UK charity working to tackle identity-based violence, from hate crime to violent extremism and mass atrocities, in the UK and around the world. Found out more here: https://protectionapproaches.org/https://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mteav3d47k2qLast week, we launched our new strategy and announced Nick Martlew as our Chair 🎉 If you haven't already, please read our new Strategic Plan 👉 https://protectionapproaches.org/strategy-2026-2918 Aug 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteav3d47k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3msvenenmn223💬 People affected by hate crime must be central to tackling it. Last week our Stronger Communities team joined Brent Council's Disabled People's Empowerment Month, sharing our free hate crime awareness and active bystander training across Brent. Free sessions this September and October 👇12 Aug 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvenenmn223https://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3msstvepqcc2eToday we launch our Strategic Plan 2026–2029: Protecting People and Democracy in an Age of Division. We’re also proud to introduce strategy and collaboration specialist Nick Martlew as our new Chair of Trustees. Identity-based violence is not inevitable. Read our new plan (link in comment)11 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msstvepqcc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3msfxuijzck2wJoin our free online hate crime awareness training for frontline staff and volunteers across London. Learn how to recognise hate crime, support those affected, and signpost to reporting and support services. 📅 20 Aug | 17 Sep (More dates coming soon!) 🎟️ Register link via Eventbrite in comment06 Aug 2026 11:47 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfxuijzck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3msdicz3jjc2wPA's Co-Executive Director, Kate Ferguson, joined ODI Global Think Change Podcast to discuss accountability in foreign policy and what a more accountable approach to decision-making could look like. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: Link in comment05 Aug 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdicz3jjc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mpy535kwis24Catch up on our recent appearance on The Bunker, “Musk will tear us apart? – The national security emergency we need to tackle”, where we discuss how malign actors are attacking British society, and what we can do about it. Listen now: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/musk-will-tear-us-apart-the-national-security/id1496246490?i=100077296675506 Jul 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpy535kwis24https://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mpr2owxhd22pToday, a Tibetan man has died after an apparent act of self-immolation outside the UN headquarters in New York, reportedly in protest against the Chinese Communist Party’s “Ethnic Unity and Progress Law.” Read Benedict Rogers’ article in The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/30/china-orwellian-new-law-terrify-regime-critics-britain/03 Jul 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpr2owxhd22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mp6uwmpp5k2wJoin our #ActiveBystanderTraining and learn how to safely and confidently respond to situations such as hate crime, harassment, prejudice, and anti-social behaviour, with a focus on supporting those affected. Register now! Spaces are free: bit.ly/4w3C69k26 Jun 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6uwmpp5k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mp4g3ylxzs2nWe repeatedly warned: El Fasher’s fall to the RSF would bring catastrophe, offering the UK government options to avert mass atrocities. Ultimately our warnings failed, tens of thousands were killed. Dr Kate Ferguson from PA asked 3 critical questions in the #InternationalDevelopmentCommittee:25 Jun 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4g3ylxzs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mov7y5qb4c2tOne thing is clear: threats to our democratic assets cannot be met with tanks on the lawn and drones in the skies alone. This was at the heart of the evidence given by PA's Co-Executive Director, Dr Kate Ferguson, to the #ForeignAffairsCommittee inquiry into cuts to the #IntegratedSecurityFund.22 Jun 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov7y5qb4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mo4chbsn2k2qPA's Co-Executive Director, Dr Ferguson, gave evidence to #ForeignAffairsCommittee's inquiry into cuts to the Integrated Security Fund. She argued that conventional defence aren't enough to meet the changing nature of anti-democratic statecraft. Cohesion must be a core part of national security.12 Jun 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4chbsn2k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mgxb4pdcmc2gToday is International Bystander Awareness Day! We're proud to partner with The FA to roll out football-specific Active Bystander training through the FLAG IT initiative, helping people across the game recognise harm and intervene safely. Read more: https://protectionapproaches.org/news/f/flag-it---active-bystander-training-in-partnership-with-the-fa13 Mar 2026 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxb4pdcmc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3mdnukvy5hc2q🚨Launch: London Resilience Equalities Partnership🚨 We’re excited to be launching the London Resilience Equalities Partnership to support inclusive emergency preparedness & response efforts🗣️🤝 Recruitment is now open for members & two co-chair roles. Apply & learn more below ⬇️ tinyurl.com/bdhpswbd https://equalitiespartnership.org/participate30 Jan 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnukvy5hc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3m2mbai6f2k2y🚨NEW: last week we launched our Manifesto for Change with our wonderful colleagues at University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies at Labour Party Conference 🧵07 Oct 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mbai6f2k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lvlf4axvqk2pAs we mark one year since the tragic murder of Alice, Elsie, and Bebe at a children’s dance class in Southport, our thoughts are with their families as they continue to grieve. We reflect on how what followed became, for many, a moment of national reckoning 💭 https://protectionapproaches.org/news/f/one-year-on---reflecting-on-the-uks-racist-riots04 Aug 2025 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvlf4axvqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lvaxcodsqc22💡 Excellent piece by our Trustee Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy on Gaza & the reckoning between humanitarianism & protection "We must rethink the role of international and local humanitarian actors in providing protection without abrogating the fundamental responsibility of states to provide it." https://odihpn.org/en/publication/the-gaza-crisis-demands-a-humanitarian-reckoning/31 Jul 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvaxcodsqc22https://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lupnbbilic27It was great to be at the launch of the government's new Civil Society Covenant last week. A timely and important step toward building more equitable relationship between government and communities. 🧵24 Jul 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lupnbbilic27https://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lua72yzdhc2l📺 This week during an Urgent Question to the Foreign Secretary on the UK's response to the worsening situation in Sudan, @melanieward.bsky.social MP raised an important question about the UK’s approach to preventing & responding to mass atrocity crimes. 🧵18 Jul 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lua72yzdhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lu3gw7o7es2l🚨 We are launching a new programme offering micro grants to community organisations to lead anti-hate initiatives! As part of our Design. Build. Act. programme, we are inviting 10 community-based organisations in London to co-design & deliver new anti-hate initiatives with funding & support.16 Jul 2025 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3gw7o7es2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3ltjivucyck2o🚨 We're excited to be leading a major community listening exercise across Stoke-on-Trent, commissioned by the One Stoke-on-Trent Board. From June to September 2025, we'll be engaging with people across the city to hear about their lives, challenges, hopes and ideas for the future.09 Jul 2025 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjivucyck2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lt4ugdpdy22mThe new Israeli-US backed distribution scheme forces Palestinians in Gaza into militarised zones just to access food. Food is now fenced, scanned and weaponised. This is not humanitarian aid. It is a system of forced displacement, surveillance, and mass violence, disguised as relief.04 Jul 2025 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt4ugdpdy22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lt33zhuta22cLast month we launched a new paper with @csns-uk.bsky.social exploring the future of UK national security & foreign policy amid rising authoritarianism & systemic competition. It argues we must rethink how the UK integrates human rights into its strategic outlook. Read more 👇 https://protectionapproaches.org/news/f/pa-publishes-policy-paper-on-national-security-and-rights03 Jul 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt33zhuta22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lsivbzkqk22mIf you or your organisation work primarily with/for marginalised communities in London, we want to hear from you on how London crisis preparedness & response can better centre the perspectives and needs of your communities! 🤝 Get in touch to share your thoughts today🗣️⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jun 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsivbzkqk22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lsgwlg3no22f✨NEW PROJECT LAUNCH✨ We're very excited to share that we have been commissioned by @ldnresilience.bsky.social to create a new Equalities Partnership within the #LondonResilienceForum🏙️ If your group or organisation works primarily with/for marginalised communities, you can get involved today! 🧵⬇️25 Jun 2025 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsgwlg3no22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lplyqmfwyc2x🤝 Protection Approaches is working with Brent Council to strengthen the community's understanding of hate crime & how to support those affected. We're offering free training workshops for community groups & undertaking local research to better understand the experiences Brent’s diverse communities. https://protectionapproaches.org/news/f/pa-launches-new-hate-crime-support-project-with-brent-council20 May 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lplyqmfwyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3lp562v6tds24Our wonderful HRW colleagues are in court this week challenging UK arms exports to Israel. The intent to destroy & displace the Palestinian people by the Govt of Israel cannot be ignored. The UK government must immediately cease all arms exports - including F-35 parts being used in Gaza right now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp562v6tds24https://bsky.app/profile/ibvprev.bsky.social/post/3loltexpck22y📺 We were proud to welcome BBC News to one of our Active Bystander training sessions last month. We gave Tom Edwards and the team a closer look at how everyday Londoners are learning the skills to respond to identity-based harm.07 May 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:f7gz352y2ctweintolaokebf/app.bsky.feed.post/3loltexpck22y