Adrian Chiles, Presenting the No2H8 Crime Awards in October

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We are pleased to announce that British TV and radio presenter, Adrian Chiles will be compering on the night for the annual #No2H8 Crime awards.

Adrian Chiles began his television and broadcasting career with a three week work experience stint at the BBC.  He can now count more than 20 years in the industry with highlights including his award winning BBC Radio Five Live programme, Chiles on Saturday, BBC TV’s Working Lunch, The Apprentice:  You’re Fired, MOTD2 and The One Show, and ITV’s Daybreak and football coverage.  In recent productions for the BBC, he explored his own and others’ faith in a three part series, My Mediterranean;  went back to his roots for Panorama to discover why Britain voted for Brexit;  and looked back at an extraordinary game of football in BBC 2’s Whites vs Blacks:  How Football Changed a Nation.  He can be heard regularly on BBC Radio Five where he presents Five Live Dailytwo days a week.

We are honoured to have Adrian on the night with us for what will be a celebration of the vast amount of volunteering and work that takes place in communities to counter hatred, prejudice and intolerance.

Member of the public and organisations can make nominations through the following LINK.

Judging Panel for the #No2H8 Crime National Awards Comes Together

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We are pleased to announce the first appointments for the Judging Panel for the #No2H8 Crime National Awards. The appointments include:

Nazir Afzal OBE: Mr Nazir Afzal OBE is Chief Executive of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. Nazir became Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England in 2011 leading teams responsible for some of the highest profile cases in the country, including the child grooming case in Rochdale and the prosecution of Stuart Hall.

Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE, QC: Alex Carlile was born in Wales in 1948. After education at Epsom College he graduated LLB AKC at King’s College London. Lord Carlile was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn (where he is now a Bencher) in 1970 and became a Q.C. in 1984, at the age of 36. Until 2009 he was the Honorary Recorder of the City of Hereford. He sits as a Recorder of the Crown Court, as a Deputy High Court Judge, and as a Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Between 2001-2011, he was the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation; the Independent Reviewer of the Government’s new PREVENT policy and remains the independent reviewer of National Security policy in Northern Ireland.

Canon Mark Oakley: Canon Oakley was born in Shrewsbury in 1968 and was educated in London and Oxford. He was ordained at St Paul’s in 1993 and served his first appointment as Curate of St John’s Wood Church (1993-6). He was then asked to become the Chaplain to the Bishop of London (1996-2000) and was later appointed Rector of St Paul’s, Covent Garden, known as “the Actors’ church” (2000-5). He was also Chaplain at RADA from 2003 to 2005. He was subsequently invited to take up appointment as Archdeacon of Germany and Northern Europe, based in Copenhagen. Canon Oakley returned to London in 2008 and served at Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, before being appointed to St Paul’s. He is also a Deputy Priest in Ordinary to HM the Queen (1996-). Canon Oakley’s interests are the relationship between faith and poetry, human rights and the place of faith in the contemporary world. He is the author of several books and is a regular lecturer and broadcaster.

Baroness Neuberger DBE: Baroness Neuberger DBE was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge and Leo Baeck College, London.

She became a rabbi in 1977, and served the South London Liberal Synagogue for twelve years, before going to the King’s Fund Institute as a Visiting Fellow. She was at Harvard Medical School in 1991-1992, Chairman of Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust from 1993 until 1997 and then Chief Executive of the King’s Fund, an independent health charity until 2004. She has been a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, the Medical Research Council and the General Medical Council, a Trustee of the Runnymede Trust and the Imperial War Museum (until 2006).

She was created a Life Peer in June 2004 (Liberal Democrat) and was  Bloomberg Professor of Divinity at Harvard University for the Spring Semester 2006.

Further appointments will be announced soon.

Opening Nominations for the #No2H8Crime Awards on the 1st of May 2017

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We are opening nominations for the national #No2H8 Crime Awards on the 1st of May 2017. This will be the second year where we will be recognising many of the unsung heroes who work tirelessly and diligently in communities tackling hatred, prejudice and intolerance.

This year, the #No2H8 Crime Awards will host a gala dinner in London for participants and for nominees. This expands our work from last year and we have a number of high profile individuals who will be part of the Judging Panel for the awards and who will also speak at the gala dinner. Last year, the awards attracted the Under-Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government, Lord Nick Bourne and Home Office Minister, Baron Susan Williams.

If you know of an individual, organisation, Parliamentarian or social activist who has made a real difference in their local area tackling hatred, racism and prejudice, you can lodge a nomination on the #No2H8 Crime Awards site. 1st of May is the date to remember and let’s ensure that we put hate crime on the political and social map as much as possible.

Endorsements from Leading Politicians on the National Hate Crime Awards

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Statement from Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government

lord-bourne-1“Nobody in Britain should live in fear because of who they are, what they believe or who they choose to love.

The Government is committed to tackling hate crime and this is why we have published a new Hate Crime Action plan to focus on reducing incidents, increasing reporting and improving support for victims.

However, it is the important work of Tell MAMA and other organisations supporting tonight’s event that make this possible in their work tackling prejudice with people from all backgrounds.

It is essential that each of us rejects hatred, offering instead empathy and support to victims of hate crime.

This evening’s launch of the National Hate Crime Awards is an opportunity to honour the remarkable individuals who are leading the fight against hate crime and I am delighted to offer my support. “

Statement from the Right Honourable Nick Clegg MP

nick-clegg-mp“The National Hate Crime Awards are hugely important to honour the tireless and selfless work that so many do across the country to challenge intolerance. We have recently seen rises in hate crimes across the UK yet the cornerstone of our country is based on protecting the dignity and identities of people so that they are not targeted out of hatred, intolerance and prejudice. I stand by these core values and that is why we must honour those in our communities who stand up against such intolerant behaviour.”

Statement from Alison Saunders CB, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)  at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

alison-saunders“The CPS is delighted to support the first National Hate Crime Awards.

The CPS is committed to doing all it can to improve awareness of hate crime, increase the reporting of these corrosive crimes and raise confidence in the prosecution process.

Celebrating the achievements of those at the forefront of effective change, to the benefit of all communities, plays a central role in pursuit of this objective.”

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List of Award Winners Countering Hatred and Intolerance, 2016

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The list of award winners for the first annual awards for those countering hate, intolerance and prejudice were announced on Thursday the 17th of November 2016. The National Hate Crime Awards ceremony, 2016, took place in Central London and the award winners for each of the categories are listed below.

We congratulate those who were successful on the night and to those who were not, 2017 could well be your year. Nominations will open in May 2017 and we hope that you will all put forward the names of individuals and organisations making a positive difference in communities. More than ever, we as communities, need to stand together and work towards defending core values that bind us together and unite us for the future.

The 2016 Award Winners were as follows:

  • Young Upstander Award: Tamanna Miah
  • Community Volunteer Upstander Award: Rev’d Canon Mark Oakley
  • Upstanding Organisation Award: Communities Inc.
  • Research and Innovation Award: Dr. Stevie-Jade Hardie
  • Media Upstander Award: Awaaz FM Community Radio
  • Local Council Service Upstander Award: Northampton Borough Council
  • Law Enforcement Upstander Award: CC Susannah Fish, Nottinghampshire Police
  • Parliamentarian Upstander Award: David Lammy MP

Special Awards Categories:

  •   Edwin Shukur Award: Mark Healey
  •   Lawrence Brass Award: Caroline Nelson
  •  Outstanding Contribution Award: Bruce Brown
  •  Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul Giannasi
  •  Tell MAMA Champion Award: Baroness Susan Williams
  •  The Jo Cox Award: Presented in honour of the late Jo Cox and her vision and values. This will be presented to her husband, Brendan Cox.

National Hate Crime Awards Ceremony to be Launched on November 17th 2016

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We are pleased to announce that the first of the annual National Hate Crime Awards ceremonies will be launched on November 17th 2016.

The National Hate Crime Awards ceremony has been devised by Faith Matters who co-ordinate the national Tell MAMA project, though the awards ceremony is a strong partnership of  a range of national hate crime agencies who work with a variety of communities in supporting their needs when they have been targeted for a hate incident or hate crime.

As Jo Cox stated in her maiden speech in Parliament,

“While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.”

We hope that the National Hate Crime Awards ceremony of 2016 (#NHCA2016), will be an annual gathering of those individuals, activists and organisations who have stood out and spoken up against hatred, intolerance and prejudice. Only by working together as communities, can we remain vigilant against the scourge of such hatred and extremism, which has no part to play in our country.

The Awards will also be an opportunity to celebrate what is so special about our communities and to honour those who care about the security of our nation and the dignity of individuals. By honouring them, we hope that the NHCA2016 will be a rallying call and motivator for others to follow in the path of countering prejudice and hatred that so blights the lives of some in our country.