Swan take hate crime very seriously. We want to spread the word thatdiscrimination and prejudice based on hatred of a person's race, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender is wrong. Everyone has the right to live peacefully and without fear.

One of our employees is now a community Hate Crime Champion trained by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to promote and further understand these issues.

The impact of hate crime for the victims can be devastating and we need to ensure that all cases are reported either to the police or your local Council and Swan.

We must work together to stop hate crime, so please make someone aware it is going on.

A few useful numbers:

• In an emergency dial 999
• In Tower Hamlets ring 0800 138 0521
• In Essex ring 0300 333 4444
• Victim Support on 0845 303 0900
• In Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge 0200 138 1625