Stop Hate in Norfolk (SHiN) Norfolk Constabulary, Norfolk County Council and partners launched the Stop Hate in Norfolk Protocol in 2017. It aims to create a common standard for tackling hate incidents/ crime across Norfolk. It sets out how different Norfolk organisations – public, private, voluntary or community – will work together to make it easier for residents to report hate incidents and crime in a supported and safe way through local groups and organisations using the SHiN logo. Any Norfolk organisation can adopt the Protocol. Information on how to do so can be found here: www.norfolk.police.uk/stop-hate Often, victims or witnesses of hate incidents lack confidence to report hate incidents to the police, or they may think it is unimportant. Some people – particularly people with care and support needs – do not recognise that they have been a victim.
A free eLearning course is available on the Stop Hate in Norfolk webpage for anyone to find out more about hate incidents/crimes, how to identify if you have been a victim and how to report an incident you have witnessed. Staff and volunteers at several services and organisations are trained to take hate incident reports, like libraries. Some community groups and disability services in Norfolk are trained to take reports on behalf of victims or witnesses – look out for the SHiN logo in their window. You should always report a hate incident, even if you don’t think it’s serious, or if you have no information about the perpetrator, as every report helps the police to build area intelligence profiles, and to intervene in situations where a perpetrator is committing seemingly ‘minor’ offences. For more information or to report a hate incident, visit: www.norfolk.police.uk/stop-hate
Domestic abuse Domestic abuse is everyone’s business. It can affect anyone, regardless of age, social group, class, race, disability or sexuality. Domestic abuse can affect both men and women, and it can occur in any relationship – heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, young or old. Older people can be victims of domestic abuse, but this may not always be picked up on. One in four women and one in six men will experience domestic abuse during their lifetime. What is domestic abuse? It means any threats, violence, controlling or coercive behaviour that takes place between family members or people aged over 16 who are in a relationship with each other (or have been in the past). Family members are defined as mother, father, sister, brother and grandparents, whether directly related, in-laws or stepfamily. However, this is not an exhaustive list and may also be extended to uncles, aunts and cousins etc.
Domestic abuse is a pattern of behaviour used by abusers designed to establish and maintain power and control over another person. It is not always physical violence and can take different forms. This includes but is not limited to the following types of abuse: • Emotional abuse – persistently putting you down, isolating you from friends and family, name calling, sulking and checking up on you. • Psychological abuse – verbal abuse, blaming, mind games, criticisms, accusations, emotional abuse, jealous and obsessive behaviour, humiliation, comparisons, manipulation, complete control of a person’s life, threats to kill the person or the children, imposed social isolation and sleep deprivation. • Sexual abuse – forcing you to have sex against your will, sexual assault, forced prostitution, degradation, humiliation, being forced to watch or act in pornography.
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