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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.

HOPE not hate was established to offer a positive and community-focused way of doing anti-fascism. Across Britain, HOPE not hate Charitable Trust has worked tirelessly on the ground with local people to defeat the politics of hate.

Our campaigning has always been backed up by first class research and intelligence. We have exposed the illegal activities of extremist groups, and been able to foil serious plots to commit acts of violence and even terror.

But perhaps more importantly, we have worked proactively to make individuals and communities more resilient to hate 

Since 2010, we have built peaceful and positive resistance to attempts by the English Defence League to divide communities, offered support to and run joint initiatives with Muslim organisations and have campaigned against Islamist extremism.

In May 2013, just days after the murder of Lee Rigby in Woolwich, over 47,000 people signed our ‘We Are The Many’ letter, which spoke out against the EDL’s attempts to whip up anti-Muslim hatred and the Islamist extremists who were behind the murder.

Our community organising work is backed up by ground breaking research and surveys, which allow us to focus our efforts on the areas of the country most vulnerable to hate. In 2011 HOPE not hate commissioned a ground-breaking survey of public opinion which resulted in our first Fear and HOPE report, followed up by further surveys every year since 2015.

Following the devastating murder of Jo Cox MP, we ran a national response, focussing on bringing people back together to celebrate what they have in common, culminating in 100s of events across the country for a More In Common weekend in September 2016. With everything from picnics in the park to big community festivals, the weekend was designed to inject positivity at a time when many were reeling from her murder, and from the negative rhetoric used during the EU referendum campaign. 

After running a pilot project, in 2017 our Education Department launched as a fully-fledged element of our work.  In the last academic year, we reached nearly 19,000 school pupils in 109 schools, as well as training 200 teachers to deliver content for themselves. 

Meanwhile, our organising team continue to work with some of our most hard to reach communities, as well as supporting a national network of volunteers.  

In a country that is increasingly divided into those who are comfortable with multiculturalism and those who feel threatened by it, we are developing training tools that can be used in all kinds of contexts to allow people to engage with other who hold different views from them, and to use those conversations to bring people together.

Published: 13th November, 2017

Updated: 28th June, 2019

Author: Louie rodrigues

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