CENTRAL SCOTLAND REGIONAL EQUALITY COUNCIL (CSREC)

That this House is aware that Crime Awareness Week takes place from 8 to 15 October 2016; recognises that the Central Scotland Regional Equality Council (CSREC) is a charity that promotes equality, fights all forms of discrimination, promotes community cohesion and operates a Third Party Reporting Centre that reports hate crimes and hate incidents to Police Scotland on behalf of victims and witnesses; notes that CSREC continues to work to increase awareness of hate crime; and encourages anyone who experiences or witnesses hate crime to report it, either to Police Scotland or to a Third Party Reporting Centre such as CSREC.