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The latest drug related death figures for Scotland are a shameful indication that our services are still not geared up to stop these totally preventable deaths of despair. Every one of these deaths represents a lost loved one, a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister or friend. The ripples of trauma that follow just one...
Today the Scottish Community Safety Network have published a significant piece of research. ‘Experiences and Perceptions of Community Safety in Scotland’, produced by Robyn Bailey, Social Researcher for the Scottish Government, was commissioned by SCSN as part of the Scottish Government’s analytical exchange programme. The research was launched at a webinar on 1st December with...
Question of the Month October 2020 – results Our Question of the Month for October related to Bonfire Night and fireworks safety. SCSN was delighted to play a leading role in both the Fireworks Review Group and in a major campaign led by the Scottish SPCA #FireworksSafety campaign this year. We wanted to know how...
SPARC Rural Crime Update The Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime has shared an update of the latest developments in rural crime: As with the past few months, for the month of October again in terms of overall rural crimes reported and from all estimated and actual costs quoted, Lothians & Borders division followed by Aberdeenshire...
The final report from the Firework Review Group presents recommendations to Scottish Ministers on tightening legislation on fireworks in Scotland. SCSN is one of the members of the Firework Review Group and have been heavily involved in work and campaigns around Firework Safety, most recently as one of the leading partners in the Scottish SPCA...
Question of the Month Our Question of the Month for September related to our most recent ‘Conversations with…’ interview with Niven Rennie, Director of the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit. In the interview, we discussed a public health approach to reducing violence, as well as broader themes of trauma informed justice and rehabilitation of offenders. We...
It is a great honour to introduce the SCSN Annual Report for 2019/20,my first as Chair Person of the Board of Directors. My first year has been made so much easier from the excellent work by our previous Chair Mark McCall, our Board of Directors and our staff team. The focus of our work is...
by Dawn Exley, National Development Officer On Thursday 27th August, we attended the launch of the Street Cones ‘Something to Lose’. Commissioned by Community Justice Glasgow, the film follows the fictional journey of a young man on a Community Payback Order ‘CPO’ and the impact it has on his life (as an alternative to a...
A Public Health Approach to reducing crime 2020 hasn’t been the best of years. There aren’t too many silver linings to a global pandemic, but what has been encouraging to see is the renewed appreciation for public health. ‘Viral load’ and ‘R numbers’ have become part of everyday dinner table conversation as people learn more...
Our Question of the Month for August was based around our Conversation With Dr Christine Goodall of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP). We discussed issues around alcohol arising from the Covid 19 pandemic, including anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, unintentional harm and more. We asked: Have you been aware of increases in anti-social behaviour...