A quick guide to the brand new online learning options BHCA are introducing in 2026! Here you will find information on: 

All these courses provide vital awareness information and solutions to tackle each issue. 

After transitioning at the age of 58, Joanne Monck has dedicated her life to supporting both the Transgender community and other minorities, advocating for people to be able to live free from hatred and discrimination. 

The 2020 Diversity winner of the Rising Star Awards, Joanne was awarded an OBE by her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2021, for her services to Transgender equality as a global LGBT advocate and and independent advisor. She is currently an advisor to Sussex Police and travels the world to share her story. 

We're grateful to Joanne for taking the time to share her journey, entitled 'From Darkness to Light and Beyond', with us here at BHCA. Lived experience is one of the greatest educating tools, and we hope that all our listeners will take the time to download and share Joanne's story. 

This episode is a little different from the others. The theme of 2024's UK DIsability History Month was Disability Livelihood and Employment. Usually we celebrate these events at the beginning of the month or year, but how much reflecting do we do at the end? Together with some close friends of BHCA, we explore the reality of their lived experience of employment through interview and the narration of written transcripts.

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr Jack López, one of the keynote speakers at the recent launch of Bradford District's hate crime strategy. Here, jack discusses some of the key issues from that speech, together with reflection on the impact of gender discussions on social media, and the dehumanisation of the trans community. We also discuss the importance of the Transgender Day of Remembrance which is held each year on November 20th.

To begin Hate Crime Awareness Week 2024, Bradford Hate crime Alliance hosted the launch of the new districtwide hate crime strategy for Bradford Council, setting out plans to tackle hate crime over the next four years. 

Kendra Orandi was one of our keynote speakers at the event and she very kindly joined us afterwards, to record this podcast.

In 2017, Orthopedic surgeon Dr Nasser Kurdy was stabbed in the back of the neck, entering his local mosque. The case garnered international attention with much focus given to Dr Kurdy forgiving his attacker. Here, Dr Kurdy joins us to talk about the attack, the power of forgiveness and how that changed his life, how being portrayed as a victim isn't always helpful, and what we can do as a society to tackle hate crime.

In 1969, after a sustained campaign of abuse and discrimination from two police officers, David Oluwale was found dead in the River Aire in Leeds. In the immediate aftermath nothing happened, until stories of the abuse, circulating among other officers, reached the ears of young police cadet Gary Galvin, then aged 18. His reporting of the officers in question resulted in the first prosecution of police officers for offences against a person of colour.

In this episode Gary's son Carl, himself now an Assistant Chief Constable with West Yorkshire Police, discusses the case of David Oluwale, the vital role his father played in bringing the offending officers to justice, and the price paid for being an upstander.

The documentary that Carl mentions can be seen here:

https://youtu.be/wJHc5KvoATM?si=CCC37u137ZXa4Z6F

In this episode we're joined once again by journalist and playwright Jonathan Cash as we remember, 25 years on, the London nail bombings of April 1999, exploring how they affected society at the time, and looking at where we are now as a society in relation to hate crime.

Jonathan recently had an article published in The Guardian about his lived experience as a survivor of the Soho bomb attack which you can read I was having a drink on a warm spring evening - then a nail bomb exploded just feet away

He also contributed to the BBC Radio 4 documentary marking the 25th anniversary of the bombings which you can listen to here: Fragments - The London Nail Bombings

In this episode, Richard Padwell, the temporary Bradford District Commander, discusses West Yorkshire police's approach to hate crime, how they are building trust in communities, and why hate crime reporting is so important.

Phil is a partnerships and engagement oficer with Stronger Communities here in Bradford. His influence on establishing support networks for the LGBTQ+ community in Bradford, is undeniable and here, he shares his creer experiences as well as his own personal experience of hate crime.