Category Archives: News

Launch of the ARC Real Change Challenge on Mate Crime

As part of an on-going series of Real Change Challenges ARC has launched its two-part Real Change Challenge on Mate Crime. The Real Change Challenges form part of a wider drive by ARC to promote better quality services for people … read more…

Updates in the news on mate and hate crime: January – March 2013

Links to news articles of interest on mate and hate crime from January to March 2013 read more…

Online Mate and Hate Crime

Are you interested in working and/or networking with the Safety Net project on online mate/hate crime? read more…

Safety Net project raises awareness in school of disability bullying

Students at Braunton Academy in North Devon have been working with Safety Net project raising awareness of hate crime against people with learning disabilities. read more…

Anti-bullying assembly shocks students

The Safety Net School’s project has started to take place in Devon as trainers with learning disabilities run a series of workshops with Year 9 students, on a campaign to reduce the hate crimes and bullying experienced by people with learning disabilities.  Rod … read more…

Updates in the news on mate/hate crime: December 2012

Image: Safety Net News

Links to news articles of interest on mate and hate crime up to 14th December 2012. read more…

School’s Project raises awareness of Hate Crime and Bullying

Qualified trainers with learning disabilities have now started working in North Devon schools on the Home Office funded ‘Crime Innovation Fund’ project. The project sees people with learning disabilities working with Year 9 children on a campaign to reduce the … read more…

Mate Crime on ITV evening news

Image: Rod and Jacqui on Central News

UPDATED On Wednesday 1 August, ARC CEO Jacqui Bell and Safety Net Project Officer, Rod Landman were interviewed live on ITV’s Central Tonight evening news. read more…

Friend or Fake Easy Read Booklet

An Easy Read Guidance Booklet about Hate Crime and Mate Crime. Helping to identify who is a friend and who is a fake.
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Learning Disability Week 2012

This year’s Learning Disability Week’s topic was hate and mate crime and we’ve been campaigning against mate crime for over three years with our project Safety Net.
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