s, are community venues where individuals can report hate incidents and hate crimes, either as a victim or a witness. A HIRC can act as an alternative place for reporting hate crimes/hate incidents rather than directly to the police.
A HIRC works in collaboration with Essex Police and other partner agencies to provide support and information during the reporting process.
Safe Space Initiative
In response to the rise of hate crime in the borough, Basildon Pride in partnership with Essex Police are rolling out an LGBTQ+ Safe Spaces networks where participating shops, cafés, libraries, and community hubs display a sign indicating that someone who feels unsafe can come in for help:
Basildon Pride’s will offer training to organisation so they can create an LGBTQ+ Safe Space, an environment where people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions are welcomed and supported.
If you would like further information on the initiative please contact Basildon Pride Email: info@basildonpride.co.uk