Break The Hate: Responding to Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Conference

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Hate crimes against LGBTQ+ individuals in the UK have seen a concerning rise in recent years. The UK Home Office's 2022 hate crime statistics report highlights a stark increase of 41% in homophobic hate crimes and 56% in transphobic hate crimes in England and Wales. This marks the most significant annual rise since 2012.

In the face of this increasingly hostile environment, SAYiT's Break The Hate: Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Conference is set to take place at St Marys Conference Centre. The conference seeks to bring together professionals, academics, and community members to explore the extent of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in the UK and the responses by criminal justice and voluntary agencies. It will look at hate crime and other forms of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and related social problems, which go beyond that which is covered by the criminal justice system.

The conference aims to empower LGBTQ+ communities to feel safe and supported, address prejudice towards them, and demonstrate allyship. We will address the issues and impact caused by anti-LGBTQ+ prejudices and provide a vehicle for cross sector organisations to collaborate in respecting and promoting diversity, and challenging discrimination, othering and prejudice.

It seeks to provide a safe and supportive environment for LGBTQ+ individuals to share experiences and discuss the mental health impacts of hate, community-based responses, third-party reporting and barriers to reporting, or accessing support. The conference aims to encourage collaboration in developing solutions to challenge anti-LGBTQ+ hate and prevent hate-motivated violence and discrimination to create socially just, inclusive, and safe communities.

The event is open to anyone interested in challenging anti-LGBTQ+ hate, with particular relevance for those working in criminal and civil justice, frontline youth and community and support services, education, mental health, and LGBTQ+ organisations.

Conference Schedule

Arrivals: Registration/Workshop Signups and Refreshments

Speakers:

• Heather Paterson (SAYiT): Introducing Context and Current Climate

• Kate Josephs (Sheffield City Council): Statement of Support

• Alan Billings (Police and Crime Commissioner): Statement of Support

• Lis Harrington (Galop): A National Picture of Anti-LGBT+ Hate Crime in the UK

• South Yorkshire Police: Hate Crime and Policing

• James Henshall (Irwin Mitchell): Tackling LGBTQ+ Hate through the Civil Courts

• Rose Simkins (Stop Hate UK): the Stop Hate Line - a South Yorkshire Perspective

Break

• Dan Walker (Chesterfield Pride): No Place for Hate

• Melissa Simmonds (Sheffield NHS): "If you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design!"

• Thom Winterbotham (Learn Sheffield): Reducing LGBTQ+ Hate through the PSHE Curriculum in Schools

• James Dunne (SAYiT): Break the Hate - LGBTQ+ Third Party Hate Crime Reporting Service

• Nicola Fearnley-Hill (SAYiT): Break the Hate - Mental Health Impacts of Hate Crime Project

• Panel Discussion / Q&A

Lunch Break

Workshops

• LGBTQ+ Allyship = Bystander Intervention

• Empowering Allies: Hate Crime Awareness and Third P arty Reporting

• Classroom Resources to Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate

• Responding to Hate in a Youth Setting

• Dealing with Traumatic Events - How Early Intervention can Help

• Impact of Online Hate

Close and Thanks

Additional information

Refreshments: Tea and coffee will be provided, and a light vegetarian buffet lunch will be served.

Please email james.dunne@sayit.org.uk to advise us of any help that you may need for attending the conference. This includes disabilities that we may be able to help with if we have your requirements in advance such as arranging reserved seating in certain rows/areas, space/water for assistance dogs or other accessibility requirements.

Online: We will be live-tweeting throughout the event, use the hashtag #BreakTheHate23 and tag @SAYiTSheffield to join the conversation.

Photographs: Filming and photography will take place during the event. If you do not want to appear in any photos, please notify a member of staff at the event.

Tickets cost £25 and can be purchased via Eventbrite!