Andy Fearn

Co-Exec Director @IBVprev. Project lead for @OnYourSideUK. Chair of Bow Creek Moorings Co-operative (

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Tackling hate crime is a key part of our work to ensure that people can travel around our city with confidence on public transport.

To mark National Hate Crime Awareness Week, @TfL is funding hundreds of free Active Bystander Awareness sessions to support Londoners to speak up.

[Andy Fearn @andyfearn]

From our work at @IBVprev we know that hate crime is massively underreported to police e.g. our research with @HateCrime_Leics shows just 1 in 10 East and Southeast Asian victims report their experiences. This is similar for other communities. https://t.co/nbT6qfpvuF.

[Andy Fearn @andyfearn]

🚨 New statistics on police-recorded hate crime in England and Wales (year ending March 2024) have been released: https://t.co/A4gPuyR0ZJ. Overall recorded incidents fell by 5% to 140,561. Racially motivated crimes remain the most common (98,799), despite a 5% drop.

[Andy Fearn @andyfearn]

The Home Office suggests that changes in police recording practices and a return to pre-pandemic levels may explain the decrease. But does this tell the full story?

[Tell MAMA UK @TellMamaUK]

Tell MAMA recorded almost 5,000 anti-Muslim cases a year on from 7 October

Our Director Iman Atta's statement is below.

Read more here: https://t.co/eZStnEgHLQ

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

❗️ Does your organisation work with refugees, asylum seekers or recent migrants?❗️

We are launching the 2nd year of our hate crime community outreach project supporting another 10 organisations to develop or expand programmes designed to prevent hate crime & support victims

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

We also extend massive thanks to Cmr Roberta Clarke @OAS_official, Marcelo Ferreyra @Synergiaihr, @mauricio_uy & Eugenia Carbone @GenPrev for their invaluable contributions at the event and for their work on LGBTQI+ rights and peace & security🕊️🙏

We are incredibly grateful💜

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

❗️ Does your organisation work with refugees, asylum seekers or recent migrants? ❗️

We are launching the 2nd year of our hate crime community outreach project supporting another 10 organisations to develop or expand programmes designed to prevent hate crime & support victims 🧵

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

Over the course of 10 months, each organisation will receive:

👩‍🏫 Four specialised trainings
🧵 Tailored support
🟢 Sustainability support
💱 Funding support

Interested? Then apply via the application below 🔗
https://t.co/pvYEzUEe5t

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

Today we launched our new report "#LGBTQI+ Atrocity Risks in Latin America: Community Perceptions & Opportunities for Prevention" to contribute to more LGBTQI+ inclusive & intersectional approaches to #atrocityprevention🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Eng & Spanish reports👇
https://t.co/06yNOZjr5h

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

💼 TRUSTEE RECRUITMENT

We are looking for 1-2 trustees with experience in the fields of finance, HR & charity law.

Above all, we are looking for people who share our belief that preventing identity-based violence is a shared responsibility 🤝

https://t.co/ElRkuSEicx

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

🏳️‍⚧️Report Launch Today!: LGBTQI+ Atrocity Risks in Latin America🏳️‍🌈

Documenting first-hand perceptions of LGBTQI+ risks in Latin America this report identifies concrete opportunities for intersectional atrocity prevention

Register here: https://t.co/lsg0X0u0um

[Kate Ferguson @WordsAreDeeds]

This weekend and the following days are going to be hard on our communities, with spikes in hate crimes and other forms of identity-based discrimination.

Read our @IBVprev statement, which includes a list of support and reporting services.

✊️

https://t.co/lmOSQlscPN

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

Our solidarity is with the families & community of Southport, and all those up & down the country who, despite the unimaginable, have united in their resistance to division and hate.

Our statement on the racist riots following this week's tragic murders👇
https://t.co/n9kLXWtgEt

[Elfrida Society @ElfridaSociety]

Attended an insightful conference @IBVprev on hate crime today, attended by the deputy mayor Sophie Linden. We’re hopeful they listen and invest more in community workers & training, so the police is better equipped to support their community with respect, equity & understanding.

[Sophie Linden @SophieKLinden]

Great to visit the participants of our Hate Crime Outreach and Resilience Project with @IBVPrev, funded by @MayorofLondon - helping trusted community organisations respond to hate crimes targeted at their members.

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

This week we held a conference that brought together our Hate Crime Community Outreach and Resilience Project partners 🖇️

It was a day of reflection on & celebration of their achievements & our ongoing work supporting community-based partners toward preventing hate crime 🤝

🧵

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

Today, we published a statement urging the new government to place prevention, protection and social cohesion at the heart of policy-making.

The unravelling of our social fabric happened quickly, and by few hands.

But a new future is possible 🧵
https://t.co/YqQviM4UNK

[Protection Approaches @IBVprev]

Identity-based mass violence is rising as impunity & inaction grip the very institutions & rules established in the pursuit of a safer world.

The next government cannot afford to deprioritise the gravity of the international landscape.

Full Statement 👉 https://t.co/rXLSIQIcVB