Transport for London (TfL) has launched a new campaign in cinemas and ITVX to encourage people to support those who experience hate crime and other forms of abuse on the London transport network.
The campaign launches during National Hate Crime Awareness Week (11-18 October), with a campaign targeting perpetrators.
Earlier this year the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a further £875,000 for 21 grassroots projects to fight hate crime, intolerance and extremism in all its forms in the capital as part of his Shared Endeavour Fund.
The fund is part of the mayor’s record £16m in funding to tackle hate crime and has reportedly helped 190,000 Londoners across every borough to recognise and critically assess intolerant, hateful and extremist messages and empower them to safely challenge these narratives.
TfL works with the Metropolitan Police Service and British Transport Police to help keep the transport network safe for all.
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More than 2,000 police and police community support officers and 500 TfL Enforcement Officers patrol the network, working across the Tube, rail and bus networks to help keep people safe.
Night patrols on the network by TfL’s Transport Support and Enforcement Officers help customers travel home safely, while the police carry out targeted policing and investigations to identify and arrest people committing crime and anti-social acts.
National Hate Crime Awareness Week is an annual campaign founded in 2012 by Mark Healey and organised by the anti-hate crime charity 17-24-30 National Hate Crime Awareness Week. This year’s campaign focuses on hate crime targeted at people with disabilities.
TfL’s director of security policing enforcement, Siwan Hayward, said: “Everyone has the right to be safe and feel safe when they travel on our services, and we have a strong police and enforcement presence on our services and in our stations to prevent crime.
“Sadly, there are still some instances of people being targeted and we know that it can feel hard to know what to do when we see this happen to someone else.
“Our new campaign shows how powerful it can be to strike up a conversation with the targeted person and treat them like a friend, to help them feel less alone and make the first steps towards reporting the incident.”
Achievements and innovations in safe public transport will be recognised and celebrated at the fourth annual CiTTi Awards on 25 November 2025 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Visit www.cittiawards.co.uk to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK’s transportation sector!
