Minutes:
The Chairman welcomed Mr G McArdle, Community Safety Co-Ordinator who was in attendance to talk to Members on Islamophobia across County Durham.
He advised Members that his role was to monitor tensions in communities and report to the Department for Community and Local Government.
He provided Members with details of various active groups across County Durham who were anti Islam. He also provided Members with details of his preventative role in schools and talked about work being undertaken by the County Council to promote social cohesion including advising schools.
The Chairman thanked Mr G McArdle for his attendance and the valuable and useful information he had provided.