Staying safe

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Staying safe

These are links to websites with useful advice and information about staying safe from crime when you're out and about, staying safe online, and staying safe at home. There are also links about hate crime and disability hate crime.

Travelling safely

• Safety on the street (Suzy Lamplugh Trust)
  www.suzylamplugh.org/Pages/FAQs/Category/personal-safety
• Travel safety (Metropolitan Police)
  www.met.police.uk/cp/crimeprevention/theft-from-a-person/met/travel-safe

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Safety at home

• Safe Spaces - during the Covid lockdown you are experiencing domestic abuse, you can safely ask for help
• Home safety and security (Age UK)
  www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/housing-options/home-safety/#
• Safety at home (Suzy Lamplugh Trust)
  www.suzylamplugh.org/personal-safety-at-home
  
• Crime prevention (Age UK)
  www.ageuk.org.uk/home-and-care/home-safety-and-security/doorstep-scams/doorstep-scams

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Safety on the Internet

• Get Safe Online
  www.getsafeonline.org
• The secret to staying safe online (BBC)
  www.bbc.com/future/story/20141010-the-secret-to-staying-safe-online
• Internet hate crime (True Vision)
  http://report-it.org.uk/reporting_internet_hate_crime
• Are you worried about your own safety online? (Metropolitan Police)
  https://safe.met.police.uk/internet_safety/been_a_victim_and_need_some_help.html

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Hate crime

• Stop Hate UK
  24 hour helpline 0800 138 1625
  www.stophateuk.org
• Stop Hate Crime (True Vision)
  information about hate crime and how to report it, True Vision is is a police funded website to provide you with information about Hate Crime.
  http://report-it.org.uk/home
• Hate Crime (Suzy Lamplugh Trust)
  www.suzylamplugh.org/Pages/FAQs/Category/personal-safety
• Has a member of your family been a victim of hate crime? (Metropolitan Police)
  https://safe.met.police.uk/hate_crimes/been_a_victim_and_need_some_help.html

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Disability hate crime

• Stop Disability Help Crime (Disability Rights UK factsheet)
  www.disabilityrightsuk.org/how-we-can-help/independent-living/stop-disability-hate-crime
• Disability hate crime (Citizens Advice)
  www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/hate-crime/disability-hate-crime/
• Disability Hate Crime (True Vision)
  http://report-it.org.uk/disability_hate_crime1

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