Stronger communities and equalities team
Southampton City Council’s Stronger communities and equalities team works closely with communities, other council departments and organisations such as Southampton voluntary services and the Police. Our aim is to strengthen communities so that we can build a safer and stronger city.
Some of our work includes:
• Working with the police and other agencies to stop incidents of hate crime and harassment.
• Promote equality and challenge discrimination.
• Working to increase the numbers of people volunteering and the promotion of active citizenship.
• Brokering the involvement of businesses in community projects.
• The promotion and development of intergenerational projects.
• Supporting other council services to be accessible to all customers.
• The promotion and development of community projects.
• Bringing people of different cultures together to build a stronger Southampton.
• Working with the police and other agencies to stop incidents of hate crime.
If you would like more information about our work then please click on the links below.
Latest news
All the latest news from the Stronger communities and equalities team.
Our service and the law
There are several laws relevant to the work of the Stronger communities and equalities team and information can be found here.
Southampton cooks
Southampton cooks began life as the 'cookery exchange programme,' a project that brought together cooks from many different communities in the city.
100 percent Southampton
What do you love about Southampton? 100 percent Southampton is a project dedicated to getting people to tell us what they love about their city.
New communities, asylum seekers and refugees
People from increasingly diverse communities are settling in the United Kingdom. If you would like information on these communities this page will tell you where to find it. It also includes information about asylum seekers.
Southampton compact in a nutshell
The Southampton compact is a set of principles that guides the relationship between the public, voluntary and community sectors in Southampton. These pages summarise the compact 'in a nutshell' and provides a link to the compact in full.
Hate Crime and Harassment
As part of the safe city partnership's community safety strategy (2005-2008), a strategy against hate crime and harassment strategy was developed.
What is hate crime and harassment?
A crime or harassment, which is perceived to be motivated by malice, or ill will, towards a social group, by the ‘victim’ or any other person.
Factors can include:
• Race
• Faith
• Disability
• Sexual orientation
• Gender identity
• Gender
• Age
You can report an incident whether you are the victim or a witness.
Reports can be anonymous if you don’t want to leave your name or details.
Forms of harassment can be:
• Visual – for example, leaflets, posters and text messages
• Verbal – such as abuse and intimidation
• Property – for example, graffiti and damage
• Physical – for example, hitting and assaults
We take hate crime and harassment very seriously and encourage people to report all incidents.
Please click the link in the right hand column for full information about our hate crime policy or click the link in the right hand column for an online form that you can use to report a hate crime or harassment incident.
Last updated: 26 November 2008
