Back in March, Lewisham Council and Lewisham Borough Police relaunched the hate crime reporting system in Lewisham, with 9 voluntary and community organisations signing up.
Hate crime is the targeting of individuals, groups or communities because of who they are. It is widely recognised that hate crimes are vastly under-reported and every year thousands of people are victims of hate crime but never report it.
Because of that, victims don’t receive the support and help they need, and perpetrators are seldom challenged or prosecuted. That’s why it is so important to have community and voluntary organisations signed up as a reporting site – precisely the organisations where its service users and community members can feel comfortable reporting an incident.
Following the publicity, and engagement by both the police and council officers in the community, there are now 12 voluntary or community groups who have signed up to act as a hate crime reporting site within the borough (along with the police and Council).
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These are the three new hate crime reporting sites in Lewisham:
Lewisham Speaking Up (new)
T: 020 8691 7198
W: www.lsup.org.uk
Lewisham Community Action for Integration (new)
T: 020 8690 6381
W: www.lcafi.org.uk/
Second Wave (new)
T: 020 8694 2444
W: www.secondwave.org.uk
In addition to these community organisation reporting sites:
Lewisham Victim Support
T: 020 8698 4583
W: www.victimsupport.org.uk
Catford Citizens Advice Bureau
T: 08448 269691
W: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Sydenham Citizens Advice Bureau
T: 08448 269691
W: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Connexions
T: 020 8297 3330
W: www.connexions-direct.com
2000 Community Action Centre
T: 020 8692 2760
W: http://ecs.lewisham.gov.uk/2cac
Goldsmiths, University of London
T: 020 7919 7171
W: www.gold.ac.uk
Lewisham College
T: 020 8694 3233
W: www.lewisham.ac.uk
Lewisham Disability Coalition
T: 020 8314 1414
W: www.ldcadvice.co.uk
Lewisham Islamic Centre
T: 020 8690 5090
W: www.lewishamislamiccentre.com
Hate crime incidents can also be reported to:
Lewisham Police
T: 0300 123 1212
W: www.met.police.uk
Lewisham Police Community Safety Unit
T: 020 8284 8339
Lewisham Council
T: 020 8314 6000
W: www.lewisham.gov.uk
