Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

Councillor Mullin introduced the report and explained that Welsh Government (WG) was committed to tackling hate crime, as set out in their Anti-racist Wales Action Plan.  As part of their commitment WG has funded Victim Support to deliver the Wales Hate Support Centre, which provided support and reporting services across Wales for victims and witnesses of hate crime.

The Corporate Manager, Capital and Assets explained that Victim Support had introduced a Hate Crime Charter for Wales and was asking all organisations, public and private, to sign up to the Charter.  The Charter set out the rights of victims and the commitments of organisations in playing a part in tackling hate crime.

Organisations adopting the Charter made a commitment to ensuring that employees and volunteers abided by the Charter’s promises whenever they came into contact with those affected by hate crime, and to work to build strong and inclusive communities.  The Hate Crime Charter was appended to the report.

The Council had already taken steps to tackle hate crime in Flintshire, including the Be Kind on-line initiative.  Adopting the Charter would build on the work and would contribute to the Council’s Strategic Equality Plan and Welsh Government’s (WG) Well-being goal “A Wales of More Cohesive Communities”.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet endorse the Council adopting Victim Support’s Hate Crime Charter.