HATE CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE WITH A VISIBLE DIFFERENCE RISE

BWB, says: “The Inspire a Generation programme transforms people’s lives by providing participants local access to wheelchair basketball within their own communities, so we are thrilled that through this partnership we will raise awareness of the programme, and together we will ensure that even more disabled people across the UK will benefit from the positive impact of wheelchair basketball.”

NEW RESEARCH FROM charity

Changing Faces has revealed that a third of people with a visible difference or disfigurement have experienced a hate crime, and that there has been an increase in people experiencing hostile behaviour because of how they look. The survey looks at the lives of over 1,000 people with a visible difference. Half of respondents reported experiencing hostile behaviours such as stares and bullying, with younger people more likely to be the subject of the actions. This is in contrast to figures from 2019 which showed just over a quarter of people with a visible difference had experienced a hate crime.

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