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On Your Side Data Report Oct 2023 – Sep 2024 Welcome to the seventh release of incident report data from the On Your Side service. This report gives anonymised, aggregated information on the incidents reported to the On Your Side support and reporting service from 1st October 2023 – 30th September 2024. Numbers are rounded […]

Over the past few days the streets of Britain have seen a surge in coordinated racist and islamaphobic violence. We have seen rioters targeting mosques and hotels hosting people seeking asylum, organised identity-based intimidation, destruction of public property, and civil unrest.

We at On Your Side are appalled by and unequivocally condemn the violence being committed by the far-right in the UK. We stand in solidarity with those who have been affected and all communities across the UK who have been made to feel unsafe.

Disability Pride Month is a new concept for me. I found out that it came from the USA – coinciding with the American Disability Act (ADA) in the 1990’s – but it was not well known. The UK had the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in 2002. I remember celebrating on my own in Austin, Texas when I found out about it. Time to return to the UK, I had thought. This was replaced by the Equality Act 2010. There are people who would still say a venue is DDA compliant to this day!

On Your Side Data Report May 2023 – Apr 2024 Welcome to the sixth release of incident report data from the On Your Side service. This report gives anonymised, aggregated information on the incidents reported to the On Your Side support and reporting service from 1st May 2023 – 30 April 2024. Numbers are rounded […]

Happy Pride Month! Hear from Nina, a Filipino migrant and domestic worker who identifies as queer and trans, as she shares her experiences of navigating discrimination. Nina is also a community activist who does vital work supporting the ESEA community through the Foreign Domestic Workers Association (FDWA), and the Filipino LGBTQ+ charity Bahaghari UK. https://youtu.be/YSo5Po9AmCM […]