We believe that harassment is never okay and it is contrary to the Equality Act 2010 .
Harassment may involve sexual harassment or be related to a protected characteristic such as age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
Some forms of harassment are considered a Hate Crime. A hate incident or crime is any act of violence or hostility against a person or property that is motivated by hostility or prejudice towards a person due to a particular protected characteristic.
Think
- Are you in immediate danger? If you are in immediate danger or seriously injured, you can contact the emergency services on 999 (or 112 from a mobile phone).
- Find a safe space. If an incident has just happened try and find somewhere you feel safe.
- What are bullying and harassment? It might be useful to think about what is meant by bullying and harassment and how these behaviours are described.
Report
- Report and Support. Students and staff can report an incident using the ICR's Report and Support system. You can choose to do this anonymously or you can request support from an advisor. If you choose to talk to an advisor they will be able to talk through the options and support available to you, in confidence.
- Staff can raise concerns with their manager or team leader, and students can raise with their supervisor or a member of the Academic Dean's Team
- ICR's Procedure. If you choose to make a formal complaint to the ICR about a student or member of staff there are procedures which set out the steps you'll need to follow which are held on Nexus For staff and for students
Get Support
There are a number of sources of support available to you such as members of the HR and Registry Teams, Staff and student wellbeing advisors, and Staff side
Confidential external support is also available from the ICR's Employee Assistance Programme provided by Spectrum Life and open to both students and staff. You can contact Spectrum Life, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling Freephone UK: 0808 196 2016 or WhatsApp: Text 'Hi' to 07418 360 780.
It’s important that you take care of yourself. If you’ve heard something distressing or if something is troubling you, and a range of information and resources to support people with their mental health are available on Nexus
External Resources
As well as the support available at ICR, there are a number of external organisations, in addition to the police, who may be able to assist with harassment and hate crime including
There are a number of sources of support available to you such as members of the HR and Registry Teams, Staff and student wellbeing advisors, and Staff side
Confidential external support is also available from the ICR's Employee Assistance Programme provided by Spectrum Life and open to both students and staff. You can contact Spectrum Life, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling Freephone UK: 0808 196 2016 or WhatsApp: Text 'Hi' to 07418 360 780.
It’s important that you take care of yourself. If you’ve heard something distressing or if something is troubling you, and a range of information and resources to support people with their mental health are available on Nexus
External Resources
As well as the support available at ICR, there are a number of external organisations, in addition to the police, who may be able to assist with harassment and hate crime including
- Citizens Advice provides some useful information on the different types of harassment and hate crime people may experience including disability hate crime, racist and religious hate crime, sexual harassment, and sexual orientation and transgender identity.
- True Vision offers guidance on reporting hate crime and hate incidents. If you do not wish to talk to anyone in person about the incident or wish to remain anonymous, there is an online form for reporting hate crime; you can report non-crime hate incidents to the police to try and prevent any escalation in seriousness.
- Tell MAMA supports victims of anti-Muslim hate and is a public service which also measures and monitors anti-Muslim incidents.
- Community Security Trust (CS) helps those who are victims of anti-Semitic hatred, harassment or bias.
- Neighbourhood Policing Teams. The Police website provides a list of Neighbourhood Policing Teams in your area, who you can contact to gather details of your Neighbourhood Policing Team; how to arrange a visit from your Neighbourhood Policing Team and local support agencies.
- Victim Support. When you report a crime to the police, they should automatically ask you if you would like help from an organisation like Victim Support. But anyone affected by crime can contact them directly you don’t need to talk to the police to get Victim Support help.