Active Bystander Training in collaboration with Cambridge Central Library

Govia Thamelinks Railway is funding hundreds of places on free training sessions to empower people to take action to prevent or reduce harm when they encounter hate crime.

This free 2 hour interactive course is led by identity-based violence prevention charity, Protection Approaches and has been developed in partnership with Britain`'s East and Southeast Asian Network (besea.n).

The expert-led sessions guide participants through a series of discussions, exploring how they can safely address identity-based harms in their community, school, or workplace.

You will learn:

• What it means to be an active bystander: through group discussion the participants explore what being an active bystander means to them
• Standing up for those being targeted safely: working through a series of scenarios, participants consider and learn what they can do when they encounter identity-based harms such as harassment on public transport, a racist attack in a supermarket, or a prejudiced comment from a colleague
• Proactive prevention: returning to the scenarios participants reflect on the root causes of prejudice and discrimination before discussing ways they could contribute to dismantling those root causes and to building safer, more inclusive, and just communities.

Find out more information here.

There are various dates and times for sessions. Please book for the session you would like to join and session details will be emailed to participants ahead of the workshop. Spaces are very limited so please cancel if you are no longer able to make the session so that your ticket can be released to another participant.