Guildford’s communities will be asked to ‘open their eyes and ears’ to Hate Crime this week as the Safer Guildford Partnership’s Hate Crime Group hosts a one-day event outside Holy Trinity Church on Friday 22nd August from 11.30am – 4pm.

Hate crime is a crime and it can manifest itself in a variety of ways and is often a result of someone’s prejudice towards a victim’s race, gender, religion, disability or sexual orientation.  So if an individual believes s/he is a victim because of s/he is part of a group, the crime would be recorded as a hate crime.