Hate Crime Reporting

First published: 11th December 2024
Last updated: 11th December 2024
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Cambridgeshire LGBTQ+ Centre is a Hate Crime Reporting Centre

The Cambridgeshire LGBTQ+ Centre is a Hate Crime Reporting Centre. This means you can talk to us if you have experienced a hate crime, and help you report it without going to a police station.

 

What is a hate crime? Hate crimes are any crimes that are targeted at a person because of hostility or prejudice towards that person’s:

disability

race or ethnicity

religion or belief

sexual orientation

gender identity

How do I report a hate crime? Email us at info@thekitetrust.org.uk or visit the Cambridgeshire LGBTQ+ Centre (please be aware there is not always someone in the building who can assist).

 

Hate Crime Support Services:

Galop 

0800 999 5428 

help@galop.org.uk 

www.galop.org.uk 

Galop offer LGBT+ specific support services, helpline and online community for those who have experienced hate and abuse. They have specific services for LGBT+ people aged 13-25.

 

Victims & Witness Hub 

0800 781 6818 

victimandwitnesshub@cambs.police.uk

www.cambsvictimservices.co.uk

If you live in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and have been a victim or witness of crime you can access a wide range of services who provide emotional and practical support by phone and email.

 

Call Hate Out 

Call: 0808 801 0576 

Text: 07717 989 025 

24 hour helpline and text line for those aged under 18 providing reporting support for those who have witnessed or experienced a hate crime.

 

Victim Support 

08 08 16 89 111 

www.victimsupport.org.uk

For anyone affected by crime in the UK. Not only those who experience it directly, but also their friends, family and any other people involved. We’re independent from the police, and our support is free and confidential.

 

Centre 33 

0333 4141809 

hello@centre33.org.uk

www.centre33.org.uk 

Centre 33 exists to help every young person in Cambridgeshire through a range of free and confidential services. They offer free counselling and wellbeing support, information and someone to talk to.

 

The Kite Trust 

01223 369508 

YouthWork@TheKiteTrust.org.uk

www.thekitetrust.org.uk

Anyone can get support with reporting a hate crime through our services and we can provide ongoing support from a youth worker for LGBTQ+ young people up to the age of 30.