A 24-hour Stop Hate UK Helpline service is being launched in Wandsworth.
The service gives people directly affected by hate crime, and witnesses to hate crime, a safe place to talk about their experiences and offers advice.
Hate crime is motivated by hostility towards a person - it is usually ‘who’ the victim is, or ‘what’ the victim appears to be - that motivates the offender.
Prejudices include a person’s perceived race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or gender.
Stop Hate UK is working with Wandsworth Council to introduce the helpline - in the hopes of driving out hate crime, encouraging people to report it and offer support to people affected by it.