Listening

How do we work out where tensions are rising, or where there are issues we are equipped to help address? How do we find the messages that resonate with people and shape the conversation?

Our multi-faceted research team constantly monitors the hate groups in today's Britain, but we also undertake powerful in-depth research which informs our work on the ground. Our Fear and HOPE surveys offer one of the most comprehensive insights into identity in modern Britain, and our National Conversation on Immigration project engages the public in policymaking and allows us to map attitudes to immigration across the country.

National Conversation

The National Conversation on Immigration is one of the largest exercises in public engagement on policy decisions ever undertaken. Read more

Fear and Hope is one of the most comprehensive studies of it’s kind. We’ve been mapping attitudes to race, faith and belonging since 2011 to give a snapshot of changing identity politics in England. Read more

Latest

A Virtual Iftar with a Real-life focus

Our communities may be locked down, but social solidarity is needed now more than ever

Learning from Inclusive Towns

Across Europe and America, the immigration debate has shaped our political landscape. Britain’s vote to leave the EU, the election of Donald Trump in the US, the rise of populist right parties across Europe have all been driven by a politics that weaponised migration to divide.

Coronavirus Update

The work of the HOPE not hate Charitable Trust continues during this difficult time.

Stocking up on kindness. ❤️

See how the outbreak of COVID-10 has brought the community together in Slough.

Our Team

About Us

Hate destroys lives. HOPE not hate Charitable Trust works in the UK to build communities and celebrate shared identities. We campaign for a world free from mistrust and racism.

England's Flag belongs to all Britons

The result of the semi-final was disappointing, but football has already "come home". England's team can hold its head high because we are all proud of Southgate's diverse young team.

What We Do

HOPE not hate uses research, education and public engagement to challenge mistrust and racism, and helps to build communities that are inclusive, celebrate shared identities and are resilient to hate.

Community Network

We have an amazing network of volunteers, making differences in communites. Can you be part of it?

HOPE in the classroom

Our Education Unit is creating a catalyst towards positive behavioural change in schools across England and Wales to act as a springboard towards a more inclusive society.

Volunteer

The problematic art of humanising Muslims

Ramadan is over and with it ends iftars – the meal eaten to break the fast at sunset. The month has become a great tool for those working on interfaith as the number of community iftars grows and activities such as solidarity fasting have become more common. But efforts to humanise a community that is often painted with a broad terrorist brush contains its own pitfalls.

Confronting Islamophobia in the classroom

“I hate Muslims, I’m afraid of them, when you walked into the room I was afraid.”

Difficult Conversations

Fear and HOPE research shows that the British public are increasingly polarised on a range of issues.