Better Than That is a UK anti-hate crime campaign created in response to the significant rise in hate crimes following the
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, commonly referred to as the EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, took place on 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar to ask the electorate whether the country shoul ...
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It launched on 1 December 2016. The campaign is supported by UK Prime Minister Theresa May and a cross-party group of politicians.
Launch
The launch meeting on 1 December 2016 was attended by a number of parliamentarians including members of the Conservative Party (
Baroness Warsi,
Eric Pickles), the Labour Party (
Rosena Allin-Khan
Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan (born 10 May 1978) is a British doctor and politician serving as Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health since 2020. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting since the 2016 ...
) and the Liberal Democrats (
Tom Brake).
Supporting organisations
Among the organizations which support the campaign are:
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British Future
British Future is a UK-based think tank and registered charity whose stated aim is to advance the education of the public in the subjects of equality and diversity, human rights, racial and cultural harmony, citizenship and social inclusion.
H ...
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Community Security Trust
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Faith Matters
Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion".
Religious people often ...
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Jewish Labour Movement
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Jewish Leadership Council
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Kick It Out
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Polish Social and Cultural Association
The Polish Social and Cultural Association ( pl, Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny; POSK) is a Polish cultural centre in west London, England. It was funded by public subscription and founded in 1967, on the initiative of Polish engineer R ...
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Tell MAMA UK
Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) is a national project which records and measures anti-Muslim incidents in the United Kingdom. It is modelled on the Jewish Community Security Trust (CST) and like the CST it also provides support for vi ...
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Board of Deputies of British Jews
The Board of Deputies of British Jews, commonly referred to as the Board of Deputies, is the largest and second oldest Jewish communal organisation in the United Kingdom, after only the Initiation Society which was founded in 1745. Established ...
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Union of Jewish Students
References
External links
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Hate crime
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