As the country rallies to promote our shared values through Hate Crime Awareness Week, the Home Office and the Ministry for Communities, Housing and Local Government has today (Tuesday 16 October) published an update to the Hate Crime Action Plan.

These new measures include:

wide-ranging Law Commission review into hate crime – to explore how to make current legislation more effective and consider if there should be additional protected characteristics, such as misogyny and age
new nationwide public awareness campaign to launch later this autumn designed to educate on what hate crime is
extending the Home Office Places of Worship Scheme for a further year to support more religious institutions which are vulnerable to hate attacks
improving police response by offering call handlers specialist training on how to support hate crime victims and revamping the True Vision reporting website
over £1.5 million of further funding for groups such as the Anne Frank Trust and Kick It Out, which support young people to challenge prejudice and hatred
anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim roundtables, hosted by ministers, to discuss responses to these issues
The refresh has been designed to address specific concerns across all 5 monitored strands of hate crime:

race
religion
sexual orientation
transgender identity
disability