Episode 8: Disability Abuse

Welcome to Episode 8 of 'The Level Playing Field Podcast'

In this episode, we focus on the very real, sometimes challenging and almost always a personal subject matter of disability abuse. 

Our guests on this month’s episode are 

• The Baroness Tanni Gray-Thompson
• Swansea City supporters Diane and Callum
• PC Stewart Bladen and PC Stuart Ward from the West Midlands Police Force Football Unit

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 All links referenced in the podcast can be found below.   

• What is disability hate crime? https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/discrimination/hate-crime/disability-hate-crime/
•  How to report disability hate crime https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/hate-crime/
•  Online disability hate crimes soar 33% - https://www.leonardcheshire.org/about-us/our-news/press-releases/online-disability-hate-crimes-soar-33
•  Over 7,300 disability hate crimes were reported to the police across England and Wales in 2019/20, yet only 1 in 62 cases actually received a charge. - https://www.leonardcheshire.org/about-us/our-news/press-releases/reports-violent-disability-hate-crime-continue-rise-number-police

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