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by Lorraine Gillies, SCSN Chief Officer TheĀ Scottish Community Safety NetworkĀ has a special interest in anti-social behaviour. Just before lockdown in 2020, we hosted a fishbowl discussion on antisocial behaviour as part of the Firestarter Festival. The discussion centred on how society and policy could view antisocial behaviour with a more compassionate, trauma-informed lens that accounts...
December Results Our Question of the Month for December focussed on the Cost of Living Crisis, in particular, the energy crisis. Weāre concerned about whether people are ableto stay sufficiently warm in their homes – especiallyolder people. Cold housing affects dexterity and increases the risk of accidents, with attempts tosave money using electric fires increasing...
by Kevin Chase, National Development Officer On Friday 9th December, I attended the Police Mental Health and Vulnerability conference in Edinburgh, hosted by Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority.Ā Why?Ā Having recently retired from the police, from my own experience it is one of the biggest challenges facing policing in Scotland today.Ā I will...
Lorraine Gillies, SCSN Chief Officer I always think of January as a planning month. It’s when the Scottish Community Safety Network staff team and board sit down together and plan our activity for the year. The events we will deliver, the meetings we will facilitate, the briefing papers we intend to produce, the dates for...
The Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) strongly opposes the UK Governmentās decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. We are adding our name to this joint statement, shoulder to shoulder with other Scottish civil society organisations, condemning this intervention. SCSNās primary consideration is to community safety. We have noted the concerns, regarding possible...
A new Home Safety Fund, focussing on childrenās safety at home, launches today. The Mark McCall Home Safety Fund will award Ā£3,000 to a single winning application for projects providing safety equipment to children under the age of five. The winner will be announced at the Scottish Parliament during the Cross Party Group on Accident...
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) as the national regulator for products has responsibility for protecting people and places from product related harm and ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence. To support this aim OPSS provides public safety information materials, and this financial year has funding available to...
Question of the Month November Results Our Question of the Month for November to December was based around the #16DaysofActivism on Violence Against Women & Girls. In our last newsletter, we covered a new online resource from the charity Refuge which helps people to identify and offers support around āTech Abuseā. We asked: āWould you...
For each of the past few years at Christmas, weāve taken a light hearted festive look at community safety issues. In 2020 we had our 12 Days of Community Safety. Last year we did our Community Safety Christmas Chart List. This year, we asked our staff team to pick two of their favourite Christmas movies...
Dawn Exley, National Development Officer When I started with the Scottish Community Safety Network five years ago, and was new to the community safety sector, I learned about a rich history of tireless work to keep communities safe. I learned about a sector that was one of the first to develop effective multi-agency approaches and...