Hate and Community Tensions Board Cymru: 21 October 2025
Agenda and actions of the Hate and Community Tensions Board Cymru meeting held on 21 October 2025.
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Agenda
- Welcome and introduction (Chair)
- Agreement of minutes of previous meeting (Chair)
- Workplan of the Board (Welsh Government)
- Review of hate crime across policing in Wales (HMPPS)
- Hate Crime Monitoring from Police Forces (Police Forces)
- Wales Hate Support Centre update (inc. HCAW) (Victim Support Cymru)
- Updates from other Third Party Hate Reporting Centres (Tell MAMA; CST; Galop; Protection Approaches)
- Welsh Government Policy Update (Welsh Government)
- Community Cohesion Programme update (North-East Wales Cohesion team)
- Any other business (All)
Actions
Action: an update on Restorative Approaches work, implications of court rulings, and the Cardiff University research findings to be discussed at the January board (Welsh Government).
Action: circulate the draft Board workplan for feedback (Welsh Government).
Action: seek clarity about non-hate crime incidents (Chair).
Action: provide a written narrative interpretation of data (Gwent Police).
Action: all force areas to explore whether damage to Motability vehicles is widespread (All forces).
Action: share Hate Crime Awareness resources and feedback with the board (Wales Hate Support Centre).
Action: presentations shared today to be circulated confidentially to the Board (CST and Protection Approaches).
Action: provide details of the face-to-face January board meeting (Welsh Government).