Hate Free Highland is an online reporting system and awareness raising campaign that is supported by Northern Constabulary, The Highland Council, NHS Highland and the Highlands and Islands Enterprise. It was officially launched at Merkinch Community Centre and saw partners talking of the impact of hate incidents and crimes and ways in which to report them.

Hate incidents are defined as any incident, which may or may not constitute a criminal offence, which is perceived by the victim, or any person, as being motivated by prejudice or hate towards them and an identifiable group of people.

These incidents can be any form of abuse or harassment on the grounds of a person’s religion or belief, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, race or ethnic origin, social background or age.

For more information on Hate Free Highland or to report an incident please visit their website.