A scheme aimed at tackling harassment of people with a
learning disability in Richmondshire has been launched in
Colburn.
Funding from Richmondshire Community Safety Partnership (RCSP)
led to the creation of a ‘Keeping Safe’ pack, designed to make it
easier for people to inform the relevant authorities of incidents
where they have been bullied or the victim of hate crime.
The pack includes a reporting form, information about laws
regarding bullying, harassment and hate crime, plus a personal
safety card. The initiative will be available to everyone in
Richmondshire, with reporting forms collated by District Council
staff. A pdf version of the
reporting form
is available to download and complete.
“The Partnership is delighted to support this project – one of
the first of its kind, specially focused to help people with a
learning disability to report incidents of bullying and abuse”,
says RCSP Chair, Liz Smith. “A survey event held last year by
the Hambleton and Richmondshire Learning Disability Partnership
Board provided clear evidence of the types of bullying experienced
by people with a learning disability, and we hope the pack will
help reduce harassment by ensuring incidents are
reported.”
“This pack will also help family and carers, as it sets out
what they should do to report an incident of bullying”, adds Dave
Hendy, Lead Nurse, Learning Disabilities North Yorkshire & York
PCT (Hambleton & Richmondshire),
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