Hate Incident Monitoring Project

This page gives information on the Hate Incident Monitoring Project (HIMP) established by Leicestershire County Council.

The Hate Incident Monitoring Project was launched in February 2007. Although led by the county councils, it is a multi-agency initiative with a wide range of agencies making up the project's steering group.

The aim of the project is to encourage reporting of hate incidents across Leicestershire. All departments within Leicestershire County Council are classed as reporting centres and these support the project in bringing together and developing the effective reporting of incidents. This in turn informs work undertaken across Leicestershire in tackling hate incidents.

By working with the Police, district councils, voluntary organisations and other agencies, the project has set up 33 reporting centres across Leicestershire, in addition to the County Council departments.

To find out further information about what the project has done over the last two years and to access its on-line monitoring form, go to www.leics.gov.uk/reporthate

Have you been a victim of a hate incident?

The Hate Incident Monitoring Project has been set up by the County Council with partner agencies across Leicestershire, to encourage victims to speak out. This new initiative has a wider remit than the previous Racist Incident Common Monitoring Project.

Hate incidents could be physical, verbal or written abuse. They take many forms but are essentially about someone being targeted because they are believed to be different, due to age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation.

If you have been a victim, or if you have witnessed or become aware of a hate incident, please tell us. By telling us we can find out more about these incidents which will help us to work with our partners to find ways to prevent them happening in the future.

It is the perception that counts; if you think it is a hate incident, it is.

Some examples of hate incidents

• Someone overhears language they think is racist
• A person receives threatening letters which they feel have been motivated by their disability
• A man leaving a gay bar may be verbally abused and perceive it was motivated by homophobia, whether or not he is gay.

You can report incidents on-line at: www.leics.gov.uk/reporthate or at centres across the County. A list of these is provided in the PDF below:

Hate Incident Monitoring Project Reporting Centres (PDF Document, 12.01 Kb)