"Salisbury Coalition Against Racism (SCAR) wishes to affirm Salisbury as a welcoming city for people of all ethnicities and nationalities. We believe that racist and xenophobic attitudes and attacks scar our community and wish to stand together with other organisations in the city to oppose them and promote peaceful community relations."

Priority Aims:

1. Promote good community relations throughout Salisbury and South Wiltshire.

2. Raise awareness and celebrate the diverse nature of the community of Salisbury and South Wiltshire.

3. Raise awareness of racism within Salisbury and South Wiltshire.

4. Assist others to raise awareness across Wiltshire and Swindon.

Winner of the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Striving for Excellence Awards 2010 - Partnership Working Award

Future dates:

Holocaust Memorial Day

Friday 27th January 2012
Salisbury Cathedral Evensong 5.30 pm
Followed by a parade to Salisbury Playhouse for event including Youth Theatre presentation, starting at 6.30 pm (Entry via free ticket contact SCAR or the Salisbury Playhouse Box Office).

We would like to invite you to join this exciting initiative and ask you to do the following:

1. Give your formal support by joining the Coalition.
   
   You can do this by adding your name to the SCAR declaration.
   
   Visit our Contact page now and complete the enquiry form to sign-up....
   


2. Give the Coalition any practical support that you feel you can.
   




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If you have experienced an incident of racism or other hate crime please let us know - contact us via the Contacts page in Confidence.

If you would rather report the matter to the Police please click on the following web address and it will take you to the Hate Crime reporting page - www.wiltshire.police.uk