Report & Support

Welcome to the Report & Support pages.

Reporting of Hate Crime for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transgender Community in Lambeth. If you are the victim of hate crime or hate incidents you should report it.
Reports can be made direct to the Police via the LGBT Helpline or through the new Metropolitan police hate crime reporting web site. You can also make a report by contacting the bloew teams.

Visit www.report-it.org.uk

Lambeth Police LGBT Liaison Team

Pc Eren Bessim is based at Brixton and his role is to develop strategic links with other agencies, such as Lambeth Council, Terrenace Higgins Trust, Galop and other agencies. He also build links in Venue owners and puts together multi partnership events across Lambeth. He also Makes ure that Lambeth are reaching out to every LGBT person, whether a resident, visitor or student or even someone that wroks in Lambeth are able to have equal access to the services and support the Lambeth officers. Lambeth have over 12 LGBT liaison officers and one full time liaison officer, PC Angel Ogden who is based at Kennington Police Station. PC Bessim works with them closely giving their support to victims who do attend or phone through to him.
Among the work done by the LGBT Liaison Team is:

- Regular drug-awareness patrols at LGBT venues across the borough, in partnership with Terrence Higgins Trust

- Uniformed patrols of Vauxhall Cross 'Gay Village' during weekends, and other venues across the borough

- Engage with local service providers to ensure a strategic consideration of LGBT matters

- Support local groups such as the LGBT Forum, Vauxhall Gay Business Forum (VGBF), NRG Youth Group and UKC

- Review reports of homophobic and transphobic crimes and reports and support the investigations by the specialist Community Safety Unit (CSU)

- Give training input to new officers to the borough

Full time Liaison officer PC Angel Ogden is based at Kennington Police Station and PC Angel Odgen’s main role is to be visible through out the community when on shift and support the .You will usually find her on patrol around or in the LGBT venues, so if you do have any question a

If you are interested in finding out more about our work, or to report an incident or get advice about any policing matter please contact Graham or Catriona in confidence.

PC Eren Bessim
LGBT and Hate Crime coordinator
Brixton Police Station ?367 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7DD
Tel: 07824 474 003
Email: eren.bessim2@met.police.uk

PC Angel Ogden
Full time LGBT liaison Officer
49-51 Kennington Road, London, SE1 7QA
Tel: 020 7649 2819
Email: angelina.ogden@met.police.uk

 

Lambeth Hate Crime Coordinator

Yvonne Okiyo is the Borough’s Hate Crime Coordinator. Part of her remit includes working with the LGBT population and service providers, making Lambeth safe for LGBT people, improving service provision for victims and witnesses of LGBT hate crime, providing support and advice to victims/witnesses of LGBT hate crime and receiving reports form victims/witnesses of LGBT hate incidents/crimes.

Yvonne Okiyo
Hate Crime Coordinator
London Borough of Lambeth
Community Safety Division
205 Stockwell Road
London SW9 9SL
Phone: 020 7926 2796
Email: YOkiyo@lambeth.gov.uk
website: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/SaferLambeth

Lambeth LGBT Services Leaflet

Find out more about services for the Lambeth LGBT community by clicking here to download the document. Find out about Housing, Help & Advice, Health, Crime and much more.

Galop

Visit the Galop web site and also report homophobic hate crime. Click here or on the logo

Victim Support Lambeth

Victim Support provides practical advice and help, emotional support and reassurance. If you have been a victim of crime and would like to talk to someone in confidence ring:

Victim Support Lambeth on 020 7820 0007
or the Victim Support line on 0845 30 30 900
For more information see www.vslambeth.org.uk