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Victims of hate crime in Wales win support of £5.2m People and Places
Ugly incidents of hate crime have become a prominent feature in the media recently and so an award of half a million pounds from the Big Lottery Fund to a Welsh project aiming to tackle hate crime and support victims has been welcomed recently.
The new project by the Swansea Bay Regional Equality Council (SBREC) organisation to tackle incidents of hate crime is among 16 projects throughout Wales share in over £5.2 million (£5,200,450) awarded through the Big Lottery Fund’s (BIG) People and Places programme. Other projects funded today aim to provide vital support to the most vulnerable members of our society and help breathe life back into their communities (full list at the end of the release).
The award of £499,530 will enable the Swansea Bay Regional Equality Council (SBREC) to run the Voices Have Spoken (VHS) project which aims to continue their fight to build the resilience of the community to tackle hate crime. The project will engage with 5000 people and 100 organisations to address hate crime in terms of race, religion and disability in the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas. This will be achieved by running community cohesion events, outreach sessions and by providing one-to-one advice sessions and casework.
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