All the ways you can support communities affected by far-right riots across the UK

Chaos has spread across the UK in the last week as far-right rioters have left local communities to pick up the pieces of complete destruction and disorder. Riots have taken place across all corners of the country in response to the killing of three little girls in Southport last week. From Belfast to Birmingham and Plymouth to Sunderland, over 400 arrests have been made so far, with desolated communities have been left to deal with the aftermath. Here’s everything you need to know about anti-racism protests lined up for tonight and over the weekend and all of the ways which you can help.

Attend the anti-racism protest tonight and over the weekend

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Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) UK announced a national day of protest for Saturday 10th August. Sharing a post on Instagram, it announced a nationwide day of demonstrations to “stop the far right”, encouraging the public to attend anti-racism protests near them. The post read: “This Saturday, we’re calling for mass anti racist resistance in every town and city to push back the fascists

“If there’s a far-right demo in your area, call the counter. If not, call a protest to say they’re never welcome”.

Anti-racism protests are planned for tonight (August 7th) from 7pm and 7.15pm in the following locations:

• Birmingham
• Nottingham
• Newcastle
• Sheffield
• Rotherham
• Southampton
• Northampton
• Lincoln
• Hastings
• Chatham
• Derby

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Anti-racism protests are also planned for Saturday evening across a number of locations in London, as well as the following locations:

• Cardiff
• Stoke on Trent
• Newcastle

Donate to Stand Up To Racism

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Anti-racism charity Stand Up To Racism has organised a number of local protests across the country in response to the far-right riots. A donation to SUTR would help local communities with resources to oppose rioters and mitigate the impact on affected groups.

Donate to Show Racism the Red Card

"The strength and spirit in our communities will not be broken by those spreading fear, hatred, division and misinformation"

– Mish Rahman, Chair to Board of Trustees

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— Show Racism the Red Card (@SRTRC_England) August 5, 2024

Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racism education charity which uses e high-profile nature of footballers as anti-racist role models to educate against racism throughout society.

As the UK’s leading anti-racism educational charity, donations to the charity  help Show Racism the Red Card provide direct education of young people and adult, as well as produce educational resources and platforms to challenge misconceptions, stereotypes and negative attitudes in society.  charity

Donate to local fundraisers

Donating to local fundraisers is a beneficial way to help those affected by far-right riots. Damage to homes, businesses, and local community areas over the past week have made a significant impact on people’s livelihoods. If you have the means, donating to help out local people and businesses is an effective way of paving the path back to normality and stability for those affected.

Fundraisers have been created across the country for those affected, with over £199,000 being raised in Liverpool after a local library was torched during riots

The Spellow Library said: “Our city is a sad place at the minute, much like the rest of the country. But it makes me heartbroken to think that children will miss out on an opportunity to read and explore new books and stories in a community space which is meant to be safe for them and their families, especially over the summer holidays”.

Similar fundraisers have taken place across the country – Belfast, Bristol and London are some of the cities who have raised large amounts of money so far.

Report misinformation

Misinformation has spread across social media – the misinformation spread that the Southport attacker was both a Muslim and an immigrant contributed to the scale of the original protest in Southport. It is vital that misinformation across the spectrum is mitigated and reaches as few people as possible. By reporting social media posts and Tweets that spread false information, you can help to keep the public properly informed and discourage rioting.

Assist the clean up in impacted cities

More than 200 people fuelled by anger of last night’s riots and love for their city, turn up on Hull’s Spring Bank to clean up the mess.
Armed with bin bags and brushes, we went to show solidarity with the local community.
Here’s local councillor Shane Mcmurray on what it meant. pic.twitter.com/9wyDdldmAE

— David Prescott (@DavidPrescott) August 4, 2024

Cities have not just been impacted on a social and emotional level, they have also been torn apart physically. Hotels set alight, windows smashed and town centres left unrecognisable. If you are physically able, by assisting in the aftermath of riots when it is safe and assisting in the clean-up, you can help impacted businesses, communities and individuals.

Hundreds of local people came together the morning after destructive riots in Sunderland to clean up the mess and restore stability in Sunderland.

Write to your local MP

Writing to your local MP is a longer term way of helping local communities but is a beneficial way to amplify grievances against the protests and how local communities can better be protected.

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