On Monday 12th May 2014 along with project advisors Rob Marno, Allan Finn and Kathy Johnson, Lisa Richardson from the Tizard centre and Colin Guest project manager from MCCH attended a Joint meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism and the All Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability, where they presented a summary of the findings and recommendations of the Living in Fear research project and described the Jigsaw project. The project is currently being supported by Kent Police and Medway Council who are 
piloting some of the key research recommendations in Medway, with participation from police officers, schools, transport, healthcare and public service providers. http://www.mcch.org.uk/livinginfear/index.aspx
Kent Police, who were partners in this three year Big Lottery funded research project were also represented by DCI Andy Pritchard and Superintendent Andy Rabey. David Quirke-Thornton, Deputy Director of Medway Council’s Children and Adult Services also attended.
The briefing was chaired by Robert Buckland MP and Lord Rix. First-hand accounts of disability hate crime were heard from Kevin Healey (an anti-bullying campaigner) and Richard Lawrence from Mencap. A response and discussion session with Norman Baker MP and Minister for Crime Prevention followed. The Minister identified two main routes to address hate crime: legal action and changing attitudes. He felt that police and public attitudes and understanding of hate crime – particularly against those with learning disabilities or autism – need to change. He described how the College of Policing is leading on improving training for police officers in autism, learning disability and mental health so that officers can better support victims and those who come into contact with the criminal justice system.