This page has a number of resources that the Safety Net Project has developed or was active in their development

Do keep scrolling down to see all the resources.

Friend or Fake Easy Read Booklet (or click on the image below)

An audio version of this booklet can be heard here

Questions for various parties (Download by clicking on the image below).
1, Individuals/Families
2, Partnership Boards and Community Teams
3, Police and Adult Safeguarding

A short PowerPoint presentation about Hate and Mate Crime can be accessed here. This has lots of questions for people with a learning disability and local areas within it and will be a really good starting place.

A draft letter for groups to send to their local policing team inviting them to attend a meeting can be downloaded here. To find out who to send the letter to look on the website below and enter your postcode.

A PowerPoint presentation to be used as part of Adult Safeguarding training is available here

A shortened version of this training is here

Some presentations from recent conferences attended by the Safety Net Team can be found below -

Pavilion Hate Crime/Forced Marriage Event
LD Offenders Conference presentation
Voice UK conference
Bradford University conference workshop
Blackburn Cathedral event presentation

(Due to space and size these are given as the PDF handouts for the presentations.
The PowerPoint version can be supplied on request)

Short workshop for groups to use regarding Mate Crime can be found here

This needs be used after watching Shaun’s Story. Many thanks to for the use of this film. (JUMPcuts are committed to an inclusive and collaborative approach to making media, recognising that building capacity among our learning disabled communities is building capacity for us all. Shaun’s story is one of three JUMPcuts films that address least restrictive practice within the mental capacity act. See all the films plus an award nominated feature on the Best Interest DVD available from jumpcuts.org.uk)

Short workshop regarding Hate Crime for Schools/Colleges and Young People can be found here

This needs to be used after watching the Nice Day short film.

A longer (2 1/2 hours or so) Keeping Safe and Hate Crime awareness session has been developed and delivered in Calderdale. Delivery included people with a learning disability, West Yorkshire police, the Adult Safeguarding, Hate Crime Reporting Lead, and Social Care trainer from the local authority. The session can be delivered by one person but bringing everyone together did work well .

The PowerPoint Presentation for the session can be found here

The detail of the session plan is here. This was colour coded to make it easier for people to see which were their sections.

Some simple case studies highlighting aspects of Hate and Mate Crime can be downloaded here. These are also used in the above session

A flyer for the Keeping Safe/Hate Crime sessions to be held in Calderdale can also be found here

Article about Safety Net from Learning Disability Today magazine (Nov 09)
Article about Safety Net from the Guardian newspaper (Sept 10)
Article about Safety Net from the Halifax Evening Courier (Oct 10)
The Safety Net article for the Calderdale Learning Disability newsletter is here