Kirkcaldy charity launches say no to hate campaign

The Fife Centre for Equalities (FCE) is launching a new campaign to help protect Fife’s key workers from hate during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Say No to Hate campaign is a way for members of the public or people who have faced abuse or discrimination to report it to the proper authorities.

As the lockdown continues, people from all over the country have been asked to work remotely if they can, with some workers being furloughed as working from home might not be possible in order to help slow the spread of the coronavirus and to help protect ourselves and others from the risk of infection.

However, many people who are key workers, and or volunteers, have been asked to continue working to make sure that people in the community are cared for and that vital services remain operational in these trying times.

Unfortunately, there has been a rise in the number of key workers who have faced abuse because of who they are or from people who do not realise that they are key workers and assume that they are flouting the strict social-distancing rules.

In a move to tackle this rise of abuse of key workers, the FCE has developed a simple system where people can report hate incidents, Nina Munday, FCE manager said: “Fife has a strong history of protecting those who are vulnerable.

“We now need people to stand up to hate so our key workers can continue to work, without the fear of unnecessary harm, to protect us, to provide us with the essentials that we need or to bring us the things we need.

“If you or anyone that you know have experienced hate, please contact us.”

The FCE was set up in 2014 to work with partners and communities to make Fife a fair, equal and inclusive place to live, work and study and aims to achieve this by building skills and confidence in managing equality issues and supports people and communities by building a universal voice to champion equality, diversity, inclusion and social justice.

For more information phone 01592 645310, text 07800005834, or email [email protected]

Or visit:

https://centreforequalities.org.uk/

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