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Reporting Racist Incidents

The Council does not tolerate racism and racist behaviour and is committed to eradicating racism in Rotherham. We have a racist incident policy and procedure in place to make sure that we respond to racist incidents in an appropriate and sensitive way.

We use the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report definition of a racist incident:

'A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person.'


We believe that everyone has the right to live and work without threat of racist harassment and discrimination. This occurs when someone is treated unfairly and without respect due to their race, colour, ethnic origin, language or religion. It can range from looks, offensive body language, verbal abuse and racist graffiti through to physical assault and damage to property.

The aim of the racist incident policy is to improve our service and support to victims and witnesses of racist incidents. If someone tells us that they have been the victim of racism or racial discrimination, we will treat the matter seriously and sensitively.

If you are the victim of racism or racial discrimination, you can make a complaint:

  • in person
  • in writing
  • by using our on-line reporting form
  • or you can get someone else to complain on your behalf

this is an internal link icon Report a racist incident using our on-line reporting form.

If you prefer to use a copy of the paper reporting form, please print off the form below to fill in and send to us.

this is a PDF document icon 
Racist Incident Reporting Form (60kb)


More information 

A brief guide about our policy and procedure is available below in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French and Urdu.

this is a PDF document icon  Racist incidents guidance leaflet - Arabic (72kb)
this is a PDF document icon  Racist incidents guidance leaflet - Chinese (130kb)
this is a PDF document icon  Racist incidents guidance leaflet - English 
(27kb)
this is a PDF document icon  Racist incidents guidance leaflet - Farsi (60kb)
this is a PDF document icon  Racist incidents guidance leaflet - French (37kb)
this is a PDF document icon  Racist incidents guidance leaflet - Urdu (344kb)


This is our full racist incident policy and procedure.

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RMBC Racist Incident Policy and Procedure (92kb)