The following 7 minute briefings are available to view via the resources web page:

• Street harassment

National Hate Crime Awareness Week is a week of action that takes place in the UK to encourage local authorities (police and councils), key partners and communities affected by hate crime to work together to tackle local 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 of belief, sexual orientation, or gender identity. This can be committed against a person or property. A victim does not have to be a member of the group at which the hostility is targeted; in fact, anyone could be a victim of a hate crime.

If you would like to find out more about HCAW and about hate crime in the UK, then head to https://nationalhcaw.uk/

Please find the latest research on Bystander Experiences of Domestic Violence and Abuse during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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1st October 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons, which was designated by the United Nations General Assembly on 14th December 1990.  The theme for 2021 is ‘Digital Equity for All Ages’ and it confirms the need for access and meaningful participation in the digital world by older persons, whilst at the same time recognising the new risks such as cybercrimes and misinformation, which threaten the rights, privacy and security of older people.

Action Fraud – https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

Protect yourself online – https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberaware/home

National Cyber Security Centre – https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/

The Framework is intended to promote measures and practice that will lead to the reduction of restrictive practices. The framework also seeks to ensure that where restrictive practices are used this is informed by person centred planning, within the context of the service setting and in a way which safeguards the individual, those whom they interact with, and those who provide services to them.

The updated guidance will replace the Framework for Restrictive Physical Intervention Policy and Practice, Welsh Assembly Government (2005).

https://gov.wales/reducing-restrictive-practices-framework-2021